1. Poetry Forms
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2. HAIKU Japanese poetry 3 Lines 17 syllables needed 5 = first line
7 = second line
5 = third line
Nature related material
Non-rhyming poem

3. Sample Haiku “Fall” Fall leaves floating down
Leaving trees so very bare
Crisp air around you

4. Sample Haiku “Teachers” Teachers are strong, buff.
They know everything, way smart.
Listen to them now.

5. Sample Haiku “Eighth Graders” Eighth graders are "Cool”
Sometimes overdramatic
Emotional wrecks

6. Sample Haiku “Boogies” Digging in my nose I think I went way too far
A bloody river

7. CINQUAIN Modern Cinquain Traditional Cinquain -A non-rhyming poem
line 1 - one word (noun) a title or name of the subject line 2 - two words (adjectives) describing the title line 3 - three words (verbs) describing actions related to title line 4 - four words / phrase describing a feeling about the title
line 5 - one word (noun) referring back to the first word
Traditional Cinquain
-A non-rhyming poem
-Based on syllable count
Line syllables
Line syllables
Line syllables
Line syllables
Line syllables

8. Sample Modern Cinquain
Slinky
Metallic, cylindrical
Slinking, bouncing, bending
Everyone loves a slinky
Spring

9. Sample Traditional Cinquains
Baseball
Bat cracks against
The pitch, sending it out
Over the back fence, I did it!
Homerun
Listen...
With faint dry sound,
Like steps of passing ghosts,
The leaves, frost-crisp'd, break from the trees
And fall.

10. These are SEQUINS
More Sequins

11. Limericks A popular form of Irish poetry
The content is often of a bawdy and humorous nature
A short & stupid story told in five lines

12. Limericks
Contains five lines
A syllables
B syllables

13. Sample Limerick There was a young prince of Bombay,
Who always would have his own way;
He pampered his horses
On five or six courses,
Himself eating nothing but hay.

14. Sample Limerick There once was a barber of Kew,
Who went very mad at the zoo;
He tried to enamel
The face of the camel,
And gave the brown bear a shampoo

15. Diamante Poems
* A diamante poem is a poem that makes the shape of a diamond.
* The poem can be used in two ways, either comparing and contrasting two different subjects, or naming synonyms and antonyms for another subject.
Line 1 is a noun Line 2 has two adjectives describing the noun in Line 1 Line 3 has three verbs related to the noun in Line 1 Line 4 has four nouns: two relating to Line 1 and two relating to Line 7 Line 5 has three verbs related to the noun in Line 7 Line 6 has two adjectives describing the noun in Line 7 Line 7 is a noun opposite to Line 1

16. Sample Diamantes
Dog Playful cute Digging  chasing  hiding Dig  chasing  eating sleeping Licking eating playing Sleepy lazy Cat
Drink Milky, Sugary Drinking Slurping Steaming Cup Glass Plate Bowl Tempting, Cooking, Boiling Delicious, Healthy Food

17. Acrostic Poetry A word is written vertically down the page
Phrases/sentences are then written horizontally off of each starting letter
The lines should relate back to the main word and tell something about it
Can be rhyming but not necessary
“PREZIOSO”
Precious in every way
Raises eyebrows
Energetic and exciting
Zany with friends
Interested in people’s reactions
Often makes people wonder
Sometimes makes weird noises
Occasionally makes a fool of himself