1. Poem inspired by pictures
After watching the slide show, decide which picture do you like best
Jot down ideas that come to mind as you look at this picture
Think about your 5 senses
What do you see, smell, taste, touch, and hear?
What is the feeling in the picture? What emotions are being felt?
Brainstorm ideas, jot down all words that come to mind

3. Sisters pose for the same photo three separate times, years apart.

4. A dog named "Leao" sits for a second consecutive day at the grave of her owner, who died in the disastrous landslides near Rio de Janiero on January 15, 2011.

5. Robert Peraza pauses at his son's name on the 9/11 Memorial during the tenth anniversary ceremonies at the site of the World Trade Center.

6. U.S. Army troops wade ashore during the D-Day Normandy landings on June 6, 1944.

7. Jewish prisoners at the moment of their liberation from an internment camp "death train" near the Elbe in 1945.

8. A mother comforts her son in Concord, Alabama, near his house which was completely destroyed by a tornado in April of 2011.

9. A dog is reunited with his owner following the tsunami in Japan in 2011

10. A 4-month-old baby girl in a pink bear suit is miraculously rescued from the rubble by soldiers after four days missing following the Japanese tsunami.

11. Eight-year-old Christian Golczynski accepts the flag for his father, Marine Staff Sgt. Marc Golczynski, during a memorial service. Marc Golczynski was shot on patrol during his second tour in Iraq (which he had volunteered for) just a few weeks before he was due to return home.

12. "Wait For Me Daddy," by Claude P
"Wait For Me Daddy," by Claude P. Dettloff, October 1, 1940: A line of soldiers march in British Columbia on their way to a waiting train as five-year-old Whitey Bernard tugs away from his mother's hand to reach out for his father

13. Inspired by pictures -Poem
Arrange your ideas in a poetic and meaningful way
What is your main idea? What do you want readers to think about?
Remember that poets arrange and rearrange words several times. Poets also are very careful when selecting words. Think about diction.