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everyone is a poet

40 Days of Poetry. everyone is a poet. IN THE POET ’ S WORDS….

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  1. 40 Days of Poetry everyone is a poet

  2. IN THE POET’S WORDS… “A poem is one of those places where you can write about things that you know and feel are true without worrying about whether they are ‘real’ in the ordinary sense. Poems can represent what another poet calls ‘heart-truths’—feelings and experiences out of our deepest selves.” ~ Gregory Orr

  3. Day 1: Concrete Poetry • Concrete Poetry is the use of words and their physical formation to convey meaning.  This may be done with color, the shape of the letters, and/or the arrangement. • Directions:  Graphically create a scene using only words.  From a distance this will look like a picture, but up close it will consist only of words and phrases.  No extra lines or shapes should be used.  A light pencil line might be drawn first as a guide.  Use colors, shapes, and sizes that will enhance the meaning of the words.

  4. Day 2: Synonym Poetry • Choose any word.  Write that word in capital letters on the first line.  In a thesaurus look up the word and find three to five synonyms for it.  Write the synonyms on the second line.  On the third line, write a descriptive phrase about the word.  The last two lines of the poem should rhyme. LOVEAttachment, adoration, warmth, adoreLove is so pure, right down to the core. NOISEClamor, uproar, hullabaloo.These things can really annoy you.

  5. Day 3: Opposites • Choose two things that are opposites.   The poem should be four lines long.  The first two and the last two lines should rhyme.   What is the opposite of being at school?It might be a place without any rules.To play and run all day long Please tell me if that is so wrong.

  6. Day 4: List Poems • There are so many things that can be written about in lists, that sometimes we cannot think of a thing to write.  To help, some ideas for lists are below.   • Lists can be either rhyming or not.  It is up to the writer to decide which style s/he uses.   THINGS KIDS SAY WHEN THEY WANT TO GET OUT TO PLAY --I did all my homework.--I picked up my toys.--I emptied the trash.--My bed is made.  No, there are no lumps.--I ate all my vegetables.--But everyone else is.--Bobby's mom doesn't make him.--But, Mom.--No, my dirty clothes aren't under the bed.--Yes, Mom, I'm sure.--Yeah, I'll be careful..  No, I won't poke an eye out.--Oh, please! Things:to do waiting for the busto do trying to fall asleepyou should have doneyou should not have donethat make you feel tallthat make you feel smallthat you tell your mother

  7. Day 5: Three Word Forms • Each line of this form is made up of three words.  The last two words become the first two words in the next line.  In the poem, there will be a progress of images and a story will be told. MORNINGS sleep, alarm, awakealarm, awake, showerawake, shower, clothesshower, clothes, shoesclothes, shoes, dogshoes, dog, rundog, run, breakfastrun, breakfast, sunrisebreakfast, sunrise, carsunrise, car, work. FOOTBALL ball, snap, runsnap, run, tacklerun, tackle, sacktackle, sack, passsack, pass, catchpass, catch, 1st downcatch, 1st down, touchdown.

  8. Day 6: I don't understand • Begin the poem with "I don't understand..."  List three things you do not understand about the world or people. End the poem with an example of something you DO understand. I don’t understand… why people hiccup why outer space is so big why babies cry when they wake up What I understand most is… how to teach why the sun shines how to be a good friend

  9. Day 7: Just Because • Just Because... poems ask you to describe yourself in the first line of the poem.  The next three lines in each stanza explain what you are NOT.  The final line restates the first line and adds a tag directing the reader to do something. Just because I’m a teacher It doesn’t mean I can’t have fun I don’t always know everything Things are hard for me too Just because I’m a teacher…learn from me

  10. Day 8: I Am Poem 1st Stanza I am (two special characteristics you have)I wonder (something you are actually curious about)I hear (an imaginary sound)I see (an imaginary sight)I want (an actual desire)I am (the first line of the poem is repeated) Stanza 2 I pretend (something you really pretend to do)I feel (a feeling about something imaginary)I touch (something you imagine you touch)I worry (a worry that is real to you)I cry (something that makes you very sad)I am (the first line of the poem is repeated) Stanza 3 I understand (something you know is true)I say (something you believe in)I dream (a dream you actually have)I try (something you make an effort to do)I hope (something you really hope for)I am (the first line of the poem is repeated)

  11. Day 9: Acrostic • An acrostic poem uses each letter of its subject to begin each line of the poem. Acrostic poems are about people, places, things, or ideas. Each line tells something about the poem’s subject. Feasts of color on Long green stems Outdoors, indoors Wonderful scents Ever lovely and Refreshing Special plants

  12. Day 10: Diamante • The French word diamont means diamond.  A DIAMONTE is a seven-line poem that gradually changes from one idea to a direct opposite idea.  When it is completed, its total appearance is diamond shaped. Format Beginning Topic Adjective, Adjective (about beginning topic) -ing word, -ing word, -ing word (about beginning topic) Four nouns –or- a short phrase (about both beginning and ending topics) -ing word, -ing word, -ing word (about ending topic) Adjective, Adjective (about ending topic) Ending topic

  13. Example: WinterFrosty, BrightSkiing, Snow Ball Fighting, SleddingIcicles, Snowflakes, Vacation, FamilySwimming, Sun Tanning, SwelteringHot, SunnySummer Monsters Creepy, sinister, Hiding, lurking, stalking, Vampires, mummies, werewolves, and more… Chasing, pouncing, eating, Hungry, scary, Creatures

  14. Day 11: Portraits & Pals • Write a love letter to the "thing" or friend you love most (stickers, baseball cap, teddy bear, birthday cake ice cream, bed, soccer, etc. ) Tell your favorite thing or friend why you love it. Include or draw a picture of this favorite “thing” or friend. Oh, my beloved bed.How I love to fallInto you each nightAfter a stressful day.You are still thereWith open armsAnd welcoming smile.Thank you for everything.Thank you with all my heart.

  15. Day 12: Personification • A personification poem takes the point-of-view of anything that doesn’t speak. It gives a first person voice to that object (ex. chair or pencil), force of nature (ex. wind or a volcano), or animal (ex. rabbit or bear). "Thoughts of A Backpack" ‘Cause I’m full of goo and lunch and junk and rot and mold, all sorts of gunk. But wait a minute…I’m not done. Riding you piggyback is really fun. I jounce and bounce as you run along and my trinkets jangle and clank a song! You stuff me with books and lunch and a ball. It’s kind of hard to hold it all. And then you forget to empty me out. That’s when I wish that I could shout.

  16. Day 13: Colors GreenMakes me think of SpringLike a tree covered with leavesIn a wooded forest. Title:  Pick a color #1: Describe something associated to it#2: Simile or metaphor#3: Adverb or adverb phrase (where)

  17. Day 14: Favorite Memory Title:  Favorite Memory#1: Adverb (where)#2: Doing what#3: Two or three words showing emotion#4: Detail from the setting#5: Skip a line#6: Tell how you feel Camping With Dad Lake Hope Fishing and Hiking Laughing and Joking The leaves were just starting to change Amazed

  18. Day 15: What if….? Line #1:  What if ____________________________Line #2:  I might ____________________________(leave a space between lines 2 & 3)Line #3:  What if ____________________________Line #4:  I could _____________________________(leave a space between lines 4 & 5)Line #5:  What if ____________________________Line #6:  I would_____________________________(leave a space between lines 6 & 7)Line #7:  Ask a question. What if the snow starts to fall I might go out to play in it What if I get too cold I could sit by the fire to warm up What if I get too hot then I would run back in to the snow When will I just be comfortable?

  19. Day 16: Writing About Weather Title:  Form of Nature chosenLine #1:  Title + (how it arrives or begins as the animal would arrive)Line #2:  Tell what it doesLine #3:  And how it does itLine #4:  And where it isLine #5:  Tell how it leaves (as the animal would leave) THUNDER Thunder comes in loudLike the majestic roar of a lion.It answers the callOf lightningBy striking fear into people.Away, somewhere in the sky,Somewhere in the unknown,An unknown voice,And then leaves without a traceOf its existenceExcept in peoples' stories.

  20. Day 17: Month Metaphors DIRECTIONS: 1.  Choose a month -- or a season -- and picture how it would arrive if it were a person OR an animal. The list of MOTION WORDS below may help you, or you may use another word to show how the month or season arrives. 2.  Add a few words to make the picture seem more complete.  Tell how OR where it arrives.  Use adverb or prepositional phrases.  If you wish, use a THESAURUS to find synonyms to replace overworked words. 3.  Tell something else the month or season does while it is here. 4.  Tell how the month or season leaves. NOTE:  be sure you keep the same comparison (metaphor) throughout the poem. Don't change to a different picture. JULY trudgesright inwith a bang.It crawls aroundon the hot ground,leaps aroundspreading warmth,then glides rightout of the way.

  21. Motion Words zoomtrampdanceshufflescurryspringglideflutterlurch creepstumbletrottotter strut skateslideleap slinkskulkcrawl stealboundbouncedartlope trudgeplodadvancedragslipsaunter marchstaggerskipprancefloattiptoegallophoplimphobblecanter wobblesneak NOVEMBER slides inon clouds of snowand rain.It blows awaythe warmth,and sneaks inthe cold,then drags away.

  22. Day 18: Image Poems It is the purpose of this lesson to help you to "see" things you can write about.  Line #1:  Describe the object with two or three adjectivesLine #2:  Give the object an actionLine #3:  Put the object somewhere DIRECTIONS: 1.  Choose a picture that is not too "busy."  It should have only one or two subjects in it. Use the formula above to write about one object in the picture. 2.  Can you imagine the object doing something really silly -- or someone doing something silly with it? Use the formula to write about that. 3.  Imagine something strange happening to the object or with it.  Where is it happening? Use the formula to write about it. 4.  Imagine the object in a sad way.   Where is this happening? Use the formula to write once more. 5.  Look at the four poems you have written.  Are they four stanzas of one poem?  If they are, combine them into one poem.

  23. Day 19: Sense Poems Think of a place that is special. Form an image in your mind of this place.  If you need to, cluster this image.  Then complete the following statements. After you have written out the sentences, remove the pronouns, verbs, and articles as you need to: sage-covered desertfreshness of morningscream of the hawkcaress of a breezedew of the windnew day born

  24. Day 20: Contrast Poems Often we see things in two different, contrasting ways.  This can be expressed in poetry. FORMULA: Title:  Name of object, tradition, environment, etc.Lines #1-2-3:  Write three lines that paint a vivid picture of the titleSkip a lineLines #4-5-6:  Write three lines that paint a different picture (Follow the same pattern in the second three lines you did in the first.  For example, if line #2 contains two adjectives and a noun, line #4 should also have two adjectives and a noun.)

  25. Example: "Recording"by A. R. AmmonsI remember when freezing rain bent the yearling pine over and stuck its crown to ground ice:but now it's spring and the pine stands up straight, frisky in the breeze, except for memory, a little lean.

  26. Day 21: Sound Poems • Try to describe a sound you hear every day: the sound of the wind, the rain, the dishwasher, a train (“choo-choo” is one way to describe the sound). • Write a poem using the sound. • Use these questions to help guide you: • What does the sound make you think of? • How do you feel when you hear the sound? • What does the sound seem to be “saying”? Choo Choo Chuga-chuga, chuga-chuga, chuga-chuga, Choo Choo! When I hear a choo choo train I think of all the many things I should do.

  27. Day 22: Poems for Two Voices • Two-voice poetry is written for two people to perform. The poetry usually has two columns—one for each person who is reading the poem. • Sometimes the poet wants the readers to say something at the same time; so the poet writes the words on the same line in each column. • These poems often sound like dialogue for two people. • Nature makes a great topic for these poems, but you can also write about school, current events, or events in literature.

  28. Example: House Crickets We don’t live in meadows crick-et (together) crick-et (together) or in groves We’re house crickets living beneath this gas stove crick-et crick-et Others may worry crick-et crick-et About fall We’re scarcely aware of the seasons at all crick-et Crick-et

  29. Day 23: Bull Durham Credo In the movie Bull Durham Kevin Costner's character is asked what he believes in.  His answer provides us with a poetic format.  By following the formula below, tell what you believe in. BULL DURHAM CREDO I believe in the _________________________the____________________________________the____________________________________the____________________________________the___________________________________________________,_______________,_________________ But __________________ (something you don't believe in) I believe in____________________________I believe in____________________________I believe in__________________________________________,________________,_________________ And I believe in_________________________________(longest)

  30. Example: CREDO I believe in the wisdom of elders,the influence of peer pressure,the importance of success,the evil that exists in money,the effectiveness of hard work,dedication, courage, strength. But the belief that you don't have to strivefor your goals is just outrageous. I believe in the truth that will set you free,I believe in love that will conquer all,I believe in respect for others,Courtesy, politeness, gratitude. And I believe in the fact that tomorrowisn't promised to you.

  31. Day 24: Haiku & Tanka A tanka is a mood piece, usually about love, seasons, sadness, or how short life is.  Tankas use strong images and often have literary devices such as simile and metaphor.  A tanka is short and usually has only five lines. Instead of counting syllables, you count ACCENTED syllables.  The following pattern of ACCENTED syllables works well in English for a tanka:   2/3/2/3/3. Haiku poems are poems written about nature. They consist of three lines. In Japan, haiku is made up of 17 sounds. The most common English pattern is: Line 1: 5 syllables Line 2: 7 syllables Line 3: 5 syllables old pond...a frog leaps inwater's sound

  32. Day 25: Write About Yourself & Others Someday Poems: Begin each line with the word Someday... and complete it with a wish you have.  Make the first two or three lines say something about your everyday wishes and slowly move away from yourself to the world in general.  You may end the poem with the word Someday.... SOMEDAY...Someday I will play the guitarSomeday I will have a jobSomeday I will get marriedSomeday I will have kidsSomeday I will be richSomeday I will be noticed WRITING ABOUT OTHERS: When you write about others, pick one important thing about them.  Keep the focus positive. Line #1:  The important thing about (name) is (most striking attribute) Line #2:  S/he is also ________(use as many lines as you need) Last line: But the most important thing about (name) is (repeat Line #1)

  33. Day 26: Rhetorical Questions Start your poem with a rhetorical question.   A rhetorical question is one that you ask but do not expect an answer from your listener; you provide it yourself. RAINDROP FEELINGS I wonder if they like being raindrops?I suppose they doThey always have friends around themThey never travel aloneSome people save them to wash their hairThey make trees grow

  34. Day 27: Limerick • A limerick is a funny little poem containing five lines. The last words of the 1st, 2nd, and 5th lines rhyme with each other, and the last words of the 3rd and 4th lines rhyme with each other. • PATTERN: AABBA There was an old woman named Snow (A) Who couldn’t get flowers to grow; (A) She planted some seeds (B) But grew only weeds; (B) What happened I really don’t know. (A)

  35. Examples: A clumsy young fellow named Tim Was never informed how to swim. He fell off a dock And sunk like a rock. And that was the end of him! There was an old man from Peru, Who dreamed he was eating his shoe. He awoke in the night With a terrible fright, And found out that it was quite true.

  36. Day 28: Cinquain • The 1st line of a cinquain is only one word, and it is the title of the verse. • The 2nd line has two words that describe the title. • The 3rd line has three words that show action. • The 4th line has four words that tell about some feeling you have about the subject of your verse. • The 5th line is again only one word—another word for the title. Recess Pleasant, too short Talking, laughing, playing The part of school that I like best Fun Time

  37. Day 29: How-To Poem • A How-To poem tells or explains how to do something or be something. • It is MORE than just a list! It has to have specific details and directions. • You are an author, so you’re poem must be more than a recipe or set of instructions.

  38. How to Be an African Elephant To be an African elephant, you must Like having wrinkled gray skin, Not mind weighing about four tons, Like giving yourself a shower with your trunk, Not mind having a nose that is about 5 feet long, Like lifting up to 600-lb weights, Not mind having poor sight, Like not being able to jump, Not mind having ears that are about four feet wide, like not being able to sweat, Not mind having flies and mosquitoes bite your skin, And like rolling in mud to stay cool!

  39. Day 30: Free Verse Winter Poem once a snowflake fell on my brow and i loved it so much and i kissed it and it was happy and called it’s cousins and brothers and a web of snow engulfed me then i reached to love them all and i squeezed them and they became a spring rain and i stood perfectly still and was a flower • Free verse is just what it says—poetry that is written without proper rules about form, rhyme, rhythm, meter, etc. • In free verse, the writer makes his/her own rules. The writer decides how the poem should look, feel, and sound. Free verse can be a great way to “get things off your chest” and express what you really feel.

  40. Day 31: Blues Poem • If a person “has the blues,” they are in a sad mood. They are not actually blue in color. Blues poems are about complaints and feelings. Think about something that bothers you, then use that to write your poem. Brother Blues My brother started it. He called me names. My brother started it. He called me names. I got the blame. I got the blame. Sent to my room To think it through. Sent to my room To think it through. No video games. No video games. I’ve got the blues. Wouldn’t you? I’ve got the blues.Wouldn’t you?

  41. Day 32: Two-Words-On-A-Line • These poems tell a story about an event using only two (2) words per line. The pattern is: describing word, naming word. Soggy Field Soggy field Pounding feet Panting breath Spinning ball Quick pass Strong kick Diving goalie Screaming crowd Winning goal! High fives!

  42. Day 33: Action Word Poem • Action word poems contain lots of action words (i.e. verbs). Think of an animal, person, or object that brings to mind lots of action words, such as a kite, a kitten, or a dancer. The Squirrel Olympics Dash up branches Scramble back down Balance up high above the ground. Chitter-chat in a game of chase. Dash around trunks in a circle race. Jump! Leap! from tree to tree. Bury nuts. Dig down deep. Then curl up tight For a winter’s sleep.

  43. Day 34: Parody • A parody is a type of poem made out of couplets. • The 1st line of each couplet begins with a number; the 2nd line ends with that number minus one. • In the 1st line, a group of some sort does something. • The 2nd line begins with One. Then, something happens to one member of the group, and as a result, there is one fewer. These two parts of the line are joined by the conjunction and.

  44. “Ten Little Aliens” Ten little aliens landed feeling fine One bought a hot tub and then there were nine. Nine little aliens stayed up very late One overslept and then there were eight. Eight little aliens took the name of Kevin One died laughing and then there were seven. Seven little aliens studied magic tricks One disappeared and then there were six. Six little aliens learned how to drive One misses the exit and then there were five. Five little aliens polished the floor One slipped and fell and then there were four. Four little aliens climbed a tall tree One lost his grip and then there were three. Three little aliens visited the zoo One liked the ape and then there were two. Two little aliens baked in the sun One got well-done and then there was one. One little alien went looking for fun He never came back and now there are none.

  45. Day 35: Wish Poem • A wish poem is composed of rhyming couplets. It is a selfless poem written to another person. “If I Could Grant A Wish for You” If I could grant a wish for you, I would get a thrill or two. May all your lucky numbers win the lottery May you discover beautiful, ancient pottery. May you be able to act and sing May life bring you every good thing. May you be able to pig out and not get fat May you get a hit every time at bat. May you never get sick or have the flu May you only have good dreams that come true. May you eat chocolate and candy too May each dish of ice cream be just for you. May your tests and report cards show great grades May your room be cleaned by fast-working maids. Oh, if I could grant a wish for you, I would get a thrill or two.

  46. Day 36: Poem of Address • A poem of address is a poem that addresses, or speaks to, something (like a pencil or lunchbox) or someone (ex. writer, actor/actress, athlete) you’ve never met. It is not a poem written about someone or something. Old Farm in Northern Michigan Barn, you have leaned too far trying for those wormy apples. Now your cows will never come back and fill their pails with cream. Now the horse will never come back with its hot breath and sweaty collar. Barn, you have leaned too far— even the cat thinks you are crazy and stays close to the car.

  47. I’m Sorry, Pencil I know it much be hard for you to be a pencil. It must be hard having your head rubbed every single day. It must be hard for your rear to rub on the remains of your head. It also must be hard to be sharpened because it slices off your skin. For that I am sorry but I ask you how would I write then?

  48. Day 37: A Poem of Likenesses • This poem is a collection of 10images—some involving animals or other wonders of nature—that was created to show similarities. Each section is a snapshot (or sound bite) made up of similes and metaphors that help create images. There is no beginning, middle, and end. “Ten Little Likenesses” 2 Six black appleseeds sleek as beetle’s backs mark where the eaten apple’s left its tracks. 3 When the stoplight drops from red to green cars leap like shot slung from slingshot. 1 The fly’s buzz: a radio tuned where no station was.

  49. 4 Like a bird with salt on its tail, the branch freighted with snow stands still. 5 River races round its bend like a pack of black cats, dogs after them, turning a corner. 6 It doesn’t seem to want to flow downstream, this full moon like a yellow beach ball. 9 At the sun’s target earth flings spears: white birches. 10 The river flows down to its delta and sets sail on the sea. 7 Open-billed gulls fighting for fish heads creak like rusted gates. 8 From the phone wires in quick alarm a flock of crows explodes.

  50. Day 38: Animal Riddle • The title of the poem must be the name of the animal. • The animal must speak for itself, using I and me. • The animal must address the reader, using you. • The animal must have something it wants to tell us: a wish, a desire, or a complaint. • The poem must be 10-20 lines long. I walk on two legs. Just look at me and I am like a parrot. When you feel me it is like feeling a bunny. The thing I love about me is being adored by other birds. When you hold me, I am light. I am tiny. You barely ever see me— My wings move so fast. When you smell me I smell like honey. Very sweet honey I wish the world was made of flowers.

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