My PoetryAnthology

What is Poetry?

Poetry is a river, poem after poem moves along in the exciting crests and falls of the the river waves. None is timeless; each arrives in an historical context, almost everything, in the end, passes.

-Mary Oliver (A Poetry Handbook)

What is Poetry? My Definition!

Poetry is .… allright in my definition i think that im allright at it, poetry means work just normal work, i guess it isnt really that special to me.

-Me

Acrostic

The word acrostic is formed from the Greek word acros (outermost) and stichos (line of poetry).  The acrostic is a poem where the first letter of each line forms a word when you read them looking downward.

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/acrostic/

Panthers growl,Orioles sing, Eagles soar, Monkeys swing. See? 

My Acrostic #1

nBig air

nMassive look back

nXtreme sport

My Acrostic #2

Hitting the ball

On the field

Close calls

Keeping the ball on your stick

Everyone can play

You’ll love it

Haiku

n COMPOSING A TRADITIONAL JAPANESE HAIKU POEMn The 300-year old Haiku Poem has its own distinct

discipline:- Each complete poem has only three lines, totalling 17 syllables.

- the first line must be five syllables- the second line must be seven syllables- the third line must be five syllables

When these rigid conditions are met, the result can be a very satisfying word picture .

n Birds take wing on high, gliding over angry wavesback to their safe nests.

n http://members.shaw.ca/kcic1/haiku.html

My Haiku #1

Our earth is dying,

Polluted and dark brown smog,

Save the planet now.

My Haiku #2

Snow, Cold and frosty,It sends shivers down your spine,Snowflakes floating by.

Collected Haiku #1

Sushi and SoyaThe Spring comes

When the day is over

Collected Haiku #2

The flap of a bat,drip drip of monsoon waters.

Ancient image stares.

Cinquain

Cinquain poems come in three formats:

Cinquain Pattern #1 Line1: One wordLine2: Two wordsLine 3: Three wordsLine 4: Four wordsLine 5: One word

Cinquain Pattern #2 Line1: A nounLine2: Two adjectivesLine 3: Three -ing wordsLine 4: A phraseLine 5: Another word for the noun

Cinquain

Cinquain Pattern #3 Line1: Two syllablesLine2: Four syllablesLine 3: Six syllablesLine 4: Eight syllablesLine 5: Two syllables

http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/davidc/6c_files/Poem%20pics/cinquaindescrip.htm

My Cinquain #1

Bmx

Adrenaline rush

Turndown to fakie

Faceplant on the concrete

Haha

My Cinquain #2

Dogs

Chew bones

Dig unnecessary holes

Lives in a kennel

Woof

Diamante

A diamante is a seven line poem, shaped like a diamond. Line 1: one word(subject/noun that is contrasting to line 7) Line 2: two words(adjectives) that describe line 1 Line 3: three words(action verbs) that relate to line 1 Line 4: four words (nouns)first 2 words relate to line 1last 2 words relate to line 7 Line 5: three words(action verbs) that relate to line 7 Line 6: two words(adjectives) that describe line 7 Line 7: one word( subject/noun that is contrasting to line 1) http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/diamante/

Diamante Example

square

symmetrical, conventionalshaping, measuring, balancing

boxes, rooms, clocks, halosencircling, circumnavigating, enclosing

round, continuouscircle

My Diamante #1

Cold

Dark,winter

Soups,heaters,indoors

Snow,fire,water,lava

Cooling,outdoors,water

Summer,bright

Hot

My Diamante #2

Bmx

Little,bike

Aggressive,freestyle,rider

Bicycle,little,wheel,tyre

Wheels,spinning,fast

Spokes,rims

Wheel

Free Verse

n Does not have to rhyme n Does not have to have a specific

rhythm n Has no specific length n Makes use of figurative speech

Free Verse Tools

n Metaphor – suggests a similarity between two things The road snakes around the mountain.

n Simile – highlights the comparison between two things using like, as, resembles, etc.         

The stars in the night sky were like sparkling diamonds.n Personification – giving human characteristics to things which are clearly not

human                   

The outboard motor cleared its throat.n Alliteration – repeating words with the same beginning sound

Thomas tied two turnips to two tall trees. n Imagery – using vivid, descriptive words to conjure up an image       

The car sped. - The flashy, yellow, mustang  streaked like         a bullet along the highway.

n Onomatopoeia – using words that sound like what they mean        

He slurped his soup. n Hyperbole – using exaggeration to make a point       

Make me a sundae a mile high.

My Free Verse #1

The little old lady couldn't even turn on a computer, she thought she was so high tech, but she still used a morse code machine, it was as old as her!!.

My Free Verse #2

Im wishing that i never tripped,

now my knee is a bung crip,

It looks as if i had a little bee,

who lived inside of me and wanted to break free,

Now i have to have stitches,

Probably by some old witches

Collected Free Verse #1

Awake

My last night as a full-time child

I didn't want to sleep, for fear of

Waking up in a rustle of too-crisp sheets

And a creak of inadequate bedsprings

With a lightly snoring virtual stranger eight feet away.

And also I didn't want it to be tomorrow,

Because then it would be time to do what

I've denied for three weeks of subsistence

And oblivion--ignoring is bliss.

And I saw everything I never did

Lying around me, pieces and steps of the

Success I never got, reminders that

Whatever I planned, I never got far.

But in the middle of these broken promises

To myself, I could see for the first time

That I have not been broken.

And I must keep myself, all that is real,

As daybreak does, and nightfall.

I exist to others, but all I need is me.

I will be the last promise, when all is said

And kept.

Collected Free Verse #2

Diversity

I did not think when I named my people

Eurocentric that I would ever have to

Rack my brains for just the right touch of

Foreign syllable to represent a nation

That has given me a friend I wish to honor

Without insult.

And when I used to roam the open-air mall

In search of shoes, I never imagined

That one day I would argue with my sister

Over wearing the plaid flannel that clothes

The leering young men whose compliments

We can't accept

As I feel the fluorescent lights slowly

Bleaching my skin even paler than

Its standout rosy tan among

An olive sea.

And when I felt obligated to copy my books and

Choose a crush I never paid attention to

Last names or skin tone because

A heart is the same in any language

And mine breaks when I realize

How hard it is to accept

Repeat Poster Poem

§ Select Subject§ Statements beginning with same word§ Design a shape§ Cut out multiple shapes§ One statement on each shape§ Attach to poster in all directions

Friendship is being there

Friendsh

ip

is of th

e

heartFriendship is a feast

Friendship is trying to understand a mole

Luke, Grade 6

Salamandastron, Brian Jacque

My Repeat Poster Poem #1

BMXIS

NOTA

CRIME

BMX IS THE BEST B M X IS MIGHTY FINE

BMX

MEANS

THE

BEST

Character PoemFirst name ____________Lives in ______ where s/heHears ________________Sees _________________Touches ______________Needs ________________Fears _________________Gives _________________Wonders ______________Dreams _______________Believes ______________Loves ________________Is ____________________Last name.

Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest,Ann McGovern

RobinLives in Sherwood Forest where heHears about the archery contest,Sees the evil sheriff as an enemy,Fears nothing,Gives money to the poor,Dreams about Maid Marian,Loves the feel of a bow in his hands, andIs happy to live in Sherwood ForestHood. - Joshua, Grade 8

My Character Poem #1

n First name:DaveLives in:A house in Greenville USAHears:His loud freewheel clicking while riding the parkSees:The BMX quarter ahead, ready to pull a moveTouches:His soft Krayton rubber hand-gripsNeeds:Another world BMX title Fears:Landing on his head and getting brain damageGives:Everything his best shot and has perseveranceWonders:What trick he could next pull offDreams:Of being the best in the world again Believes:That his new computer game will come out soonLoves:Riding in North Carolina and practicing new tricksIs:A legend at BMX-ing Last name:Mirra

Riddle Poem

n Line 1: clue about subjectn Line 2: adjective and nounn Line 3: two actions connected to subjectn Line 4: phrase or statementn Line 5: answer

Haymeadow, Gary Paulsen

Dumbfly-followedstubborn and stinkyspread out like a gray carpetherd of sheep

- Michael, Grade 8

My Riddle Poem #1

n Braindead,n Has braces,n Funny and stupid,n You’ll find him doing stupid stuff,n Bramwell

Rapping

n Keep the beatn Repetitionn Rhyming

Rapunzel’s Rap

Rapunzel was a girl with hair of goldTrapped in a tower in days of old

She wasn’t allowed outside to playAnd her golden hair grew longer each dayGrew longer and longer and longer each day.

The witch who locked her up was meanWith a pointed nose and a face of greenMean mean meaner than the queen of mean.

- Sonja Dunn

My Rap Poem #1

n I found a dollar coin sitting on the road,n Just as i went to grab it i saw a little toad,n The little toad said “My name be Fred”,n “I saw that little coin roll out of your bed”n “Come and meet” n “Im under your feet” n “Your foot fungus grows like my toadstool bed”n The smell could..Make me go dead”,n “Make me go dead” “Make me go dead”,

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