For poetry class. Last year’s example
For the first assignment in Poetry 205, we listened as students shared a poem they loved or one that inspired, intrigued or interested them in some way. The assignment was to listen and jot down any word or phrase that struck your ear and then write a poem from the fragments. I had  a list of over a hundred phrases from poems and this is the end result:
Moon Birds
any gods
who dare to claim the sky
take sorrow
with open throats
leave chalk white arrows
and nothing more
Amy Nawrocki 