- collecting basin for area precipitation and a series of channels to conduct the water out of the area and toward the sea. - an interconnected group of streams. - collects water over a large area. - drains water toward the ocean.
A A A. Email. Poetry is dying. Actually, it's pretty dead already for all intents and purposes and the rise of performance poetry slams is doing nothing to help matters. I know, I used to be a performance poet. Poetry is dying. Actually, it's pretty dead already for all intents and purposes and the rise of performance poetry slams is doing nothing to help matters. I know, I used to be a performance poet. The first poetry slam competition was held in Chicago in 1984.
Twisted shape poetry. There are two really quite distinct types of shape poetry, twisted and true. Twisted shape poems are easier and more fun to write, which makes them ideal for children. In the case of twisted poems, the words of the poem are written and then simply contorted or twisted to form the desired shape.