Two+Person+Poem

Write a poem in two voices.
Choose a person to include in your poem from the [|personal histories] listed on the United States Holocaust Museum's website.

Think about your subject's life and what you could learn from it. Write about how the person inspires you or makes you think about the conditions in the world. Then begin brainstorming ideas to include in your poem. Compare the experience of the person you chose with your own life.

Two-voice poems are written to be performed. Each person reads one line at a time. For more impact, certain lines or phrases are read at the same time. Bold those sections in your poem. Eventually you will work with a partner to read each other's poems aloud and record them.

Example: I am Jewish I have seen **so much pain** My parents Stolen I am 13 years old Have no books to read Little food No electricity My diary My faith in my people I am Christian I have learned **so much pain** My family Secure I am 12 years old How people go hungry Lose freedoms Start wars My family My pride in my country
 * I am Tamarah
 * My freedoms**
 * I want to** learn
 * I lay awake**, smothered by memories
 * These are my worst hours**
 * Carries me through** || I am Megan
 * My freedoms**
 * I want to** understand
 * I lay awake**, frightened for the future
 * These are my worst hours**
 * Carries me through** ||

If you are stuck, consider following the model from the magazine handout you were given, just substitute your own endings of lines.

I am _ I am __I have__ _ My My I am _ I want to

__I lay awake These are__ _ My My Carries me through