The document provides examples and instructions for writing different types of poems, including poems using specific structures or formulas. Some of the poem types discussed include five senses poems, diamante poems, cinquain poems, color poems, build-a-poems, haikus, 8-line rhyming poems, limericks, concrete/shape poems, "if I were" poems, "used to...but now" poems, and clerihews. Formulas and examples are given for each type to demonstrate how to write poems using different structures.

1. Poetry Collection

2. Five Senses Poem
Formula
Line 1: Tell what color the abstraction is
Line 2: Tell what the abstraction sounds like
Line 3: Tell what the abstraction tastes like
Line 4: Tell what the abstraction smells like
Line 5: Tell what the abstraction looks like
Line 6: Tell what the abstraction makes you
feel

3. Five Senses Poem
Example:
Problems are black.
They sound like children crying.
They taste of castor oil.
And smell like spinach.
They look like monsters.
They make you feel unwanted.

4. Diamante’ Poem
Formula
Line 1: one word, subject of poem
Line 2: two words, adjectives describing subject
Line 3: three words, participles (-ing verbs)
Line 4: four words related to subject
(For lines 5-7, describe opposite/antonym of subject)
Line 5: three words, participles (-ing verbs)
Line 6: two words, adjectives describing opposite of
subject
Line 7: one word, opposite/antonym of subject in Line 1

5. Diamante’ Poem
Example
Love
Happy, secure
Dreaming, talking, loving
Husband, wife, children, home
Quarreling, loathing, degrading
Angry, mad
Hate

6. Cinquain Poem
Formula
Line 1: one word, subject of poem
Line 2: two words, description of subject (adjectives)
Line 3: three words, participles (-ing verbs), actions
Line 4: four words, simile describing feelings about
subject
Line 5: one word, synonym for subject

7. Cinquain Poem
Example
Feather
Purple, unpredictable
Wiggling, wobbling, plummeting
Wild as an angry bumblebee
Plume

8. Color Poem
Color (title)
Color is describe looks, describe looks,
and feels like describe feel.
Color is the taste of describe taste.
Describe smell and describe smell smell color.
Describe how color makes you feel makes me feel color.
Color is the sound of describe sound and describe sound.
Color is place that reminds you of color, place that reminds you
of color,
and place that reminds you of color.
Experience that makes you feel this color is color.
Experience that makes you feel this color is also color.
Color is anything you want for this line.

9. Color Poem
Example
Turquoise
Turquoise is magic, manatees, and silly putty.
Turquoise is the taste of sherbert.
Juicy pears and the desert smell turquoise.
A cleared mind makes me feel turquoise.
Turquoise sounds of splashing paint and tubas.
Turquoise is Yashiro, a calm pool of water, and a coral reef.
Painting is turquoise.
Making new friends is turquoise.
Turquoise is having siblings.

10. I Wish
Write a poem about things that you
wish for…
Pattern:
 Line 1 ---- A
 Line 2 ---- A
 Line 3 ---- B
 Line 4 ---- B
 Line 5 ---- B
 Line 6 ---- B

11. I Wish
Example:
I wish for a cat, I wish for a dog.
I wish for a storm without a fog.
I wish to be, I wish to see.
I wish to be a great big flea.
I wish to swim in the sea.
But most of all, I want to stay..........ME!!!!!!

12. Build-A-Poem
Formula
Line 1: one word, topic
Line 2: two words, colors
Line 3: three words, adjectives
Line 4: four words, participles (-ing verbs)
Line 5: five words, a sentence about your
feelings or experiences

13. Build-A-Poem
Example:
Fall
yellow, orange
shiny, wet, windy
raining, changing, playing, falling
The days grow too short.

14. Haiku
Typically, the topic of a haiku is nature.
A haiku follows this pattern:
1. Think of something in nature.
2. Brainstorm words for each of the
senses.
3. Now, use the following pattern to
create your haiku!
Line 1 ----5 syllables
Line 2 ----7 syllables
Line 3 ----5 syllables

15. Haiku
Examples:
Most cannot see it.
It’s intertwined and complex.
A beauty in dew.
Sun
Rising in the East.
Golden goddess in my eye.
Bringing light to day.

16. 8-line Rhyme Poem
Line 1________________________
Line 2________________________
Line 3________________________
Line 4________________________
Line 5________________________
Line 6________________________
Line 7________________________
Line 8________________________
Lines 2 & 4 should have end rhyme.
Lines 6 & 8 should have end rhyme.

17. 8-line Rhyme Poem
Example:
Weird-Bird by Shel Silverstein
Birds are flyin’ south for winter.
Here’s the wierd-Bird headin’ north.
Wings a-flappin’, beak a-chatterin’,
Cold head bobbin’ back ‘n’ forth.
He says, “It’s not that I like ice
Or freezin’ winds and snowy ground.
It’s just sometimes it’s kind of nice
To be the only bird in town.

18. Limericks
 5 line poem
 Meant to be humorous
 The pattern is a-a-b-b-a
 Lines 1, 2, and 5 contain 3 beats and
rhyme.
 Lines 3 and 4 have 2 beats and rhyme.

19. Limericks
Example:
A flea and a fly in a flue
Were caught, so what could they do?
Said the fly, “Let us flee.”
“Let us fly,” said the flea.
So they flew through a flaw in the flue.

20. Limericks
Quick Practice:
There once was a pauper named Meg
Who accidentally broke her______.
She slipped on the _____.
Not once, but thrice
Take no pity on her, I _______.
(Can you guess which words go in the blanks?)

21. Concrete/Shape Poems
 A way of placing words on paper to give
a visual effect to match the feeling of
the writing.
 The shape expresses what the writing is
about.
 Use strong, colorful language to
describe the topic of the poem.
 Remember to think about your five
senses.

22. Concrete/Shape Poems

23. Concrete/Shape Poems

24. If I Were
If I were ,
would love me.
would think I’m .
My is .
They .
Rhyming Pattern:
Line 1 ---- A
Line 2 ---- B
Line 3 ---- C
Line 4 ---- B
Line 5 ---- C

25. If I Were
If I were a rosebud,
Noses would love m e.
B would think I’mgrand.
ees
M perfum is sweet,
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They love m in F
e rance.

26. Used to…But Now
 A poem about feelings that you used to
have, but have now changed.
 Should have 5 examples, which would
be 10 lines in the poem.
 It can rhyme, or be free verse.

27. Used to…But Now
I used to hate reading.
But now I really love reading I used to be afraid of change.
chapter books. But now I love new adventures.
I used to run really fast. I used to be shy.
But now I don't run that fast.
I used to hate my sister. But now I’m the life of the party!
But now I love her a lot. I used to hate cleaning.
I used to love to play Lego's. But now I enjoy the smell of a clean house.
But now I love to go on the
computer. I used to be annoyed by my mom.
I used to hate school! But now I wish she lived closer.
But now I LOVE school I used to be afraid of a crowd.
because I have a good
teacher! But now I love standing in front of a class of
By: Evan students!
By: Miss Brannack

28. Clerihew
 Light-heartedly pokes fun at a well known or
famous individual.
 Four lines long
 Must have the person’s name at the end of
the first line
 Pattern:
Line 1 ---- A
Line 2 ---- A
Line 3 ---- B
Line 4 ---- B

29. Clerihew
There was a principal named Matthews,
Who always chewed on some cashews.
He was known to say “Happy Monday,”
And actually enjoyed being a human sundae!