1. Romeo and Juliet Nursery Rhymes “We Are the Champions”
Roses are red, violets are blue…
Try thinking of poetry as a game or a puzzle. Words are the puzzle pieces. Fit your words together according to the “rules” and you win! Find the right pieces, and you end up with an impressive word-picture of your own!

2. The shiniest sun was up in very blue skies and happiness grew
Haiku
Japanese form of poetry
NO title
NO rhyming
3 lines
About nature
Specific syllable patterns
Total of 17 syllables
Oxygen 
the trees give us air air so we can breathe in life the air - we love it
The Sun 
The shiniest sun was up in very blue skies and happiness grew
LINE 1 = 5 syllables
LINE 2 = 7 syllables
LINE 3 = 5 syllables

3. Twaiku Same format as a haiku LINE 1 = 5 syllables
*ADDITIONAL RULE = 140 character limit like Twitter
Characters = spaces, numbers, letters, new lines, hash tags, symbols
Plain white pages wait  
For  black  ink  to  carve  a  path -  
Our  dreams  given  life. By
raining  on  sunday
time  to  do  the  spring  cleaning
watch  raindrops  instead By

4. Ballad Poem that tells a story of… Adventure Romance Heroism
Often sung
Usually has stanzas of 4 lines each
Rhymes
Usually 2nd and 4th line of each stanza
“Battle of New Orleans”
In 1814 we took a little trip Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip We took a little bacon and we took a little beans And we caught the bloody British in a town in New Orleans
“Casey at the Bat”

5. Limerick Humorous poetry
5 line poem made up of 1 couplet and 1 triplet
Couplet = 2 lines that have ending rhyme
Triplet = 3 lines that have ending rhyme
There was an old man in a boat.
Who said, “I’m afloat, I’m afloat!”
When they said, “No! You ain’t!”
He was ready to faint,
That unhappy old man in a boat.
Rhyme Pattern: AABBA
Syllables Pattern:
Lines 1, 2, & 5 = Rhyme and 8-9 syllables each
Lines 3 & 4 = Rhyme and
5-6 syllables each
The last line is the punch line or joke

6. Concrete AKA a shape poem Takes on the shape of it’s title or subject
Draw the shape and then write the poem around the shape or within the shape.

7. Cinquain Pronounced “sink-ane” “cinq” – French #5
Created by an American poet
Based on Japanese haiku
NO rhyme
5 lines with a specific pattern
Tree
Sturdy, Tall
Climbing, Swinging, Playing
Fun among the branches
Maple
Cat
Black, Stealthy
Crouching, Watching, Waiting
Must you hunt small animals?
Feline
LINE 1 = 1 word title
LINE 2 = 2 words that describe the
subject (adjectives)
LINE 3 = 3 action words (verbs)
LINE 4 = 4 or 5 words that express your feelings about the subject
(NOT a complete sentence)
LINE 5 = 1 word synonym for title

8. Instagram Cinquains

9. Diamante Diamond shaped Similar to a cinquain
Ripe
Luscious, Crimson
Swelling, Tempting, Nourishing
Desirable Apple, Distasteful Apple
Shrinking, Stinking, Decaying
Moldy, Brown
Rotten
Losing
Upset, Embarrassed Crying, Fighting, Energizing Errors, Tears, Trophies, Screams Cheering, Celebrating, Adrenaline
Exhilarated, Proud
Winning
Diamond shaped
Similar to a cinquain
LINE 1 = 1 word noun or subjects
LINE 2 = 2 adj. that describe Line 1
LINE 3 = 3 –ing verbs about Line 1
LINE 4 = 4 nouns, 2 related to Line and 2 related to Line 7
LINE 5 = 3 –ing verbs about Line 7
LINE 6 = 2 adj. that describe Line 7
LINE 7 = 1 word antonym for Line 1

10. Free Verse NO pattern NO rhyme NOT a paragraph Has meaning/theme/mood
Still uses literary devices
Kittens
The kittens stretch, like a stretchy headband!
They go outside for some fresh air.
A fox sees them & the kittens run back,
Where it is safe.
Their owner picks them up
And lies them on her
Lap and they go to sleep.
MEOW!!

11. Acrostic AKA name poems Has a good heart
1 letter in each line is used to spell out a…
name
message
title
phrase
Has a good heart
Everyone appreciates
Responds when needed
Only wants to do what’s right
Responsibility
Positive Attitude
Excellence through effort
Show Respect