Sally's Poetry Anthology

Sally’s 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)

What is Poetry? My Definition!

I think poetry is a way for people to show there feelings and let others feel them too

It also a way to make others happy

Me

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

Trying

Hard

Intelligence

Not

Kumming

In

Nogin

Geez

My Acrostic #2

What

Has

Amazing

Kids

Around

Running

Over

New

Grass

On and on

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

My Haiku #1

The winters cold wind

Blows delicately though the roof

Of the old mans home

My Haiku #2

Rubbish on the street

Killing the world that we know

Save the planet

Collected Haiku #1

In all the rain of may

There is one thing not hidden

The bridge at seta bay

Collected Haiku #2

An old pond

A frog jumps in

The sound of water

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

School

Learning teaching

Running skipping jumping

Just another day at

school

My Cinquain #2

Money

The poor and rich

Banking numbers greedy

Working just to make a living

money

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

Fruit

Bright tasty

Yummy, healthy, growing

Apples, pears, bananas

Peach, kiwi fruit, orange

Many different

fruit

My Diamante #2

Window

Clear, hard

Looking, light, clean

On homes at school

Transperant, awsome

windows

Free Verse

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 .

My Free Verse #1

I jumped out of a aeroplane

To see what it was like

But I hope you know the mane thing was

Once I jumped I died

My Free Verse #2

Think of something random

Put it in you’re head

If you’re very clever

It will now be red

Collected Free Verse #1

Betty botter

Bought some butter

“ but,” she said

“ the butters bitter.

If I put it in my batter

It will make my batter bitter

But a bit of better butter

That will make my batter better”

So she bought a bit of butter

Better then her bitter butter

And she put it in her batter

And the batter was not bitter

So ‘twas better betty botter

Bought a bit of better butter

Collected Free Verse #2

Post man pat, Post man pat,

Post man pat and his black and white cat

Early in the morning the day is, just as dawning

He picks up all the post bags in his bag

All the birds are singing and the day is just beginning

Pat feels he’s a really happy man

Everybody knows his bright red van

all his friends will smile as he waves to great them,

Maybe… you can never be sure

There’ll be knock… ring…

Letters through your door

All the birds are singing and the day is just beginning

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

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

Friends are like flowers

Friends are the family we choose

And I pick you

Friends never forget

Friends was on t.v.

Character Poem First name bill Lives in earth where s/he Hears cars and trucks Sees nothing Touches his Needs some sleep Fears the dark Wonders when he’ll go to sleep Dreams of day time Believes in Loves his teddy Is a person Dowtreve

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

My Character Poem #1

Once there was on old man

Made of chocolate he

Saw a candy rabbit and

Called it Rodger. Rodger

Had a jelly bean shoe and

Would were it all the time

So that’s the story of candy land

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

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

A button nose

Bright red hair

Jumping skipping

Cute as a rabbit

Its Annie

Rapping

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