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Once Sentence poem
POEM 1:
Arrangement one: Saying goodbye to someone I hated. Remembering an embarrassing moment with them I wish I could forget. As I was walking into the rain.
Arrangement two: Seeing a stranger I briefly remembered. Remembering an embarrassing moment with them I wish I could forget. As I said goodbye to that person that I hated.
POEM 2:
Arrangement one: Playing a game I used to enjoy. While that game made me think of a real life embarrassment that I can’t forget. As I ran into the snow.
Arrangement two: I started off running in the snow. That was when I remembered an embarrassing event that I can’t forget. Then I remembered a game that I used to enjoy
POEM 3:
Arrangement one: I was running in the rain. Remembering saying goodbye to someone I loved. It made me think of an embarrassing thing that I can’t forget.
Arrangement two: Remembering saying goodbye to some place that I hated. I remembered a embarrassing event. At the time I was running in the rain.
Which arrangement(s) do you like? Why? What made your favorite more effective?
I liked all the arrangements. I liked them because it made the poetry stronger. It also made the poems more effective.
Reflect in at least five sentences. What do you think of this exercise? of one line poems? of rearranging your/other people’s poem? of using space to convey meaning and feeling?
Of all the five sentences I used I enjoyed them all. I thought this exercise was very helpful. Overall I thought it was helpful and made me a stronger writer

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