Chocolate, Countries and Boys (Mix Well and Stir into a Poem)
By Darian
Chocolate wrappers everywhere make up this colorful picture. What is the meaning of this mess? Last week our writing workshop tasted many different chocolates bars from around the world, rated them, and then wove flavor we liked best into vivid poetry.
In between tasting chocolates from countries like Peru, Ecuador, and Switzerland, we cleaned our mouths with pretzels and water. Then we proceeded to carry out our mission of writing about our favorite chocolate bar. Describing what it tasted like with words such as creamy, milky, dark, raspberry-ish, unsatisfying, disgusting and gross made us laugh out loud. We ranked the chocolates by giving them stars from 1 to 5, with 5 being the highest and 1 the lowest ranking. The least favorite chocolate of all was the Prime Peruvian Bar whose taste can not be described with words… ?>!@#$!!:(!!!
After picking a personal favorite, we were challenged to write a poem about the bar and its place of origin and how they related to each other. Following are some excerpts... watch for all of the poems in Reveal Spring 2009.
By Darian
Chocolate wrappers everywhere make up this colorful picture. What is the meaning of this mess? Last week our writing workshop tasted many different chocolates bars from around the world, rated them, and then wove flavor we liked best into vivid poetry.
In between tasting chocolates from countries like Peru, Ecuador, and Switzerland, we cleaned our mouths with pretzels and water. Then we proceeded to carry out our mission of writing about our favorite chocolate bar. Describing what it tasted like with words such as creamy, milky, dark, raspberry-ish, unsatisfying, disgusting and gross made us laugh out loud. We ranked the chocolates by giving them stars from 1 to 5, with 5 being the highest and 1 the lowest ranking. The least favorite chocolate of all was the Prime Peruvian Bar whose taste can not be described with words… ?>!@#$!!:(!!!
After picking a personal favorite, we were challenged to write a poem about the bar and its place of origin and how they related to each other. Following are some excerpts... watch for all of the poems in Reveal Spring 2009.
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