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Fun Prompts to Make Poetry Awesome!
- Finish the sentence I'm special because...
- Create a rhyming poem about your favorite Holiday!
- Write a poem that includes three images.
- Describe the grossest food ever!
- Write a poem in first person
- Try to use the same word in your poem.
- Write a poem about your pet.
- Create a rhyme about school.
- End a poem with "And then we danced!"
- Pick three words out of a dictionary without looking and write a poem where all three are used.
- Write a run-on sentence about your day.
Writing a poem may seem tricky, but luckily it's as easy as 1, 2, 3!
Luckily we have awesome teachers, websites, and WORDS to help us write poems. We have a few different ways to create poems and here are a few examples:
1. Free Verse
Free verse is an expression of ideas, thoughts and feelings. It is written like ordinary speech without rhyme or form.
A Rainy Day
Heavy rain on the roof
We will need our raincoats
And big black boots
Splashing in puddles
Biting wind
Shivering
Cold and wet.
2. Concrete Poetry
The meaning of concrete poetry is depicted in its shape and the language used. How the poem looks is as important as its words.
A Snake
Slippery
gliding
over grass
flicking tongue
forked shape
sliding
long black
no sound
gone.
3. Rhyming Poetry
Rhyming poetry can take any form. Each line, or second line, ends with a word which sounds alike or rhymes.
The Tooth Fairy
Goblins are full of mischief
Elves are making toys
Gnomes they rest in gardens
Not making any noise
But fairies they are busy
Lifting glass to look beneath
Delivering shiny golden coins
When children lose their teeth.
4. Limerick
Limericks are nonsense or humorous five line verse with the first, second and fifth line rhyming.
The Bear
There once was a dancing black bear
To jig and twirl he didn’t care
When all out of breath
And deciding to rest
He would sit in his comfortable chair.
5. Acrostic Poetry
Acrostic poetry uses the letters of the title of the poem to create the poem. This is a free form poem and has as many lines as the title has letters.
Rain
Raining, just a shower
And running quickly
Into gutters
Not making any sound.
1. Free Verse
Free verse is an expression of ideas, thoughts and feelings. It is written like ordinary speech without rhyme or form.
A Rainy Day
Heavy rain on the roof
We will need our raincoats
And big black boots
Splashing in puddles
Biting wind
Shivering
Cold and wet.
2. Concrete Poetry
The meaning of concrete poetry is depicted in its shape and the language used. How the poem looks is as important as its words.
A Snake
Slippery
gliding
over grass
flicking tongue
forked shape
sliding
long black
no sound
gone.
3. Rhyming Poetry
Rhyming poetry can take any form. Each line, or second line, ends with a word which sounds alike or rhymes.
The Tooth Fairy
Goblins are full of mischief
Elves are making toys
Gnomes they rest in gardens
Not making any noise
But fairies they are busy
Lifting glass to look beneath
Delivering shiny golden coins
When children lose their teeth.
4. Limerick
Limericks are nonsense or humorous five line verse with the first, second and fifth line rhyming.
The Bear
There once was a dancing black bear
To jig and twirl he didn’t care
When all out of breath
And deciding to rest
He would sit in his comfortable chair.
5. Acrostic Poetry
Acrostic poetry uses the letters of the title of the poem to create the poem. This is a free form poem and has as many lines as the title has letters.
Rain
Raining, just a shower
And running quickly
Into gutters
Not making any sound.
Still too tough? Don't worry! Let's start with something easy like your name.
S- Smiles always come my way
A- And I always smile right back
R- Ready to pass this gift
A- Around to everyone in my path!
S- Smiles always come my way
A- And I always smile right back
R- Ready to pass this gift
A- Around to everyone in my path!