Try thinking of poetry as a game or a puzzle. Words are the puzzle pieces. Fit your words together according to the

“rules” and you win! Find the right pieces, and you end up with an

impressive word-picture of your own!

Nursery

Rhymes

Roses are red, violets are blue…

Romeo and Juliet

“We Are the Champions”

Haiku

• Japanese form of poetry• NO title • NO rhyming• 3 lines• About nature

• Specific syllable patterns• Total of 17 syllables

Oxygen

the trees give us airair so we can breathe in life

the air - we love it

The Sun

The shiniest sun was up in very blue skies

and happiness grew

LINE 1 = 5 syllablesLINE 2 = 7 syllablesLINE 3 = 5 syllables

Twaiku

raining  on  sunday time  to  do  the  spring  cleaning watch  raindrops  instead

By  @Gianinec

Plain white pages wait   For  black  ink  to  carve  a  path -   Our  dreams  given  life.

By  @littledharmabum

• Same format as a haikuLINE 1 = 5 syllablesLINE 2 = 7 syllablesLINE 3 = 5 syllables

*ADDITIONAL RULE = 140 character limit like Twitter• Characters = spaces, numbers, letters, new lines, hash tags, symbols

Ballad

• Poem that tells a story of…• Adventure• Romance• Heroism

• Often sung• Usually has stanzas of 4 lines each• Rhymes• Usually 2nd and 4th line of each stanza

“Battle of New Orleans”

In 1814 we took a little tripAlong with Colonel Jackson down the mighty MississipWe took a little bacon and we took a little beansAnd we caught the bloody British in a town in New Orleans

“Casey at the Bat”

Limerick• Humorous poetry• 5 line poem made up of 1 couplet and 1 triplet

• Couplet = 2 lines that have ending rhyme• Triplet = 3 lines that have ending rhyme

There was an old man in a boat.

Who said, “I’m afloat, I’m afloat!”

When they said, “No! You ain’t!”

He was ready to faint,

That unhappy old man in a boat.

• Rhyme Pattern: AABBA• Syllables Pattern:

• Lines 1, 2, & 5 = Rhyme and 8-9 syllables each• Lines 3 & 4 = Rhyme and 5-6 syllables each

• The last line is the punch line or joke

Concrete

• AKA a shape poem• Takes on the shape of it’s title or subject• Draw the shape and then write the poem around the shape or within the shape.

Cinquain• Pronounced “sink-ane”

• “cinq” – French #5• Created by an American poet• Based on Japanese haiku• NO rhyme• 5 lines with a specific pattern

TreeSturdy, TallClimbing, Swinging, PlayingFun among the branchesMaple

CatBlack, StealthyCrouching, Watching, WaitingMust you hunt small animals?Feline

LINE 1 = 1 word titleLINE 2 = 2 words that describe the subject (adjectives)LINE 3 = 3 action words (verbs)LINE 4 = 4 or 5 words that express your feelings about the subject (NOT a complete sentence)LINE 5 = 1 word synonym for title

Instagram Cinquains

Diamante

• Diamond shaped• Similar to a cinquain

LINE 1 = 1 word noun or subjectsLINE 2 = 2 adj. that describe Line 1LINE 3 = 3 –ing verbs about Line 1LINE 4 = 4 nouns, 2 related to Line 1 and 2 related to Line 7LINE 5 = 3 –ing verbs about Line 7LINE 6 = 2 adj. that describe Line 7LINE 7 = 1 word antonym for Line 1

RipeLuscious, CrimsonSwelling, Tempting, NourishingDesirable Apple, Distasteful AppleShrinking, Stinking, DecayingMoldy, BrownRotten

LosingUpset, EmbarrassedCrying, Fighting, EnergizingErrors, Tears, Trophies, ScreamsCheering, Celebrating, AdrenalineExhilarated, ProudWinning

Free Verse

• NO pattern• NO rhyme• NOT a paragraph

• Has meaning/theme/mood• Still uses literary devices

Kittens

The kittens stretch, like a stretchy headband!They go outside for some fresh air.A fox sees them & the kittens run back,Where it is safe.Their owner picks them upAnd lies them on herLap and they go to sleep.MEOW!!

Acrostic

• AKA name poems• 1 letter in each line is used to spell out a… • name• message• title• phrase

Has a good heartEveryone appreciatesResponds when neededOnly wants to do what’s right

ResponsibilityPositive AttitudeExcellence through effortShow Respect