Poetry Creative Writing Cabalum

Color Wheel What colors fit you best? What color fits the emotions of happiness, sadness, frustration, peace, boredom?

Feelings and colors– model only can be changed! _______________ is __________ like_______ (feeling)(color) and also like______________________ It __________through my _____________ (verb)(mind, room) It reminds me of the time_______________ It makes me feel__________or/like__________ It makes me want to ________________

Examples of color poems Peace is white like a single snowflake drifting to the ground. Boredom is gray like a dull day It sits on a shelf Like a can of cat food waiting to be bought Anger is red like tomato soup bubbling over on the stove.

“Rules “ for writing poetry 1.Don’t worry about spelling 2.Don’t worry about being neat 3.Don’t worry about erasing 4.Don’t worry about rhyme Poets and painters chose colors very carefully because they know how powerful they are. I’m going to ask you to choose colors to use in your poems.

Like What….? Color like Hot like Cold like Sounds like Tastes like Smells like Looks like Texture like Moves like

Anger Anger can be: Red like tomato sauce boiling over on the stove Gray like a storm cloud Cold like icicles hanging from gutters Cold like someone who won’t talk to you Smells like a skunk Tastes like rotten eggs Slithers like a cobra through my brain giving me poisonous thoughts Rough as sandpaper; sharp as porcupine quills

Like what… object in the room Write in the same format as you did for the “like what” poem on a color/emotion but this time pick an object in the room and follow the format to write the poem again.

Example of Like what… object Book Bag The Book Bag is rectangular It is gray and dirty like my father’s socks. It is a smooth object With an oval entrance like a mouth Waiting to eat my homework. It reminds me of myself eating.

Like What poem… #3 object in your house/room Loud like a freight train Pertruse is it’s color Makes my ears burn like a hot fire Tastes like brussel sprouts Looks like a portal into the underworld Moves like a snake in the grass A time waster TV

Self portrait My __________is like______________ My _______ are like____________ My ___________are__________ My ____________is _____________ My heart holds_____________ that is _____ as_______________ I live in_______ and eat_____________

Examples of self portrait My hair is like an ocean with calm waves that flow on a beach. My eyes are like stars or dark on a tree in a meadow. My fingers are branches around a forest. My heart holds love. It is red like the reddest rose. I live in a desk. I eat pencils and information.

Portrait of someone else My sister’s eyes are hazel like green grass in a field. My sister’s hair is like curly vines on a small forest floor. My sister’s heart hold sadness like a purple dragon My sister lives in a mall and eat all the stuff.

Inside This Inside this…. 6 or more lines including vivid language Example: Inside This Dictionary Inside this dictionary there are trillons of words, like somebody who can’t stop talking. The dictionary goes on and on like a line that never stops. Inside this dictionary live little people with orange skin. They know the meaning of every word in the whole universe.

Go inside Go inside a ________________________ See its_________________like_____________ Perhaps you’ll find_______________ Perhaps____________________ Example: Go inside a stone That would be my way. Let somebody else become a dove or gnash with a tiger’s tooth. I am happy to be a stone. I have seen sparks fly out when two stones are rubbed, So perhaps it is not dark inside after all, Perhaps there is a moon shining from somewhere, as though behind a hill.

Quiet Poem/ Dark poem/Loud poem Anxious poem/ Silent poem Image 1______________ Image 2_____________ Image 3_______________ Image 4____________ And me ending

Example of Quiet poem Snake scales slithering against a tree Rain sprinkling on frosty grass The sun drifting behind snow capped mountains Crickets singing in the night A cool midnight breeze And me Imagining it all

Weather When the sky turns __________it means_____ The rain is __________It ________on flowers and ___________like The wind__________like a ___________ Last week it rained __________ and it’s going to snow__________ This day is ____________ and filled with____ (color/feeling)

Importance of Titles Glad shoes run like a cheetah Glad shoes wiggle like spaghetti Glad shoes walk like a jazz band Glad shoes dance like a wild man Glad shoes jump 21 feet high Glad shoes never stop moving Glad shoes just work too hard in one day

When I was young When I was young I used to______________ Or When I was young I was______________ Add two to four more lines.

Sports Basketball reminds me of________ It makes me feel___________ Without basketball ______________ With it________________ Pass me the ROCK!

Family and friends Things were never the same after_______ or I never understood why_______________ Share Stanley Kunitz poem– page 77

Animal in Me There is a _____________in me With____________like__________ and _________like. It ___________ like. (sounds like: hisses, roars) It ______like (moves like: wiggles, flaps, creeps) It lives in my __________ And makes me___________ I wish ________________ It makes me want to___________

Example of animal Raging Boar This is a wild boar in me with eyes of fire, fur of wind, raging strength and a heart for the unexpected. It grunts like a madman. It gallops like a wild mustang. It lives in my heart.