Start your poem with a recurring phrase using the first person pronoun ‘I’. Write out your recurring phrase and write down anything that pops into your mind for each line after your recurring phrase. Complete this for Lines 1 to 9.

Choose 1 recurring phrase below throughout your poem:

I remember … I like to … I enjoy … I love … I could have climbed … I will never … I wish …

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Writing a Ten-Line Poem

There’s a poet in all of us! And writing a contemporary poem can be a lot of fun!

Line 1 I __________________________________________________________________________

Line 2 I __________________________________________________________________________

Line 3 I __________________________________________________________________________

Line 4 I __________________________________________________________________________

Line 5 I __________________________________________________________________________

Line 6 I __________________________________________________________________________

Line 7 I __________________________________________________________________________

Line 8 I __________________________________________________________________________

Line 9 I __________________________________________________________________________

Line 10 But / And / If / Yet ____________________________________________________________ (Circle the conjunction word you want to use for your last line and write out your surprise/twist for the end!)