 Neihardt
Young Poet's Contest
"A visionary thinker with keen spiritual insight,
John Neihardt left us a rich inheritance of wisdom and a legacy of
understanding. He was the author of some twenty-five volumes of poetry, fiction,
and philosophy. If you don't know Neihardt, discover him!"
Source:
neihardt.com
 Contest
Flier
Q: Why should he be important to me, a Nebraska high school Creative
Writing student?
A: 1) He is the
Poet Laureate of Nebraska in
Perpetuity.
2) His poems had Western themes, very popular in this area:
Native Americans, explorers, trappers
and pioneers.
3)
Neihardt On Creative Writing
A Selection of Poems of John G. Neihardt - We will workshop each:
Your Task:
Write three poems, each under thirty (30) lines, for the contest and save
them to your Creative Writing folder as neihardt1, neihardt2 and neihardt3.
Utilize any one (or combination) of the following Western themes:
- Western Heroes
- Western Culture
- Native Americans
- Explorers
- Trappers
- Pioneers
- Western landscapes (one of his favorites, as we've read)
- The Natural Environment
Your Work:
Neihardt Image Source (Fair Use): http://www.neihardt.com/
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