Poetry Collection

1. Poetry Collection Mrs. Bohs

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 likemonsters. 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) Colorisdescribe looks,describe looks, and feels likedescribe feel. Coloris the taste ofdescribe taste. Describe smellanddescribe smellsmellcolor. Describe how color makes you feelmakes me feelcolor. Coloris the sound ofdescribe sound anddescribe sound. Colorisplace that reminds you of color, place that reminds you of color, andplace that reminds you of color. Experience that makes you feel this color iscolor. Experience that makes you feel this coloris also color. Colorisanything 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. Anagram Formula: Each line of an anagram begins with a letter of the subject and should describe the subject. Example: Apple picking Umbrella bent by the wind Toasting marshmallows over an open fire Unequaled beauty Many colored leaves North winds chill me to the bone

11. 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

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

13. Haiku Formula: A haiku has three lines. Typically, the topic is nature. Line 1 should have five syllables, line 2 should have seven syllables, and line 3 should have seven syllables. (5-7-5)

14. Haiku Example: Most cannot see it. It’s intertwined and complex. A beauty in dew.

15. 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.

16. 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.

17. Limericks Formula: A limerick is a 5-line poem meant to be humorous. The rhyme pattern is a a b b a with lines 1, 2, and 5 containing 3 beats and rhyming, and lines 3 and 4 having two beats and rhyming.

18. 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.

19. 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?)

20. Painted Poetry Painted writing is 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.

21. Painted Poetry dancing and playing and hopping UP AND DOWN THE STREET. THE HAPPY BOUNCING BALL CAME

22. Painted Poetry FLAPPING, FLOATING, SWEEPING, SOARING, SLEEK AND SOFT, THE FEATHERY FLOCK GENTLY BEATS ITS SILVERED WINGS IN SMOOTH RHYTHM... WITH HARDLY A SOUND.