8 th Grade Poetry Project By: Megan Marcinkowska

Definition: The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words. Example: Summer sea

Gulls and Buoys By: Anne LeMieux Gulls swoop, gulls soar, Flocking, flying, gulls galore. Gulls wheel, gulls wing, Clamorous chorus, gulls sing. Gulls squawk, gulls screech By the buoys, on the beach. Gulls gather, gulls together, Raucous caucus, birds of a feather.

Anthem for Doomed Youth By: Wilfred Owen What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? Only the monstrous anger of the guns. Only the stuttering rifles’ rapid rattle Can patter out their hasty orisons. No mockeries now for them; no prayers nor bells, Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs, ― The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells; And bugles calling for them from sad shires. What candles may be held to speed them all? Not in the hands of boys, but in their eyes Shall shine the holy glimmers of good-byes. The pallor of girls’ brows shall be their pall; Their flowers the tenderness of patient minds, And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds.

Definition: The repetition of a vowel sounds in stressed syllables that end with different consonant sounds. Example: snow and road – snow and road

Snow Country By: Dave Etter only a little yellow school bus creeping along a thin ribbon of snow road splashed color on the white winter canvas that was Wyoming from the train yesterday

Swift Things are Beautiful By: Elizabeth Coatsworth Slow things are beautiful: The closing of the day, The pause of the wave That curves downward to spray.

Definition: The repetition of sounds at the ends of words. Example: fight and light space and place

Is Your Head on Nice and Tight? By: Kalli Dakos Is your head on nice and tight, Do your kneecaps fit just right, Did you shine up all your skin, And bring your belly button in? Have you lost a toe or two And could your brain be overdue? Please look in the Lost and Found, If your ears are not around.

Hiding in the Bathroom By: Kalli Dakos I’m hiding in the bathroom, There’s no one here to see, I’m tired of my classroom, And I wish they’d set me free. Free of all those noisy kids Rattling round the room, And calling me such awful names – I’ll never last till June! Free of that darn substitute Who screeches and who yells… The bathroom is the nicest place To sit and wait for bells

Definition: Uses like or as to compare two unlike things. Example: I breathe fire as hot as the sun.

A Red, Red Rose By: Robert Burns O My Luve's like a red, red rose, That's newly sprung in June; O My Luve's like the melodie That's sweetly play’d in tune.

Flint By: Christina Rossetti An emerald is as green as grass, A ruby red as blood; A sapphire shines as blue as heaven; A flint lies in the mud.

Definition: Describes one thing as if it were something else. Example: My brother is a killer whale.

The Wave Of Love By: Gavin T. Hewitson We are all one, we are all unique and beautiful Each one of us a star, shining beauty bright Love is inside our hearts and our hearts are full Once you open your heart love shines it's light

Definition: The use of words that imitate sounds. Example: boom, crunch, bang

Slurp! By: Melissa Kerk Oh no! I hear something Crash ahhhhhh Something’s near I have a lot of fear Clink, clink, clink It’s here, it’s here It’s black in the room It’s on my bed! SLURP! Oh it’s just my cat! MEOW!

Rattle Snake By: Kenny Mack Rattle, rattle a snake goes through the desert Hiss, hiss, rattle, rattle He’s sees an egg, snatch, crunch, crunch, gulp. Then he slithers down the hill of the desert Slither, slither.

Definition: Gives human qualities to something nonhuman. Example: The clarinet sang.

The Cat and the Fiddle By: Mother Goose Hey diddle, diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon; The little dog laughed To see such a sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon.

Definition: A figure of speech in which deliberate exaggeration is used to create emphasis. Example: I had so much homework, I needed a pickup truck to carry all my books home!

Longmobile By: Shel Silverstein It’s the world’s longest car, I swear, It reaches from Beale Street to Washington Square. And once you get in it To go where you’re going, You simply get out, ‘cause you’re there.

Definition: Poetry that takes the shape of the subject it describes. Example:

Star Light Star bright, Star shining In the dark of night, over a cavern deep and dark, Inside the cave a baby’s born, who shall die on the cross, But Do not mourn, for he is the one to save our race, for we have fallen from grace, Three kings and three shepherds have Come by your light, through this cold, dark, and Winter y nig h t. By: Stephen Neville

Poe's raven told him nothing nevermore and Vincent's circling crows were a threat to destroy sunlight. Now I saw a bird, black with a yellow beak, orange rubber legs pecking to kill the lawn, storm bird hates with claw, evil beak, s u n and eye By: Don Carlson

Definition: Humorous five-line poems with a specific rhythm pattern and rhyme scheme. Example: 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.

Title: unknown By: Edward Lear There was a young lady whose bonnet, Came untied when the birds sat upon it; But she said: “I don’t care! All the birds in the air Are welcome to sit on my bonnet!”

Title: unknown By: Edward Lear There was an Old Man of Kilkenny, Who never had more than a penny; He spent all that money, In onions and honey, That wayward Old Man of Kilkenny.

Definition: Three-line Japanese verse form. First & third lines each have five syllables & the second line has seven. Example: Birds fly overhead I see shadows on the ground Flying south to warmth

Flowers By: Kay Pravda Stately skyscrapers Above ant roads through the dirt Shade busy workers

Definition: Typically unrhymed poem. Twenty-two syllables distributed in 2, 4, 6, 8, & 2 in five lines. Example: Line 1: NounMegan Line 2: Description of Noundirty blonde hair Line 3: Actionbasketball, volleyball Line 4: Feeling or Effecthelpful, caring, outgoing, fun Line 5: Synonym of the initial nounMarie

Shade Tree By: Jeanne Cassler The oak (2) in my backyard (4) holds twisted rope and wood (6) knows the name of every child (8) that swings. (2)

First Visit to the Ocean By: Jeanne Cassler She's lost (2) inside her laugh (4) before the rising tide (6) that reaches out to tickle her (8) bare toes. (2)

Warning – Rewritten By: Megan Marcinkowska When I am an old woman. With a cane which doesn’t go, and doesn’t suit me. And I shall spend my pension on a Ferrari and spinners And a GPS system, and say we’ve no money for bills. I shall sit down on the hammock when I’m tired And gobble up samples of fudge and press alarm bells And run my stick along the sidewalk And make up for the sobriety of my youth. I shall go out in my swimming suit in the rain And pick tulips in other people’s gardens And learn to do the splits. You can wear outdated shirts shirts and grow gray hair And eat three pounds of candy at a go Or only peanut butter and jelly for a week And hoard scrapbooks and pictures and newspapers and things in boxes. (continued on next page)

But now we must have clothes that keep us warm And pay our rent and not dance in the street And set a good example for the children. We must have the grand children to dinner and read the papers. But maybe I ought to practice a little now? So people who know me are not too shocked and grossed out When suddenly I am old, and grumpy.

Turkeys By: Megan Marcinkowska Turkeys (2) Red, blue, and brown (4) Move through the wilderness (6) Gracefully, silently, timid (8) A jake (2)

Spring Time By: Megan Marcinkowska Roses are red rubys are blue apples from Fred’s are juicy and taste good too. Easter lilies will come up soon, while the lemon trees are in full bloom. The blue jay makes his long trip North, while Iris’ and blue berries sprout forth. This is a very good sign that spring has arrived. 3 stanza poem

Clowns By: Megan Marcinkowska The clown (2) Crazy red hair (4) Graceful in his outfit(6) Makes kids excited and happy (8) Bozo (2) My poem of choice