Poetry Continued… Creative Writing 7

My Secret Place My ________________place is_____________ where I go to ____________________. I see_____like _____________. I feel____________.

Haiku 3 lines– visualize feel nature. Most are written with syllabes Now then, let’s go out To enjoy the snow.. Until I slip and fall, ouch!

Haiku involving the senses Building a mental picture with words is called imagery. The most effective imagery involves more then visual image it involves touch, taste, smell and hearing. Sleep on horseback, The far moon in a continuing dream, Steam of roasting tea. (feel the horse, warmth and smell of tea, sensation of being asleep)

Example My secret place is in my grandma’s closet. In the closet are my grandfather’s ties hanging like jangling snakes.

Onomatopoeia Ball= plonk Bleachers= creak Knees= crack Crowd= roar arms= thump Snap, crackle, pop!

Sound poem Ideas! Morning sounds Evening sounds Water sounds Pool sounds Zoo sounds Forest noises Concert noises Supermarket noises Lunch time noises Recess noises

Basketball sounds Shout and sweat and Catch your breath Pivot, twist and try not to shove. Bleachers-creak, Sneaker-squeak Dazzle-dribble Pound and shriek Kneecaps cracked, Elbows skinned; What a price We pay to win!

Refrain and Echo I used to _______________ But______________ I was______________ But____________ I had_____________ But_______________ I became______________ But______________ (try to make yourself an object: chair, stone, car ect.)

Refrain and Echo example I used to be a boulder but the rain came down. I was big and round but the rain come down I was hard and tough but the rain came down. I didn’t want to get older But the rain came down. At first I didn’t notice any change but the rain came down. Centuries came and went but the rain came down. I became just a rock but the rain came down That’s enough, leave me along I cried, but the rain came down. Even though it was soft and weak The rain came down And wore me into the ground, And still the rain came down.

Word Cinquain Line 1:Title1 word Line 2:Description of title2 words Line 3: Action about the title 3 words Line 4: Feeling about the title 4 words Line 5:Synonym for title1 word

Example of Cinquain Homework Tiresome, Tedious Hard to complete Worrisome, Boring, Endless, Frustrating Schoolwork

Acrostic Your first, middle, last name or nickname written on the left side of the paper. Tell more about yourself in fragments and sentences. This will be your title page for your poetry book.

Example of Acrostic Mom to four children who Rarely gets much Sleep. She tirelessly Cooks for the rug rats. Always there as the taxi driver. Basketball mom Also a coach who L oves teaching kids ELA and sports. Values everyone’s different Uniqueness. That’s what makes the world a better place. Ma and Mother

ABC poem Pick 5 letters of the alphabet and write them in sequence. Stick to one topic and write more than one word per line. Hot dogs on buns. I love them! Just drizzle with a little Ketchup, and they’ve Leap for My stomach!

Poem for someone at Thanksgiving Dinner Name that you call the person: Dad/Mother ect… You’re You are_____________ You are____________ You’re___________ Thank you……… Thank you…. Thank you………. Thank you…….. Four adjectives listed in a row. Intelligent Funny Without you You make Love,

Concrete Poem A form of poetry in which the shape or design helps express the meaning or feeling of the poem. P E A K S and Vys Life. Ae LL

Go back and rewrite! Go back and rewrite or write a new 2-5 poems. You will be writing 20 poems in your poem book, which poems fit together? You should have more then one poem per page. Do you have your title page written? (Accrostic) A poem that shows onomatopoeia?