Poetry Collection Mrs. Liggio

Project details You will be creating a poetry collection using the following types of poems.

Five Senses Poem Formula Line 1: State the topic Line 2: Tell what the topic sounds like Line 3: Tell what the topic tastes like Line 4: Tell what the topic smells like Line 5: Tell what the topic looks like Line 6: Tell what the topic makes you feel or how it feels

Five Senses Poem Example: Problems They sound like children crying. (sound) They taste of gasoline. (taste) And smell like spinach. (smell) They look like monsters. (sight) They make you feel unwanted . (touch)

5 senses poem-another example Peace is a rainbow of color. It smells like a rose, It tastes like sugar. Peace sounds like a bluebird and feels like a handshake.

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

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

Color Poem Color (title) 1: What things LOOK the color? 2: What things SOUND the color? 3: What things SMELL the color? 4: How does the color FEEL? 5: What makes YOU FEEL the color? 6: What things TASTE the color? 7: What EXPERIENCES or IDEAS seem that color 8: Can you think of the color PLACES?

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.

Color poem –another example Green Green is apples, markers, and cool. Green is the taste of vegetables. Green smells like grass and rain. Green makes me feel envious. Green is the sound of a lawnmower and a sigh. Green is a garden, forest, and a swamp. Green is renewal. Green is beginning again. Green is spring.

Acrostic Formula: Each line of an acrostic 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

Haiku Formula: A haiku has three lines. Typically, the topic is nature. Line 1 should have five syllables, Line 2 should have seven syllables, Line 3 should have seven syllables. (5-7-5)

Haiku Example: Spring is in the air Flowers are blooming sky high Children are laughing

Haiku – another example Sand scatters the beach Waves crash on the sandy shore Blue water shimmers

Rhyming poem This must be at least 6 lines. You must decide which rhyming scheme you are choosing and WRITE IT AT THE END OF EACH LINE AND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE. Choices can include the following;

Rhyme poem - example Little Miss Muffet A Sat on a tuffet A Eating her curds and whey. B Along came a spider C And sat down beside her C And frightened Miss Muffett away. B AABCCB

Rhyme poem - example If life is a story A What’s yours about? B Is it filled with glory? A Or is it filled with doubt? B Upen the pages you write C In your lifes story A That life is a fight C But you are a victory. A ABABCACA

Rhyme Poem Example: Weird-Bird by Shel Silverstein Birds are flyin’ south for winter. A Here’s the wierd-Bird headin’ north.B Wings a-flappin’, beak a-chatterin’, C Cold head bobbin’ back ‘n’ forth.B He says, “It’s not that I like ice D Or freezin’ winds and snowy ground. E It’s just sometimes it’s kind of nice D To be the only bird in town. E ABCBDEDE

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 dancing and playing and hopping UP AND DOWN THE STREET. THE HAPPY BOUNCING BALL CAME

FLAPPING, FLOATING, SWEEPING, SOARING, SLEEK AND SOFT, THE FEATHERY Painted Poetry FLAPPING, FLOATING, SWEEPING, SOARING, SLEEK AND SOFT, THE FEATHERY FLOCK GENTLY BEATS ITS SILVERED WINGS IN SMOOTH RHYTHM... WITH HARDLY A SOUND.