Types of Poems!

1. Types of Poems!

2. Haiku • Haiku are short poems that use sensory language to capture a feeling or image. They are often inspired by an element of nature, a moment of beauty or a poignant experience.  • Syllables are arranged in three lines of 5-7-5 5 7 5

4. Sonnet • The English sonnet has the simplest and most flexible pattern of all sonnets, consisting of 3 quatrains of alternating rhyme and a couplet: a b a b c d c d e f e f g g 

6. Free Verse • An open form of poetry that does not follow a consistent meter, rhyme, or other pattern. • Write how you see fit!

7. Narrative Poetry • A poem that tells a story, often using the voices of a narrator and characters. • Usually has a consistent rhyme and meter

8. Visionary by Cindy Lu Tears burn and stream down my face brushing them back, weeping in prayer God please someone to love me for the rest of my life That angelic voice beholding a name Echoes in my memory yet which one Surely not him for true love never hurts a vivid vision some years later detoxing from a psyc drug that nearly took my life I saw my hand in a vision Concentrating on my hand which had power Mental struggle as I watched the vision unfold and drastically exhausting my psyc I then saw a scene of woodland It in itself picturesque Yet something somehow beyond as I concentrated the trees in this scenic view gained vivid hues and the leaves swayed some day I will find my home on Earth and who could hold it against the next man for bearing the name John