CHAPTER 11: POETRY WRITINGPrepared by Kathleen Luttenegger, PhD.

FORMULA POEMS

Provide a skeleton for children’s writing “I wish…” Color Poems Five-Senses Poems “If I Were…” “I used to… / But now I…” “___________ is…” Preposition Peoms

FREE-FROM POEMS

Words and phrases pu together withou concern for rhyme, repetition, or other patterns

Concrete Poems—combining art and writing Found Poems—using words from an article,

song, or story Poems for Two Voices

SYLLABLE AND WORD COUNT POEMS

Haiku 17 syllables arranged in 3 lines 5-7-5

Cinquains 5 line poem with 22 syllables 2-4-6-8-2

Diamantes 7 line poem

Line 1: Noun (subject) Line 2: 2 Adjectives Line 3: 3 –ing words telling about the subject Line 4: 4 nouns (2 about subject, 2 opposites) Line 5: 3 –ing words about the opposite Line 6: 2 Adjectives about the opposite Line 7: Noun (opposite of subject)

RHYMED VERSE POEMS

Limericks 5 lines a-a-b-b-a rhyme; b lines are shorter

Clerihews 4 lines to describe a person

Line 1: The person’s name Line 2: Rhymes with line 1 Lines 3 and 4: Rhyme with each other

MODEL POEMS

Apologies Invitations Prayers from the Ark “If I Were in Charge of the World…:

POETIC DEVICES

Comparison (similes and metaphors) Alliteration Onomatopoeia Repetition Rhyme