Poetry Collection

Mrs. Liggio

Project details• You will be creating a poetry collection

using the following types of poems.

Five Senses PoemFormulaLine 1: State the topic

Line 2: Tell what the topic sounds like

Line 3: Tell what the topic tastes like

Line 4: Tell what the topic smells like

Line 5: Tell what the topic looks like

Line 6: Tell what the topic makes you feel or how it feels

Five Senses PoemExample:ProblemsThey sound like children crying. (sound)They taste of gasoline. (taste)And smell like spinach. (smell)They look like monsters. (sight)They make you feel unwanted . (touch)

5 senses poem-another example

• Peace is a rainbow of color.

• It smells like a rose,

• It tastes like sugar.

• Peace sounds like a bluebird

• and feels like a handshake.

Diamante’ PoemFormulaLine 1: one word, subject of poemLine 2: two words, adjectives describing subjectLine 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

subjectLine 7: one word, opposite/antonym of subject in Line 1

Diamante’ PoemExample

LoveHappy, secure

Dreaming, talking, lovingHusband, wife, children, homeQuarreling, loathing, degrading

Angry, madHate

Cinquain PoemFormula

Line 1: one word, subject of poemLine 2: two words, description of subject (adjectives)Line 3: three words, participles (-ing verbs), actionsLine 4: four words, simile describing feelings about subjectLine 5: one word, synonym for subject

Cinquain PoemExample

FeatherPurple, unpredictable

Wiggling, wobbling, plummetingWild as an angry bumblebee

Plume

Color PoemColor (title)• 1: What things LOOK the color?

• 2: What things SOUND the color?

• 3: What things SMELL the color?

• 4: How does the color FEEL?

• 5: What makes YOU FEEL the color?

• 6: What things TASTE the color?

• 7: What EXPERIENCES or IDEAS seem that color

• 8: Can you think of the color PLACES?

Color PoemExample

TurquoiseTurquoise 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.

Color poem –another example

Green

Green is apples, markers, and cool.

Green is the taste of vegetables.

Green smells like grass and rain.

Green makes me feel envious.

Green is the sound of a lawnmower and a sigh.

Green is a garden, forest, and a swamp.

Green is renewal.

Green is beginning again.

Green is spring.

AcrosticFormula: Each line of an acrostic begins with a

letter of the subject and should describe the subject.

Example:Apple pickingUmbrella bent by the windToasting marshmallows over an open fireUnequaled beautyMany colored leavesNorth winds chill me to the bone

HaikuFormula: A haiku has three lines. Typically,

the topic is nature. Line 1 should have five syllables,

Line 2 should have seven syllables, Line 3 should have seven syllables.

(5-7-5)

HaikuExample:

Spring is in the air Flowers are blooming sky high

Children are laughing

Haiku – another exampleSand scatters the beach

Waves crash on the sandy shoreBlue water shimmers

Rhyming poem• This must be at least 6 lines. You must

decide which rhyming scheme you are choosing and WRITE IT AT THE END OF EACH LINE AND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE. Choices can include the following;

Rhyme poem - example• Little Miss Muffet A

Sat on a tuffet AEating her curds and whey. BAlong came a spider CAnd sat down beside her CAnd frightened Miss Muffett away. B

• AABCCB

Rhyme poem - example

If life is a story AWhat’s yours about? BIs it filled with glory? AOr is it filled with doubt? BUpen the pages you write CIn your lifes story AThat life is a fight CBut you are a victory. A

ABABCACA

Rhyme PoemExample:Weird-Bird by Shel Silverstein

Birds are flyin’ south for winter. AHere’s the wierd-Bird headin’ north.BWings a-flappin’, beak a-chatterin’, CCold head bobbin’ back ‘n’ forth.BHe says, “It’s not that I like ice DOr freezin’ winds and snowy ground. EIt’s just sometimes it’s kind of nice DTo be the only bird in town. E

ABCBDEDE

LimericksFormula:

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.

LimericksExample:

A flea and a fly in a flueWere 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.

LimericksQuick Practice:

There once was a pauper named MegWho accidentally broke her______.She slipped on the _____.Not once, but thriceTake no pity on her, I _______.

(Can you guess which words go in the blanks?)

Painted PoetryPainted 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.

Painted Poetry

Painted Poetry