Mike Ferguson (America-born but long-time Brit) is a retired teacher of English and creative writing AND a poet. I offer one of his poems below (a poem developed from a list and found here in Ferguson's blog, gravyfromthegazebo). Not only is Ferguson's poem mathy and thought-provoking, but it also can be a useful example to use with students. One of the effective strategies to use to discover and gather thoughts on a particular topic is to create a list. The activity of writing the list often leads to additional creative thinking and -- if a poem is a goal -- the list can become poetic. If you've never done so, try it!
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| This and other work by Ferguson found here in his blog. |
An earlier posting in this blog (November 2023) of one of Ferguson's list poems, along with links to others, occurs at this link.
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