POETRY…WORDS IN MOTION Poetry is painting pictures with words…it is whatever you want it to be.

STYLIZED… Poems that follow a certain style! Haiku – Tanka – Cinquain – Five lines with specific words Diamante – Seven lines with specific words Limerick – Follows AABBA rhyme pattern

HAIKU Drifting silently (5) On the billowy clouds high (7) Above the sunlight (5)

HAIKU Falling to the ground, I watch a leaf settle down In a bed of brown Sand scatters the beach Waves crash on the sandy shore Blue water shimmers

TANKA Summer time is here (5) Waiting for me to have fun (7) In the wind and waves (5) Sitting on the lovely beach (7) Sipping soda pop with lime (7)

TANKA Beautiful mountains Rivers with cold, cold water. White cold snow on rocks Trees over the place with frost White sparkly snow everywhere.

Cinquain Cinquain ("cin-kain“ - a French word for five) usually follows this organization: Line 1: a one-word line, a noun, that gives the poem its title Line 2: two adjectives that describes what the poem is about Line 3: three action -ing verbs that describe something the subject of the poem does Line 4: a phrase that indicates a feeling related to the subject of the poem Line 5: a one-word line, noun, that sums up what the poem is about, renaming it Penguin Black, white Waddling, swimming, leaping A tuxedo in the cold water Emperor

Cinquain Spaghetti Messy, spicy Slurping, sliding, falling Between my plate and mouth Noodles Mules Stubborn, unmoving Braying, kicking, resisting Not wanting to listen People

Rain Heavy, awesome Drenching, soaking, penetrating Renewing the earth’s firmament Soil-soaker

Mantis Stick, predator Stalking, preening, searching Slenderly fashioned by nature Killer

Diamante Named for its shape. This 7 line poem will form a diamond if done properly. 1.Noun: subject of poem 2. Two adjectives describing your subject 3. Three participles (ing verbs) that describe the subject 4. Four nouns: two related to the subject and the second two related to the opposite of the original subject. 5. Three participles describing the opposite subject (see line seven below) 6. Two adjectives describing your opposite subject 7. Opposite of the top line subject Peace Tranquil, quiet Relaxing, growing, hoping Knowledge, strength, hatred, anger Fighting, killing, decaying Raw, primitive War

Diamante Fireball Brilliant, beautiful Flashing, shining, dashing Bright, wondrous, black, nothing Staring, hoping, missing Deep, quiet Darkness.

LIMERICK  These five line poems are often funny or nonsensical.  They typically start with “There once was a…” or “There was a…”  They follow the rhyming pattern AABBA – meaning the first, second, and fifth lines end with the same sound, while the third and fourth lines end the same as well. There was an old man from Peru, (A) who dreamed he was eating his shoe. (A) He awoke in the night (B) with a terrible fright, (B) and found out that it was quite true. (A)

LIMERICK There once was a girl named Jill who was scared by the sight of a drill. She brushed every day so her dentist would say, “Your teeth are so perfect; no bill.” There once was a fellow named Tim whose dad never taught him to swim. He fell off a dock and sunk like a rock. And that was the end of him.

Shape Poem The poem takes the shape of the subject of the poem. Choose a simple shape. Think of words that describe your subject and write simple phrases about your topic. You can repeat the lines over and over.

Shape Poem You may either use your words as the outline, or fill the shape in.