First Draft: Story Lab Presents

Published 5:54 am Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Fishtrap Story Lab inspires youth throughout Wallowa County to share their stories creatively, confidently, and playfully. Beginning with a focus on narrative craft, the program provides students with a host of multimedia tools—from video and animation equipment to music production software and beyond—to hone their skills as writers and producers. Story Lab emboldens students to explore themselves and the places they inhabit, encouraging personal growth and thoughtful participation in community conversation. The result is a generative program as rich and lively as Wallowa County itself.

Three Haikus:

Sun

Crackling all day

Lifting high in crispy air

Melting snow around

Clock

Twelve objects tick-tock

Taking turns going round, woah!

Tree limbs must be tired.

Sadness

Feeling cheer all day

Feeling someone next to you

But I wouldn’t know

Jadyn Tanzey, 7th Grade,

Wallowa

Prompt: Poetry, poetry, poetry. Whether you love it or are terrified by it, poems are a fascinating form. Some poems, like the haiku below, rely on a set form (5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables). Others, like limericks, rely on a rhyme scheme (aa, bb, a). What kind of poems do you like to write? Find a brief moment today and try your hand at poetry.