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Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary. ~Kahlil Gibran Poetry should... should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance. ~John Keats A poet can survive everything but a misprint. ~Oscar Wilde

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What is Poetry? A form of writing designed to evoke an emotional response in the reader. A way for a person to express themselves and their feelings. The language of love and dreams. An often symbolic form of writing usually in stanzas, often rhyming.

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Limerick A short sometimes vulgar, humorous poem consisting of five anapestic lines. Lines 1, 2, and 5 have seven to ten syllables, rhyme and have the same verbal rhythm. The 3rd and 4th lines have five to seven syllables, rhyme and have the same rhythm.

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Limericks Twas a crazy old man called O'Keefe Who caused local farmers much grief To their cows he would run Cut their legs off for fun And say "Look, I've invented ground beef!"

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Limerick There was a young rustic named Mallory, who drew but a very small salary. When he went to the show, his purse made him go to a seat in the uppermost gallery. Man From Aruba There once was a man from Aruba, Whose favorite hobby was scuba. Every day he would wish, He could spear a big fish. But settled instead for canned tuna.

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Limericks There once was a boy from Montreal Who loved to play basketball For a team he tried out But if he made it, I doubt For you see, he was three feet tall! When you sneeze and you cough and you're achin' And you feel that your body is breakin' Just try to recall It's still only Fall; Old man winter has yet to awaken.

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Limericks Young Anton thought he would go far He wanted to become a big star But when crossing the street He tripped over his feet And was hit by an oncoming car (Author was 8!) There once was a young girl named Meg Who accidentally broke her _______. She slipped on the ______. Not once, but thrice Take no pity on her, I __________.

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Limerick There once was a turkey named Chicken Come thanksgiving he was ripe for the pickin And though he screamed and he ran, he couldnt avoid the man And nows what we call finger-lickin ~By Emily McCarthy (Was a 6 th grade student when I taught her & she wrote this!)

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Rebus Poetry Uses pictures, pictograms, and symbols to create a riddle or a poem.

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Do you carrot all for me? My heart beets for you, Our love is as soft as a squash, But as strong as an onion With your turnip nose For you are a peach, With your radish hair, And your turnip nose, You are the apple of my eye, If we cantaloupe, Lettuce marry; For I know we would make a happy pear.

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Epithalamium A poem written in honor of the bride and groom.

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How Falling in Love is Like Owning a Dog by Taylor Mali

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Acrostic simple poems in which each the first letter of each line forms a word or phrase (vertically). An acrostic poem can describe the subject or even tell a brief story about it.

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Epitaph An epitaph is a commemorative inscription on a tomb or mortuary monument written in praise, or reflecting the life, of a deceased person.

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Sound Sound is used in poetry to add imagery and evoke the readers sense preceptors, especially when read aloud. This key element is also what makes poetry unique in regards to other forms of writing. The following types of sound effects are used: Alliteration- repetition of the same first letter or sound in a group of words (Peter Pettigrew) Assonance-repetition of vowel sounds within words (Sci-Fi) Onomatopoeia- words that sound like what they describe (Meow; Croak) Rhyme-repetition of sound at the end of words or lines Free Verse-free of rhyme and steady rhythm

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Rhythm Rhythm gives poetry a musical quality with the use of stressed or unstressed syllables. Rhythmic sound patterns are called feet. Feet are determined by a word or phrase stressed or unstressed syllables. There are four types of feet. There names are dependent on how many syllables are in the word or phrase and where the stress occurs within a foot.

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For example Iamb/Iambus- a word or phrase consisting of one short/unstressed syllable and one long syllable, i.e. until [uhn-til] Trochee- a word or phrase with one long/stressed syllable and one short/unstressed syllable, i.e. summer [suhm-er] Anapest-two short/unstressed syllables followed by one long/stressed syllable, i.e. reimburse [ree-im- burs] Dactyl-one long/stressed and two short/unstressed syllables, i.e. introvert [in-truh-vurt]

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Meter Meter is the number of feet in a line. Meters are usually descriptive of the rhythm pattern used. For example, an iamb with 5 feet is an iambic pentameter. Monometer-1 foot Dimeter- 2 feet Trimeter- 3 feet Tetrameter-4 feet Pentameter-5 feet Hexameter- 6 feet Heptameter- 7 feet Octameter- 8 feet

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Stanzas Additionally, stanzas are an arrangement of lines that form units within a poem and are arranged in a metrical pattern. Stanzas can have as many lines within a unit as a poet wishes. The more common ones are: Couplet-2 lines Tercet- 3 lines Quatrain-4 lines Quintet- 5 lines Sestet- 6 lines Septet- 7 lines Octave- 8 lines

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Figurative Language Figurative language is used to add greater depth to the meaning of words and is used to create imagery with the use of comparisons. There are three types, Metaphor- direct comparison of dissimilar things that is meant to show equality between them. For example, My savior, my redeemer was the snow that fell right before the morning commute. Simile- comparison that uses like or as. For example,' I love you like a long song, (baby) Personification- a comparison that gives human qualities to objects, animals or ideas. For example, The butter cream cake taunted me.

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Narrative Poetry Poetry that tells a storyhas a full plot, setting, characters, etc! Casey at the Bat

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Haiku a Japanese poem composed of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables. Traditionally they were about nature. See the red berries Fallen like little footprints On the garden snow. ~Shiki

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Haiku

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Concrete Poems The poet uses the shape of the poem on the page to symbolize an idea or image within the poem.

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Concrete Poetry

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Free Verse The poet creates the line breaks and stanzas where he wants them. Rhyming usually is not present. Identity Julio Noboa Polanco Let them be as flowers, always watered, fed, guarded, admired, but harnessed to a pot of dirt. Id rather be a tall, ugly weed, clinging on cliffs, like an eagle, wind-wavering above high, jagged rocks.

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Lyric Poems A poem that expresses the thoughts and feelings of the poet. This is a very common type of poetry; ANYTHING that expresses your own thoughts & emotions counts as a lyric poem. It can be about love, anger, happiness, sadnessany thought/feeling is fine Life And Lyrics In the song of life, all lyrics need a melody. You are the lyric and you are the melody. You are the lyric of my heart and of my soul. The beauty of the rose, speaks a lyric of love. Love, speaks a lyric of you. The silent lyric of goodness, echoes from within you. My heart, speaks the lyric of love...to only you. Let the words...the lyric...that bind, pass between us. Let the lyric, of you...of me...be as one. A million words I can speak of you and the lyrics would be the same...I love you now. I always will.By Joe Fazio

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Other types of poetry. Cinquain Poetry with five lines. It comes in 3 varieties: Example 1 (by Cindy Barden): Line1: One wordDinosaurs Line2: Two wordsLived once Line 3: Three wordsLong ago, but Line 4: Four wordsOnly dust and dreams Line 5: One wordRemain

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Other types of poetry. Cinquain Poetry with five lines. It comes in 3 varieties: Example 2 (by Cindy Barden): Line1: A nounSpaghetti Line2: Two adjectivesMessy, spicy Line 3: Three -ing wordsslurping, sliding falling, Line 4: A phraseBetween my plate & mouth Line 5: Another word for the nounDelicious.

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Other types of poetry. Cinquain Poetry with five lines. It comes in 3 varieties: Example 3 (by Cindy Barden): Line1: Two syllablesBaseball Line2: Four syllablesBat cracks against Line 3: Six syllablesthe pitch, sending it out Line 4: Eight syllablesOver the fence, I did it! Line 5: Two syllablesHome Run.

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Found Poetry Found Poetry created by taking words, phrases, and passages from other sources and reframing by adding spaces, lines, or by altering the text with additions or subtractions.

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