POETRY…WORDS IN MOTION

Poetry is painting pictures with words…it is whatever you want it

to be.

Sound EffectsUsing sound devices in poetry turns an ordinary

poem into a musical delight!

•Onomatopoeia – buzz, zoom, crack, sizzle

•Rhyming – follow a rhyming pattern

A young boy found an old shoe

He wondered just what he should do

•Alliteration – starting words with the same sound

Many days Mary marveled at the monkeys.

•Repetition – repeat words or phrases for effect or to make a point! The highway man went riding, riding, riding…

SUPER SENSORY

Descriptive poems tickle your senses, send smells up your nostrils, clap noises in your

eardrums, run texture over your fingertips, and paint settings before your eyes.

You must know how it feels to stand knee deep on the beach, as wet sand gushes

between your toes in order to compose it in a poem. Poems that capture sensory elements stick in a reader's mind and flow easily across

the page as the reader scans your words.

The Beach

It's a day when the ocean waves whisper to the sun:'Warm me up sunshine!'And the sun tries to throw its raysright at me,painting my white skininto a golden shimmery tan.The fingertip of the salty smelling windbrushes against my left cheek.The clouds try hard not to move.I see themcrawling inch by inch.

I Look down at my feet;and the hot pink nail polish;sinks into the warm sandthe grains squish between my toesRough.I gaze out into the crystal watershining like cherry-flavored lip glossand diamonds held in a blue blanket.I lean back into the pinkbluepurple of the wind,where it leaves goose bumps on my armand I feel as if I could blow awayat any time…

STYLIZED…Poems that follow a certain style!• Haiku – 5 7 5• Tanka – 5 7 5 7 7• Cinquain – Five lines with specific words• Diamante – Seven lines with specific

words• Limerick – Follows AABBA

rhyme pattern

HAIKU

Drifting silently (5)On the billowy clouds high (7)

Above the sunlight (5)

HAIKU

Falling to the ground,I watch a leaf settle down

In a bed of brown

Sand scatters the beachWaves crash on the sandy shore

Blue water shimmers

TANKASummer time is here (5)Waiting for me to have fun (7)In the wind and waves (5)Sitting on the lovely beach (7)Sipping soda pop with lime (7)

TANKA

Beautiful mountainsRivers with cold, cold water. White cold snow on rocks Trees over the place with frost White sparkly snow everywhere.

CinquainCinquain ("cin-kain“ - a French

word for five) usually follows this organization:

• Line 1: a one-word line, a noun, that gives the poem its title

• Line 2: two adjectives that describes what the poem is about

• Line 3: three action -ing verbs that describe something the subject of the poem does

• Line 4: a phrase that indicates a feeling related to the subject of the poem

• Line 5: a one-word line, noun, that sums up what the poem is about, renaming it

Penguin

Black, white

Waddling, swimming, leaping

A tuxedo in the cold water

Emperor

Cinquain Spaghetti

Messy, spicy

Slurping, sliding, falling

Between my plate and mouth

DeliciousMules

Stubborn, unmoving

Braying, kicking, resisting

Not wanting to listen

People

Diamante• Named for its shape. This 7 line poem will form a

diamond if done properly.

1.Noun: subject of poem

2. Two adjectives describing your subject

3. Three participles (ing verbs) that describe the subject

4. Four nouns: two related to the subject and the second two related to the opposite of the original subject.

5. Three participles describing the opposite subject (see line seven below)

6. Two adjectives describing your opposite subject

7. Opposite of the top line subject

Peace

Tranquil, Quiet

Relaxing, Growing, Hoping

Knowledge, Strength, Hatred, Anger

Fighting, Killing, Decaying

Raw, Primitive

War

DiamanteFireball

Brilliant, beautiful

Flashing, shining, dashing

Bright, wondrous, black, nothing

Staring, hoping, missing

Deep, quiet

Darkness.

LIMERICKThese five line poems are often funny or nonsensical.

They typically start with “There once was a…” or “There was a…”They follow the rhyming pattern AABBA – meaning the first, second, and fifth lines end with the same sound, while the third and fourth lines end the same as well.

There was an old man from Peru, (A)who dreamed he was eating his shoe. (A)He awoke in the night (B)with a terrible fright, (B)and found out that it was quite true. (A)

LIMERICK

There once was a girl named Jillwho was scared by the sight of a drill.She brushed every dayso her dentist would say,“Your teeth are so perfect; no bill.”

There once was a fellow named Timwhose dad never taught him to swim.He fell off a dockand sunk like a rock.And that was the end of him.

Shape Poem•The poem takes the shape of the subject of the poem.•Choose a simple shape.•Think of words that describe your subject and write simple phrases about your topic.•You can repeat the lines over and over.

Shape Poem •You may either use your words as the outline, or fill the shape in.