waht poem should i use for my theater class performance?

Question

i need a poem that i can act to. like something i can move to, not dancing but u know..

Answer 1

do something by Nikki Giovanni
Or Maya Angelo
They have very visual poems.

I Wrote A Good Omelet



I wrote a good omelet...and ate a hot poem...
after loving you

Buttoned my car...and drove my coat home...in the
rain...
after loving you

I goed on red...and stopped on green....floating
somewhere in between...
being here and being there...
after loving you

I rolled my bed...turned down my hair...slightly
confused but...I don't care...
Laid out my teeth...and gargled my gown...then I stood
...and laid me down...
to sleep...
after loving you

Answer 2

Do Shel Silverstein's "I Cannot Go to School Today." It is a fun poem that is easy to make up motions to. I did it for a theater class last year, and got a PERFECT SCORE!!

"I cannot go to school today"
Said little Peggy Ann McKay.
"I have the measles and the mumps,
A gash, a rash and purple bumps.

My mouth is wet, my throat is dry.
I'm going blind in my right eye.
My tonsils are as big as rocks,
I've counted sixteen chicken pox.

And there's one more - that's seventeen,
And don't you think my face looks green?
My leg is cut, my eyes are blue,
It might be the instamatic flu.

I cough and sneeze and gasp and choke,
I'm sure that my left leg is broke.
My hip hurts when I move my chin,
My belly button's caving in.

My back is wrenched, my ankle's sprained,
My 'pendix pains each time it rains.
My toes are cold, my toes are numb,


I have a sliver in my thumb.

My neck is stiff, my voice is weak,
I hardly whisper when I speak.
My tongue is filling up my mouth,


I think my hair is falling out.

My elbow's bent, my spine ain't straight,
My temperature is one-o-eight.
My brain is shrunk, I cannot hear,


There's a hole inside my ear.

I have a hangnail, and my heart is ...
What? What's that? What's that you say?
You say today is .............. Saturday?


G'bye, I'm going out to play!"


BEST OF LUCK!!

Answer 3

There was a one woman show done about Emily Dickinson. The actress depicting her recited much of her poetry, of course. I saw a scene from it, and she brought the words to life well enough. Try looking at some of those.

Answer 4

want something scary? try edgar allan poe.