Metaphor Dice Poetry
I enjoy using Taylor Mali’s Metaphor Dice to get me started on a roll….
Confusion
Confusion is an insecure thunderstorm,
the kind that uproots
long-established landscape
and makes a person
wonder whether
the things that were
once important
still are.
There is a boxed version – even an erudite set – and also an app! Here are examples, below. I used the app today and changed one word.
Common Threads 
One year, at the encouragement of a fellow slicer I followed up a month of slices with a month of poetry. I learned a lot about poetry tools, poetry options, and myself. I love these dice. I'll be pulling them out on Thursday. 🙂
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I have never tried this, Kim, for all my love of dice symbolism…on my way to the app now…how magnificently you capture “confusion,” in every line.
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You definitely captured.the feel of confusion. I will try this dive app too. Thanks for sharing.
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There are so many wonderful tools for poetry! I, too, will be writing poetry daily through the month of April at ethicalela. Have you tried Paint Chip Poetry and Haikubes? I love Rory’s Story Cubes and Jenga Blocks with words and magnetic poetry kits….the list keeps growing! Thanks for reading and commenting!
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Thank you, Fran! This app keeps me thinking in new ways. I have a list of my favorite word starters for those mornings when the words don’t want to wake up at the same time I do, and this one tops my list!
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Thank you, Terierrol!
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What a masterful way to capture the confusion!I've never seen the dice, but I'm totally going to check out the app.
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Thank you, Stacey!
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This app looks amazing, thanks for the introduction. I love your poem on confusion and the way it's structured and the idea of confusion being an insecure thunderstorm.
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I love metaphor dice. I have a photo w/ Taylor Mali flat NCTE a couple years ago. Metaphor dice, paint chip poetry, Haikubes are gun to set up as stations for students during National Poetry Month. Love your confusion metaphor. I do wonder about what’s really important. This post brought back some fun teaching memories.
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