This is a short, but fun, little idea to create a Poetry Mash up

1. Mashed Potatoes and
Cheese
A Poetic Odyssey

2. Begin with one poem
Ode to the
Potato
Ode to the Potato
O practical
potato,
vegetable
most like earth,
among elegant asparagus,
fashionable
you are unpretentiously
spud.
Tasting only of stone
you have nothing to hide,
are merely functional
a most puritanical root.
O wave your green flags
democratic potato,
you the equal
of any other
potato.

3. Choose a complementary
second poem:
Ode To Cheese
Ode to Cheese
Which Makes Us Smile,
When Camera's go Clack.
Ode To Cheese,
Which make us taste,
The greatest of flavors, the wackiest of whack.
Ode To Cheese,
Blue, Gorgonzola,
American and Cheddar.
Ode To Cheese,
Beja and Feta,
In all types of weather.
Ode To Cheese,
For those on a diet,
or trying to get fatter.
Ode To Cheese,
with crackers and wine,
with grapes can flatter.
Ode To Cheese,
when you're sad and happy,
Cheese just fits.
Ode To Cheese,
Mountains and Mountains,
or bits and bits.
Ode to the Cheese,
To appreciate,
eat,
and take pictures.

4. And weave them together in a way that
makes a new and magical poem:
Ode to the Potato
O practical
potato,
Ode To Cheese,
Which Makes Us Smile,
When Camera's go Clack.
vegetable
most like earth,
Ode To Cheese,
Which make us taste,
The greatest of flavors, the wackiest of whack.
among elegant asparagus,
fashionable
you are unpretentiously
spud.
Ode To Cheese,
Blue, Gorgonzola,
American and Cheddar.
Ode To Cheese,
Beja and Feta,
In all types of weather.

5. Or, chose some images...

6. ...and create a visual mashup

7. Ode to the Potato
O practical
potato,
vegetable
most like earth,

8. among elegant asparagus,
fashionable
you are unpretentiously
spud.

9. Tasting only of stone
you have nothing to hide,

10. are merely functional
a most puritanical root.

11. O wave your green flags
democratic potato,

12. you the equal
of any other
potato.

13. Next Steps....
Add Music
Add Narration
Create characters digitally or 3D
Film, photograph, create
Post to Moodle
Share and Enjoy

14. References
Ode to Cheese http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/ode-to-cheese-2/ Retrieved April 3 2014
Ode to Potato http://www.phatpoetry.com.au/poetry-vault/poems/ode-potato-0 Retrieved April 3 2014
burlap-bag-with-potatoes.jpg http://images.wisegeek.com/burlap-bag-with-potatoes.jpg
Buttermilk-Mashed-Potatoes-with-Asparagus1.jpg http://notenoughcinnamon.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Buttermilk-Mashed-Potatoes-with-
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img_2153.jpg http://foodprepper.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/img_2153.jpg
potato-happy-face.jpg http://jnelander.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/potato-happy-face.jpg
Potato.jpeg http://oregonrural.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Potato.jpeg
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Potatoes in Dirt https://www.google.ca/search?q=potatoes+in+dirt&client=firefox-a&hs=OfQ&rls=org.mozilla:en-
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Couch Potato http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090614070101/uncyclopedia/images/3/30/Couch-potato.gif