Formula Poetry2+2+2+2+2+2+2=14

Simile Poems

Simile = a comparison using like or as

• Simile Poem = a stack of similes piled on top of a particular subject

As lonely as a tree without leaves As cold as a polar bear’s breath

As lonely as an abandoned pup As cold as a penguin’s flippers

As lonely as footsteps in the rain As cold as an ice cube down my back

Is my house in the quiet of the night. Are my bare hands while making a snowball.

Contrast PoemsRock Concert

Amplify the words and musicFor thousands of screaming fans.

Every second must be filledWith sound.

Hours later, everyone isGone.

My footsteps echoThrough the empty hall.

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A Contrast Poem has two parts. Each part shows a different side of a person, a thing, or an idea. Choose two different ways of describing or

looking at the subject. Let your subject be your title

Feelings on Four Poems

Contains:

• 1. Subject of the poem becomes the TITLE

• 2. Two adjectives that describe the subject

• 3. A verb phrase

• 4. A question or statement about the subject

Apple

Red and Tart

Falling from the tree

Why do you always have a worm?

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Football

Tan and tough

Smashing through the sky

Why do you always save your fumbles for me?

Who, What, Where, When, Why Poems

Each line should answer one of those questions - - usually in that order.

The poem should be short and to the point.Born Waiting

The mare The old woman

Gave birth to the colt sits quietly

After midnight in a waiting room

In her stall on a winter day

Because it was time what would you do if you

had a toothache?

Haiku ( 5 – 7 – 5 syllables)

In the falling snow

A laughing boy holds out his palms

Until they turn white

The geese flying south

In a long row and V-shaped

Pulling in winter

Haikuestion

Similar to a Haiku - - the only difference is that the Haikuestion poses a question at the end of the poem.

The question gives the poem a twist and makes the reader stop and think for a moment.

English, Math and French

I work hard to get an A

Studying long hours

Why is study so easy for my brother?

One-Liner Poems

Pattern: I wish I were adjective, color, person or thing, verb phrase.

I wish I were a hilarious pink billboard squatting on Mars.

Emotions and Senses

• Start the first line with the name of an emotion. Finish the line by telling what color it is.

• Tell what the emotion sounds like.

• Tell what it smells like.

• Tell what it tastes like.

• Tell what it feels like.

Lonliness is gray.

It sounds like a cold winter wind.

It smells like an attic in autumn.

It tastes like bitter aspirin.

Loneliness feels like a tear gently running down your

face.

People Poems

1. Tell whom you’re writing about

2. Describe the person with 2 adjectives connected by and or but.

3. Use a verb and an adjective to show this person in a typical action.

4. Think up a comparison to show a special quality this person has.

5. Close the poem with an IF ONLY phrase which expresses something you wish for regarding this person

Tony Dorsett

Competitive but cool-headed

Accelerates rapidly

As fast as a top fuel dragster - -

If only he could carry the winning pass!

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My Baby Brother

Whiny and wet

Cries constantly

As noisy as a thousand screeching tires - -

If only he will grow up happy.

What Good Luck… What Bad Luck…

Good Luck Bad LuckIt’s Saturday It’s raining

Bubblegum New braces

A new kitten With claws

Substitute teacher It’s the Principal

Homework Done Wrong page

What good luck, I hit the ball out of the field

What bad luck, it went through the window.

What good luck, the window was open,

What bad luck, my dad was sitting in front of it,

What good luck, the ball missed him.

What bad luck, it knocked over a lamp,

What good luck, the lamp wasn’t broken.

What bad luck, the mirror behind it was.

Diamente Poem

1. Write down a noun

2. Two adjectives describing the noun

3. Three participles (words ending in “ing” or “ed”)

4. Four nouns related to the subject - - the second two nouns have meaning opposite to the first two.

5. Three participles indicating change or development of the subject

6. Two adjectives that carry on the idea of change and development

7. A noun that is the opposite of the subject.

Tarheels

Unbelievable, fantastic

Struggling, scoring, winning

ACC Champs, destiny’s darlings, Final Four, Roy’s

Boys

Thrilling, exciting, celebrating

Number ONE!

Portrait Poem• I am (first name)

• Son/Daughter of (or brother/sister of)

• Who needs

• Who loves

• Who sees

• Who hates

• Who fears

• Who dreams of

• Who has found

• Resident of (I’ve seen people list here everything from their address to “the small blue green planet third from the sun”)

• Last name

I am Caroline

Daughter of Steve and Nancy

Who needs the beach in summertime

Who loves her bare feet in flip-flops

Who sees good in everything that she does

Who hates haters

Who fears she’s not making a difference everyday

Who dreams of making people smile with their whole face

Who has found a second chance to make a change in the world

Resident of this wonderful life and beautiful earth

Ray

Remembering Poem

Remembering, I see (his/her) face - -

A face ___________________________________

A face ___________________________________

A face ___________________________________

Remembering, I see (his/her) face - -

I remember

How ____________________________________

And how ________________________________

This face means _____________________ to me.

Remembering, I see Papa’s face - -

A face of hard lines from weathered work

A face of soft eyes for home and family

A face of life lives many years ago…

Remember, I see Papa’s face - -

I remember

How his voice would ring at the dinner chime

And how he read from his rocker by the fire

This face means rekindled memories for me.

Frame Poems(With Nursery Rhymes)

OriginalJack, be nimble

Jack, be quick,

Jack, jump over

The candlestick

Adaptations Jack, be nimble,

Jack, be fast,

Or when we’re racing,

You’ll be last

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Jack, be nimble,

Jack, be smart,

Do your work

With all your heart

Frame Poems

FormatTitle (age; identifying label; name)

Name one object the person has

Name another.

Put him or her in a place.

Give him/her some action.

ExampleFour-Year-Old

Teddy Bear

and a stick

behind clump-weed and wild rye

he charges the evils of

the word.

BIO-Poem

Knoxville, Tennessee

I always like summer

Best

You can cut fresh corn

From Daddy’s garden

And okra

And greens

And cabbage

And lots of barbecues

And buttermilk

And homemade ice cream

At the church picnic

And listen to

Gospel music

Outside

At the church

Homecoming

And go to the mountains with

Your grandmother

And go barefooted

And be warm

All the time

Not only when you go to bed

And sleep

First name

3 adjectives

(Daughter) of

Who loves (2 times)

Who fears (3 times)

Who needs (3 times)

Who would like to see (3 times)

Address

Last Name

Opposite PoemsChoose opposites and write 5 – 6 lines about how each is

beautiful

Tall Things Are Beautiful…A redwood tree soaring out of sight.

A giraffe feeding off leaves on a tree.

The Rocky Mountains blending into the sky.

Lady Liberty towering over the harbor.

Shaquille O’Neal tearing down a rebound.

And Short Things Are Beautiful…

A golf tee submerged in lime green grass.

The final punctuation mark on a paper.

The rose bushes surrounding my deck.

The walk to my bed on Friday night.

The diminishing time until graduation.

Concrete PoemsTake a concrete noun and write one expressing each of

the five (5) senses.

Thunder

Thunder is like cymbals cracking.

Thunder is like drums beating.

Thunder is like a gun firing.

Thunder is black as a cat.

Thunder is like tap dancing.

Gray Is like…

Tasting burned liver…

Seeing a foggy bay…

Hearing the whispering wind…

Feeling depressed…

Smelling the rain on our street in the summer…