Poetry Collection

Five Senses Poem

Formula
Line 1: Line 2: Line 3: Line 4: Line 5: Line 6:
Tell what color the abstraction is Tell what the abstraction sounds like

Tell what the abstraction tastes like

Tell what the abstraction smells like Tell what the abstraction looks like Tell what the abstraction makes you feel

Five Senses Poem

Example: Problems are black. They sound like children crying. They taste of castor oil. And smell like spinach. They look like monsters. They make you feel unwanted.

Diamante Poem
Formula
Line 1: one word, subject of poem Line 2: two words, adjectives describing subject Line 3: three words, participles (-ing verbs) Line 4: four words related to subject (For lines 5-7, describe opposite/antonym of subject) Line 5: three words, participles (-ing verbs) Line 6: two words, adjectives describing opposite of subject Line 7: one word, opposite/antonym of subject in Line 1

Diamante Poem
Example
Love Happy, secure Dreaming, talking, loving Husband, wife, children, home Quarreling, loathing, degrading Angry, mad Hate

Cinquain Poem
Formula
Line 1: Line 2: Line 3: Line 4: Line 5: one word, subject of poem two words, description of subject (adjectives) three words, participles (-ing verbs), actions four words, simile describing feelings about subject one word, synonym for subject

Cinquain Poem
Example
Feather Purple, unpredictable Wiggling, wobbling, plummeting Wild as an angry bumblebee Plume

Color Poem
Color (title)
Color is describe looks, describe looks, and feels like describe feel. Color is the taste of describe taste. Describe smell and describe smell smell color. Describe how color makes you feel makes me feel color. Color is the sound of describe sound and describe sound. Color is place that reminds you of color, place that reminds you of color, and place that reminds you of color. Experience that makes you feel this color is color. Experience that makes you feel this color is also color. Color is anything you want for this line.

Color Poem
Example
Turquoise Turquoise is magic, manatees, and silly putty. Turquoise is the taste of sherbert. Juicy pears and the desert smell turquoise. A cleared mind makes me feel turquoise. Turquoise sounds of splashing paint and tubas. Turquoise is Yashiro, a calm pool of water, and a coral reef. Painting is turquoise. Making new friends is turquoise. Turquoise is having siblings.

Anagram
Formula: Each line of an anagram begins with a letter of the subject and should describe the subject. Example:
Apple picking Umbrella bent by the wind Toasting marshmallows over an open fire Unequaled beauty Many colored leaves North winds chill me to the bone

Build-A-Poem
Formula
Line 1: one word, topic Line 2: two words, colors Line 3: three words, adjectives Line 4: four words, participles (-ing verbs) Line 5: five words, a sentence about your feelings or experiences

Build-A-Poem
Example:
Fall yellow, orange shiny, wet, windy raining, changing, playing, falling The days grow too short.

Haiku
Formula: A haiku has three lines. Typically, the topic is nature. Line 1 should have five syllables, line 2 should have seven syllables, and line 3 should have seven syllables. (5-75)

Haiku
Example:
Most cannot see it. Its intertwined and complex. A beauty in dew.

8-line Rhyme Poem

Line 1________________________ Line 2________________________ Line 3________________________ Line 4________________________ Line 5________________________ Line 6________________________ Line 7________________________ Line 8________________________
Lines 2 & 4 should have end rhyme. Lines 6 & 8 should have end rhyme.

8-line Rhyme Poem

Example:
Weird-Bird by Shel Silverstein Birds are flyin south for winter. Heres the wierd-Bird headin north. Wings a-flappin, beak a-chatterin, Cold head bobbin back n forth. He says, Its not that I like ice Or freezin winds and snowy ground. Its just sometimes its kind of nice To be the only bird in town.

Limericks
Formula:
A limerick is a 5-line poem meant to be humorous. The rhyme pattern is a a b b a with lines 1, 2, and 5 containing 3 beats and rhyming, and lines 3 and 4 having two beats and rhyming.

Limericks
Example:
A flea and a fly in a flue Were caught, so what could they do? Said the fly, Let us flee. Let us fly, said the flea. So they flew through a flaw in the flue.

Limericks
Quick Practice:
There once was a pauper named Meg Who accidentally broke her______. She slipped on the _____. Not once, but thrice Take no pity on her, I _______. (Can you guess which words go in the blanks?)

Painted Poetry
Painted writing is a way of placing words on paper to give a visual effect to match the feeling of the writing. The shape expresses what the writing is about. Use strong, colorful language to describe the topic of the poem. Remember to think about your five senses.

Painted Poetry

Painted Poetry