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Golden Shovel | Academy of American Poets

The golden shovel is a poetic form wherein each word of one line from another poem serves as the end word of each line for a newly constructed poem.

Introduction: The Golden Shovel | The Poetry Foundation

The Golden Shovel is a poetic form readers might not — yet — be familiar with. It was devised recently by Terrance Hayes in homage to Gwendolyn ...

Golden shovel - Wikipedia

A golden shovel is a poetic form in which the last word of each line forms a second, pre-existing poem (or section thereof), to which the poet is paying ...

Story of the Golden Shovel - U.S. Pond Hockey Championships

The Golden Shovel is in fact a symbolic Viking tool, carried on their journeys as both talisman and utility.

What is a Golden Shovel? with Peter Kahn - Young Poets Network

The Golden Shovel form was created by National Book Award winning US poet Terrance Hayes in 2010. 'The Golden Shovel' is a poem in his book Lighthead written to ...

My Situationship with the Golden Shovel: A How-To — The Poetry Lab

The Golden Shovel is an innovative poetic form that intertwines lines with the last words of a chosen piece. This concise guide unveils its ...

Golden Shovel: Poetic Form | Terrance Hayes | Gwendolyn Brooks

Here are the rules for the Golden Shovel: · Take a line (or lines) from a poem you admire. · Use each word in the line (or lines) as an end word ...

The Golden Shovel | The Poetry Foundation

Golden shovel. A golden shovel borrows a line from the existing poem and uses words from each line as the last word of each line in a new poem. Article ...

Poetry Forms: The Golden Shovel - History That Never Was

Poetry Forms: The Golden Shovel ... One of the early forms of poetry I played around with was the golden shovel. The form takes its name from a ...

The Golden Shovel by Terrance Hayes - Poem Analysis

'The Golden Shovel' by Terrance Hayes is a poignant and evocative poem that explores the complex dynamics of masculinity, violence, family, and the passage of ...

What Is Golden Shovel Poetry? How to Write a Golden Shovel Poem

The first golden shovel poem was created by poet Terrance Hayes. Hayes's poem is entitled “The Golden Shovel,” which is taken from the Gwendolyn ...

History can have a price tag: “Golden Shovel” returned home

The shovel's original purpose in 1921 was at the base Airship Hangar ground breaking ceremony. Immediately after the event it went missing and ...

'The Golden Shovel Anthology: New Poems… | Broad Street Review

The “Golden Shovel” poem structure was devised by National Book Award winner Terrance Hayes and named for Brooks's jazz-inflected, much- ...

Christopher Spaide on Terrance Hayes ("The Golden Shovel")

As Chris explains it, Hayes's poem is “after” Brooks's poem in two ways—and “before” it in another: Hayes comes after Brooks in the history ...

A Golden Shovel Poem for the Authors Take Action ...

A Golden Shovel Poem for the Authors Take Action #ClimatePoemProject · Take a line (or lines) from a poem you admire. · Use each word in the line ...

The Golden Shovel Summary - eNotes.com

“The Golden Shovel” is a 2010 poem by Terrance Hayes that responds to Gwendolyn Brooks's 1959 poem “We Real Cool.”

The Golden Shovel at The New York Times

The golden shovel is a contemporary poetic form that follows a set of rules invented by the acclaimed poet Terrance Hayes in homage to Gwendolyn Brooks.

Poetry Friday: The Golden Shovel | Reflections on the Teche

The idea of a Golden Shovel is to take a line or stanza of a poem, write the words down the right margin and build your own poem around the words.

19-pclass-Golden-Shovel.pdf - The Poetry Society

Poetic forms can constrict or liberate writers. What I've found in over twenty years of teaching young people is that forms that carry the weight of history. ( ...

I WANT A GOD WHOSE HEAVEN IS GOLDEN - – South Side Weekly

A Golden Shovel is a poetry form in which each word of an existing poem becomes the last word of each line of a new poem.