Dream Makers Writing Prompt
Readings: Poems by Langston
Hughes
The
Dream Keeper
As
I Grew Older
Daybreak
in Alabama
Process:
Read
Assigned Poem
Exercise:
Write down any words that jump out to you and then consider their Definition or
Explanation or Questions they spark.
Freewrite:
Without considering sentence structure or punctuation, write down everything
that comes to mind. Maybe set a timer for five or ten minutes.
Writing
Prompts: Set your notes away for a few hours or a day and let the ideas float
for a while. Then take a short block of time to respond to the poem or the
questions for each one.
Dream:
What connection did you make to this word personally in this poem?
The
Dreamkeeper by Langston Hughes
“Bring me
all of your dreams.
You
dreamers.
Bring me all
of your heart melodies
That I may
wrap them
In a blue
cloud-cloth
Away from
the too-rough fingers
Of the
world.”
1. What were some of your dreams as a child,
a teen-ager, a young adult, and now?
2. Which word in this poem do you most relate
to?
3. Which words do you wish you could relate
to?
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