The Print of the Paw and To an Aged Bear

Think about a wild animal that you respect or admire. Freewrite about this animal’s characteristics and its environment. Select one of the two Momaday poems you have read to use as a model for your own prose poem or free verse poem about the animal you have chosen. Use your freewriting to help you create imagery about the animal and convey a sense of its place in nature in your poem.