1. Poetry
Literature written with an imaginative awareness of experience that is expressed through meaning, sound, and rhythmic language choices that evoke an emotional response.

2. Parts of a Poem
Lines Stanzas Rhythm Rhyme Verse

3. Ballad/ Narrative Rubber Ducky
Rubber Ducky, you're the one, You make bathtime lots of fun, Rubber Ducky, I'm awfully fond of you; Rubber Ducky, joy of joys, When I squeeze you, you make noise! Rubber Ducky, you're my very best friend, it's true! Every day when I Make my way to the tubby I find a little fella who's Cute and yellow and chubby Rubber Ducky, you're so fine And I'm lucky that you're mine Rubber ducky, I'm awfully fond of you.
Rubber Ducky, you're so fine And I'm lucky that you're mine
Rubber ducky I'm awfully fond of you!
Jim Hanson
Ballad/ Narrative
A ballad/narrative is a type of poem that tells a story using stanzas of two or four lines, can have a refrain (repeated stanza), and is often sung.

4. Free Verse
A type of poetry that avoids any pattern of rhythm, repetition, or rhyme.
Thrill Ride
Up. Up. Click, click. Wind blows sharp in my ears. My heart jumps. Skips. It’s up. It’s up higher.
It’s up, up the highest. Hands grasp at the clouds.
Then a forever pause. Still. Waiting.
Finally. Whoosh! Steep drop down, down, down.
Kenn Nesbitt

5. Cast shimmering reflections
Haiku
Haiku (also called nature or seasonal haiku) is an unrhymed Japanese verse consisting of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables (5, 7, 5) or 17 syllables in all. Haiku is usually written in the present tense and focuses on nature (seasons).
Pink cherry blossoms
Cast shimmering reflections
On seas of Japan
Copyright © Andrea

6. Cinquain angels kind beyond words they protect and forgive
and make feelings of blissfulness
cherubim
Copyright © 2003 Erin Holbrook
Cinquain is a short, usually unrhymed poem consisting of twenty-two syllables distributed as
2, 4, 6, 8, 2, in five lines.
Line 1: Noun (2)
Line 2: Description of Noun (4)
Line 3: Action (6)
Line 4: Feeling or Effect (8)
Line 5: Synonym of the initial noun. (2)

7. Parody
Take Me Out of the Classroom
(to the tune of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame") Let me out of the classroom. Let me out of the school. I'm not so good at geography. I would rather be watching T.V. It's still twenty minutes till recess. Lunch is hours away. Won't you please, please, please get me out of the class today? Someone's here with a note now. Teacher's calling my name. He says my mother is right outside. I should go and she'll give me a ride to my yearly dentist appointment. I forgot it's today! Teacher please, please, please help me out. Won't you let me stay?
Kenn Nesbitt
A poem written in the style of another poem, usually humorous. Parodies usually assume the reader is familiar with the original work.

8. Limerick
A Limerick is a rhymed humorous or nonsense poem of five lines which originated in Limerick, Ireland.
The Limerick has a set rhyme scheme of : a-a-b-b-a with a syllable structure of:
The rhythm of the poem should go as follows:
Lines 1, 2, 5: weak, STRONG, weak, weak, STRONG, weak, weak, STRONG, weak
Lines 3, 4: weak, weak, STRONG, weak, weak, STRONG
The Man From Aruba
There once was a man from Aruba,
Whose favorite hobby was scuba.
Every day he would wish,
He could spear a big fish.
But settled instead for canned tuna.
Copyright © 2005 Jim Dupy

9. Other types of poetry

10. Diamante Kitten cute, soft purring, clawing, pouncing
A seven-line poem that follows this format:
Line 1: Noun or subject
Line 2: Two Adjectives describing the first noun/subject
Line 3: Three “-ing” words describing the first noun/subject
Line 4: Four words: two about the first noun/subject, two about the antonym/synonym
Line 5: Three “-ing” words about the antonym/synonym
Line 6: Two adjectives describing the antonym/synonym
Line 7: Antonym/synonym for the subject
Kitten
cute, soft
purring, clawing, pouncing
playful, fur, fun, feline
pawing, licking, loving
bright-eyed, beautiful
Cat
Copyright © 2000 Marie Summers

11. Bio Poem
Anna Funny, Smart, Loyal Mother of Miranda and Diego All about family, books, and teaching Who loves love, joy, and happiness Who fears hate, sorrow, and brussel sprouts Who changes many lives in a positive way Who wants to see peace and love tear down differences of mankind Born and lives in Texas Bosquez

12. How to Write a Bio Poem (Line 1) First name
(Line 2) Three or four adjectives that describe the person
(Line 3) Important relationship (daughter of , mother of , etc.)
(Line 4) Two or three things, people, or ideas that the person loved
(Line 5) Three feelings the person experienced
(Line 6) Three fears the person experienced
(Line 7) Accomplishments (who composed , who discovered , etc.)
(Line 8) Two or three things the person wanted to see happen or wanted to experience
(Line 9) His or her residence
(Line 10) Last name
From Abromitis, B.S. (1994, June/July). Bringing lives to life. Biographies in reading and the content areas. Reading Today, 11, 26. Reprinted with permission of the publisher and author.

13. that does not need to rhyme, and takes the shape
Shape Poem
My Body My
body is
a walking representation
the outward visual caption
of what it means
to be me
from the
outside
looking in
at times I hide
from you but mostly
what you see is
what you will get
Copyright © 2001 Andrea Forbing-Maglione
Rockets Red Glare I
see
above
my head
sparkling
lights of
bright colors
announcing
signaling
rejoicing
sounding
dreaming
calling
to my
being
telling
me that I
am free of
oppressions
can you see
what they
have said
Copyright © 2001 Johnathan Sluder
Free-form poetry
that does not need to rhyme, and takes the shape
of the poem’s
subject.

18. Create your own “Poetry Book”
You will become a poet!
You will create a book of poems!
Your book MUST contain the following:
* Book Cover – your name and illustration
* 6 pages of poetry:
Each poetry page will include
-definition of each of the 6 poetry styles learned in class
- your own example of each type of poetry requested
- an illustration to accompany each poem