What the Poets Could Have Been

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• Baggott’s poetry is autobiographical. Make a list of at least seven to nine memories that are important to you. These should be the things that first come to mind when you think of your life. You might try to pick one or two items from each of the past several years. After you have a list, arrange them in order of importance. This order does not have to be chronological, but it can be. When you have brought some sort of order to your list, rewrite the list as a poem. Baggott’s poem proposes that memories are interpreted differently by poets. After you complete your poem, write a...

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