Things are getting a bit cooler and a bit hotter at the same time here at
Bowman!

 hope you're having a very fun weekend! We're only a few days away from
Halloween at Bowman (one of the best days of the year!)
 
While we're studying Calliograms and...

 Since we are a poetry class!*

 *and we like to study awesome poets, here's Edgar Allan Poe's "Raven"  as a
pretty cool picture!

Pretty sick, huh? That's a Calliogram!! 

"But I want to make more!!"
Here's an awesome website that will do that for you!  Just click on this link and paste one of your own poems into the box and pick the picture you want to make!

I also have a pretty cool quote for this week. I think it's pretty cool.
Definitely a good quote of the day!

Also, where would we be if I didn't include an awesome spooky playlist in honor of Halloween!

Here's our playlist for the week!
 Santana - Black Magic Woman

 Ladyhawke - Paris is Burning

Josh Vietti - Night in Paris

 Tom Waits - Just Another Sucker on the Vine

 Pink Floyd - Welcome to the Machine

Death Cab for Cutie - Soul Meets Body

 Queen - Don't Stop Me Now

 Michael Andrews - Mad World

 The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil

 The Animals - The House of the Rising Sun

 Nina Simone - I put a spell on you

 Michael Jackson - Thriller :)

Iain Bellamy - Close to You (Mirrormask Soundtrack)

Nathan Johnson - Emily's Theme (Brick Soundtrack)

Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters

 Johnny Cash - Ghost Riders in the Sky

Nightmare Before Christmas - This is Halloween


 Oh Boy Oh Boy! It's going to be fun! 
 

And for
those of you who celebrate (I do, BTW. :) ) Happy Dia de los Muertos on
Thursday!!


See you in Class!


-Mike

We've added 4 new names to our roster today, as well as a few new poems and a few new posts! 

Welcome Kelsey, Colten, Anthony and Ari!  

Please feel free to respond to this email in order to comment on this message, or feel free to sign up for free with Posterous and post a few of your poems over a weekend or two. 

For those of you who missed it, I posted earlier about some extra credit opportunities you can have this weekend.  

And for those of you new to the site, you can always search by "Key Term" for things like "Quotes" or "Extra Credit" and all of the posts that have extra credit or quotes should pop up in order from most recent to last.  

Have a wonderful day everyone!

-Mike

We'll also have five days of school to type these poems up in class too, but
if you want, you can finish early and kick it in class the rest of the time
while we do poetry readings for...

 OPEN MIC 2!! 
The Poet's Revenge!  

(I'm a firm believer in the power of a good subtitle.  :)  )

So exciting!  Remember!  This is BIG credit in our class and totally worth it.  Especially if you are looking for that extra credit that your counselor said you needed...  

I also have a cool infographic that we'll be referring to periodically
throughout the following week, but I'll post it here now, since I think it's
oustandingly cool!

Here's our playlist for the week!

The Go! Team - The Power is On

 Jimmy Eat World - Praise Chorus

Medeski, Scofield, Martin and Wood - Cachaca

Kris Allen - Live like we're dying

Stevie Wonder - Superstition

 Medeski, Martin and Wood - Anonymous Skulls

 Medeski, Martin and Woord - End of the World Party (just in case.  :)  )

Yuna - Come as you Are

 Pearl Jam - Elderly Woman behind the Counter

 Pearl Jam - Just Breathe

 Kings of Leon - Use Somebody

 311 - Love Song

 Coldplay ft. Rihanna - Princess of China

 Andy Grammer - Keep Your Head Up

 Sun Kil Moon - Heron Blue

 I have a lot of cool Jazz in there, but I always associate cold weather with Warm Coffee houses and nice Jazz.  What about you, what do you associate Cold Weather with?  See you Monday!


-Mike