1. Types of poems

2. Haiku Japanese style poetry about nature No rhyme
First line has 5 syllables
Second line has 7 syllables
Last line has 5 syllables

3. Examples Drooping green branches Weighted down with heavy snow
Waiting for the spring.
The hand of a leaf
Waves to each passerby
With carefree abandon.

4. More examples Wise king of the night From his perch in the treetops
Quietly watches.
The wintry wind blows
The blueness of its sharp breath
Chilling the earth’s bones.

5. Cinquain A 5 line poem First line is a noun or a subject of the poem
The second line consists of 2 words that describe the first line
The third line is 2 action words
Line four is 4 words that give a feeling
Line five is 1 word that refers back to the subject

6. Pattern 1 Line 1: 2 syllables Line 2: 4 syllables Line 3: 6 syllables

7. Example Listen… With faint dry sound Like steps of passing ghosts,
The leaves, frost-crisp’d, break from the trees
And fall.

8. Pattern 2 Line 1: one word Line 2: two words Line 3: three words
Line 4: four words
Line 5: one word

9. Example Mules Stubborn, unmoving Braying, kicking, resisting
Not wanting to listen
People

10. Pattern 3 Noun Two adjectives (describing words)
Three words ending in –ing
A phrase
Another word for the noun

11. Example Clouds Fluffy cotton Billowing, gliding, creeping
Soft pillows of rain
Thunderheads

12. Acrostics Starting in September Children gather to learn
Hours of play and learning
Open books and desks
Outside fun for all
Lasting knowledge.

13. Samples Cunning Digs under the fence And Often licks my face
Tricky Gets mud on my clothes
T errific
O rnery
N eat
Y oung
A rtistic

14. Butterfly
Balancing on the wind Utterly graceful and free Totally aware of the currents Tightrope walking a delicate stem Every flower a beacon Reaching deep to the sweetness Flying on to the next one Leaving no sign of its visit Yellow pollen now carried along

15. Your next task is to make an acrostic with the name of a character in a book.
Greedy Opens doors without knocking Looks in every room Dines on porridge Identifies objects as too hard, too soft, or just right Lies down for a nap Opens her eyes Cries out in fright Kicks off the covers Slips out the window

16. Diamante
7 lines
Written about 2 contrasting subjects and makes a comparison between them
Moves from one subject to the other

17. Structure Line 1:one noun that names subject 1
Line 2:two adjectives describing it
Line 3:three -ing words about subject 1
Line 4:four nouns, the first two about subject 1 and the second two about subject two
Line 5:three –ing words about subject 2
Line 6:two adjectives that describe subject 2
Line 7:one noun that names the second subject

18. Example Egg Tiny, blue Rocking, cracking, exploding
Nest, shell, beak, foot
Squawking, gazing, shivering
Wide-eyed, feathery
Bird

19. Limerick A 5 line poem Lines 1, 2, and 5 have 8-10 syllables
Rhyme scheme = a, a, b, b, a
Often names a place at the end of line 1

20. Example 1 There once was lady in Spain. a
Who said she had nothing to gain. a
She gave it a try, b
And said she could fly, b
But crashed when she flew in the rain. a

21. Example 2 There was an Old Man with a beard a
Who said, “It is just as I feared! a
Two Owls and a Hen b
Four Larks and a Wren, b
Have all built their nests in my beard!” a