My Poetry Anthology

My Poetry

Anthology

What is Poetry? Poetry is a river, poem after poem moves along in the exciting crests and falls of the the river waves. None is timeless; each arrives in an historical context, almost everything, in the end, passes. Mary Oliver (A Poetry Handbook)

Poetry is a river, poem after poem moves along in the exciting crests and falls of the the river waves. None is timeless; each arrives in an historical context, almost everything, in the end, passes.

Mary Oliver

(A Poetry Handbook)

What is Poetry? My Definition! Poetry is .… A type of story that follows a rule or sequence. People write poetry to express their feelings. Kelly

Poetry is .… A type of story that follows a rule or sequence. People write poetry to express their feelings.

Acrostic The word acrostic is formed from the Greek word acros (outermost) and stichos (line of poetry). The acrostic is a poem where the first letter of each line forms a word when you read them looking downward. http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/acrostic/ P anthers growl, O rioles sing, E agles soar, M onkeys swing. S ee?

My Acrostic #1 Head strong and powerful when they want to be One step ahead of you Racing to beat each other Strong and fast Every body can ride them Soft, sensitive and quite at times

My Acrostic #2 Netball is fast Everyone can play Tall shooters and defenders battling it out Bouncing around after the ball All players competitive and concentrating Losing in good spirits Learning new skills

Netball is fast

Everyone can play

Tall shooters and defenders battling it out

Bouncing around after the ball

All players competitive and concentrating

Losing in good spirits

Learning new skills

Haiku COMPOSING A TRADITIONAL JAPANESE HAIKU POEM The 300-year old Haiku Poem has its own distinct discipline:- Each complete poem has only three lines, totalling 17 syllables. - the first line must be five syllables - the second line must be seven syllables - the third line must be five syllables When these rigid conditions are met, the result can be a very satisfying word picture . Birds take wing on high, gliding over angry waves back to their safe nests. http://members.shaw.ca/kcic1/haiku.html

COMPOSING A TRADITIONAL JAPANESE HAIKU POEM

The 300-year old Haiku Poem has its own distinct discipline:- Each complete poem has only three lines, totalling 17 syllables. - the first line must be five syllables - the second line must be seven syllables - the third line must be five syllables When these rigid conditions are met, the result can be a very satisfying word picture .

Birds take wing on high, gliding over angry waves back to their safe nests.

http://members.shaw.ca/kcic1/haiku.html

My Haiku #1 No litter dropping Our land deserves to be clean Just stop dropping now.

No litter dropping

Our land deserves to be clean

Just stop dropping now.

My Haiku #2 Please recycle now Paper, cans, plastic, cardboard Recycle it all.

Please recycle now

Paper, cans, plastic, cardboard

Recycle it all.

Collected Haiku #1 Clouds sit still above. Mountains stir a placid sea. Nature's beauty glows.

Clouds sit still above. Mountains stir a placid sea. Nature's beauty glows.

Collected Haiku #2 Haiku softly sings and a word picture is formed. A feast for the mind.

Haiku softly sings and a word picture is formed. A feast for the mind.

Cinquain Cinquain poems come in three formats: Cinquain Pattern #1 Line1: One word Line2: Two words Line 3: Three words Line 4: Four words Line 5: One word Cinquain Pattern #2 Line1: A noun Line2: Two adjectives Line 3: Three -ing words Line 4: A phrase Line 5: Another word for the noun

Cinquain Cinquain Pattern #3 Line1: Two syllables Line2: Four syllables Line 3: Six syllables Line 4: Eight syllables Line 5: Two syllables http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/davidc/6c_files/Poem%20pics/cinquaindescrip.htm

My Cinquain #1 Horses Soft, cuddly Strong and powerful They make my day Amazing

Horses

Soft, cuddly

Strong and powerful

They make my day

Amazing

My Cinquain #2 Hail Hard, cold Falling down hard Hail forces everyone inside Annoying

Hail

Hard, cold

Falling down hard

Hail forces everyone inside

Annoying

Diamante A diamante is a seven line poem, shaped like a diamond. Line 1: one word (subject/noun that is contrasting to line 7) Line 2: two words (adjectives) that describe line 1 Line 3: three words (action verbs) that relate to line 1 Line 4: four words (nouns) first 2 words relate to line 1 last 2 words relate to line 7 Line 5: three words (action verbs) that relate to line 7 Line 6: two words (adjectives) that describe line 7 Line 7: one word ( subject/noun that is contrasting to line 1) http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/diamante/

Diamante Example square symmetrical, conventional shaping, measuring, balancing boxes, rooms, clocks, halos encircling, circumnavigating, enclosing round, continuous circle

My Diamante #1 School Boring, exiting Running, writing, talking Pens, pencils, rulers, books Singing, painting, shouting Learning, working Educational

School

Boring, exiting

Running, writing, talking

Pens, pencils, rulers, books

Singing, painting, shouting

Learning, working

Educational

My Diamante #2 Friends Helpful, caring Talking, laughing, walking Home, school, town, country Smiling, running, shouting Understanding, annoying Essential

Friends

Helpful, caring

Talking, laughing, walking

Home, school, town, country

Smiling, running, shouting

Understanding, annoying

Essential

Free Verse Does not have to rhyme Does not have to have a specific rhythm Has no specific length Makes use of figurative speech

Does not have to rhyme

Does not have to have a specific rhythm

Has no specific length

Makes use of figurative speech

Free Verse Tools Metaphor – suggests a similarity between two things The road snakes around the mountain . Simile – highlights the comparison between two things using like, as, resembles, etc. The stars in the night sky were like sparkling diamonds. Personification – giving human characteristics to things which are clearly not human The outboard motor cleared its throat. Alliteration – repeating words with the same beginning sound Thomas tied two turnips to two tall trees. Imagery – using vivid, descriptive words to conjure up an image The car sped. - The flashy, yellow, mustang streaked like a bullet along the highway. Onomatopoeia – using words that sound like what they mean He slurped his soup . Hyperbole – using exaggeration to make a point Make me a sundae a mile high .

Metaphor – suggests a similarity between two things The road snakes around the mountain .

Simile – highlights the comparison between two things using like, as, resembles, etc.

The stars in the night sky were like sparkling diamonds.

Personification – giving human characteristics to things which are clearly not human

The outboard motor cleared its throat.

Alliteration – repeating words with the same beginning sound Thomas tied two turnips to two tall trees.

Imagery – using vivid, descriptive words to conjure up an image

The car sped. - The flashy, yellow, mustang streaked like a bullet along the highway.

Onomatopoeia – using words that sound like what they mean

He slurped his soup .

Hyperbole – using exaggeration to make a point

Make me a sundae a mile high .

My Free Verse #1 I am like an eagle, soaring through the sky. Only stopping to eat and drink, free as I can Be. I keep to my self, but pounce when I’m in need. Fierce and ferocious, but in a quiet way. If only I was an eagle free as I can be.

I am like an eagle, soaring through the sky.

Only stopping to eat and drink, free as I can

Be.

I keep to my self, but pounce when I’m in

need.

Fierce and ferocious, but in a quiet way.

If only I was an eagle free as I can be.

My Free Verse #2 First cry First steps First laughs First words First friends First time I fell off my pony First day at kindy First day at school First ride on a plane.

First cry

First steps

First laughs

First words

First friends

First time I fell off my pony

First day at kindy

First day at school

First ride on a plane.

Collected Free Verse #1 I am like the sun I spread light and warmth into everyone’s Lilfe My feelings rise and fall Day and night I shine down upon you As if I’m your hero One minute in the lime light next a forgotten image Lost in the dark

I am like the sun

I spread light and warmth into everyone’s

Lilfe

My feelings rise and fall

Day and night

I shine down upon you

As if I’m your hero

One minute in the lime light

next a forgotten image

Lost in the dark

Collected Free Verse #2 I am like the sky Some days I can be grey and grumpy, like a gloomy over cast day. Some days I can be bright and cheerful like a brilliant summers Day. Some days I can be slow and lazy, as a fluffy cloud in the sky. Some days I can be very active like a ferocious tornado in the sky wanting to leave my mark Some days I can be a mixture of all these things, unpredictable, forever On the move, in search of a dream.

I am like the sky

Some days I can be grey and grumpy, like a

gloomy over cast day. Some days I can be

bright and cheerful like a brilliant summers

Day. Some days I can be slow and lazy, as a fluffy

cloud in the sky. Some days I can be very active like a

ferocious tornado in the sky wanting to leave my mark

Some days I can be a mixture of all these things, unpredictable, forever

On the move, in search of a dream.

Repeat Poster Poem Select Subject Statements beginning with same word Design a shape Cut out multiple shapes One statement on each shape Attach to poster in all directions

Select Subject

Statements beginning with same word

Design a shape

Cut out multiple shapes

One statement on each shape

Attach to poster in all directions

Friendship is being there Friendship is of the heart Friendship is a feast Friendship is trying to understand a mole Luke, Grade 6 Salamandastron, Brian Jacque

My Repeat Poster Poem #1 Horses are all different breeds Horses are soft and cuddly Horses are powerful Horses all have different personalities

Character Poem First name __________ Lives in ______ where s/he Hears ________________ Sees ________________ Touches ______________ Needs _______________ Fears ____________ Gives _________________ Wonders _____________ Dreams ______________ Believes ______________ Loves ________________ Is ___________________ Last name.

Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest, Ann McGovern Robin Lives in Sherwood Forest where he Hears about the archery contest, Sees the evil sheriff as an enemy, Fears nothing, Gives money to the poor, Dreams about Maid Marian, Loves the feel of a bow in his hands, and Is happy to live in Sherwood Forest Hood. - Joshua, Grade 8

Robin

Lives in Sherwood Forest where he

Hears about the archery contest,

Sees the evil sheriff as an enemy,

Fears nothing,

Gives money to the poor,

Dreams about Maid Marian,

Loves the feel of a bow in his hands, and

Is happy to live in Sherwood Forest

Hood. - Joshua, Grade 8

My Character Poem #1 Kelly Lives in Palmerston North Hears horses nickering out to me Sees the colours of the rainbow Touches a netball flying through the air Needs friends, family and horses Fears spiders Gives kindness to my friends Wonders if space ever ends Dreams of flying through the air like a bird Believes that every story should have a happy ending Loves horses Is individual Round

Kelly

Lives in Palmerston North

Hears horses nickering out to me

Sees the colours of the rainbow

Touches a netball flying through the air

Needs friends, family and horses

Fears spiders

Gives kindness to my friends

Wonders if space ever ends

Dreams of flying through the air like a bird

Believes that every story should have a happy ending

Loves horses

Is individual

Round

Riddle Poem Line 1: clue about subject Line 2: adjective and noun Line 3: two actions connected to subject Line 4: phrase or statement Line 5: answer

Line 1: clue about subject

Line 2: adjective and noun

Line 3: two actions connected to subject

Line 4: phrase or statement

Line 5: answer

Haymeadow, Gary Paulsen Dumb fly-followed stubborn and stinky spread out like a gray carpet herd of sheep - Michael, Grade 8

My Riddle Poem #1 Cooking Shiny lift Browning and cooking In the morning Toast in the toaster

Cooking

Shiny lift

Browning and cooking

In the morning

Toast in the toaster

Rapping Keep the beat Repetition Rhyming

Keep the beat

Repetition

Rhyming

Rapunzel’s Rap Rapunzel was a girl with hair of gold Trapped in a tower in days of old She wasn’t allowed outside to play And her golden hair grew longer each day Grew longer and longer and longer each day. The witch who locked her up was mean With a pointed nose and a face of green Mean mean meaner than the queen of mean. - Sonja Dunn

My Rap Poem #1 I am annoyed with the computers and why they never work, they tell me I have spelt it wrong when really I have not. Then they say I’ve saved it, and then it deletes it by it’s self. They are always breaking down or refusing to work. But really when I want to do something that I can’t Do where would I be with out the computers they are really Great.

I am annoyed with the computers and why

they never work, they tell me I have spelt it

wrong when really I have not.

Then they say I’ve saved it, and then it

deletes it by it’s self.

They are always breaking down or refusing

to work.

But really when I want to do something that I can’t

Do where would I be with out the computers they are really

Great.

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My Selected Poet! Kenn Nesbitt

Kenn Nesbitt

About My Poet! I am 46 years old and I was born on February 20, 1962 in Berkeley, California. I grew up in Fresno and San Diego, California Kenn Nesbitt Kenn Nesbit mostly writes funny children's poems using personification a lot.

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