1. Recipe Poems

2. Recipe Poems Recipe Poems use free verse Choose a topic
What would you like to display or measure?
What vocabulary would you like to use?
What words rhyme?

3. A Recipe for Weather Begin with a large blue bowl
Take a sprinkle of yellow sun
Cover it with dark clouds
Add swirling winds
Pour falling rain
Stir in loud crashing thunder
Mix together with a feather
And you have made a day of weather

4. A Recipe for Friendship
Fold two hands together
And express a dash of sorrow
Marinate it overnight
And work on it tomorrow
Chop one grudge in tiny pieces
Add several cups of love
Dredge with a large sized smile
Mix with the ingredients above
Dissolve the hate within you
By doing a good deed
Cut in and help your friend
If he should be in need
Stir in laughter, love, and kindness
From the heart it has to come
Toss with genuine forgiveness
And give your neighbor some
The amount of people served
Will depend on you
It can serve the whole wide world
If you really want it to

5. Brainstorming Session
1. Choose your topic.
2. Brainstorm a list of all of the vocabulary used with that topic.
3. Brainstorm a list of verbs used for measuring. (pour, mix, add etc).
4. Use brainstorm to help begin your writing process.