1. POETRY 101 What is it What is it What does it deal with What does it deal with What are the types What are the types Where will I find it Where will I find it

2. WHAT IS POETRY Simply put it is the writings of a individual that speak to their expression about topics generated by the author Simply put it is the writings of a individual that speak to their expression about topics generated by the author It typically expresses or is involved with emotions/feelings It typically expresses or is involved with emotions/feelings Is not confined by accepted grammatical conventions Is not confined by accepted grammatical conventions Often raw rather than processed thoughts Often raw rather than processed thoughts One of the big misnomers is that it is rhyming stuff One of the big misnomers is that it is rhyming stuff

3. What does it deal with love, loss or gain, longing love, loss or gain, longing innocence lost innocence lost cynicism cynicism Death both physical and symbolic Death both physical and symbolic hope hope time time

4. TYPES OF POETRY Rhyming, poetry where there is an established pattern of rhyme Rhyming, poetry where there is an established pattern of rhyme Sonnets Sonnets Limericks Limericks Free Verse, poetry where there is no established pattern of rhyme Free Verse, poetry where there is no established pattern of rhyme Song Lyrics, not all have tremendous poetic value Song Lyrics, not all have tremendous poetic value Concrete Concrete Shape poetry Shape poetry

5. Where will I find it Journals Journals Songs Songs Anthologies Anthologies Greeting cards Greeting cards