Personal Poem Book

Project

Poetry is a packsack of invisible

keepsakes. ~Carl Sandburg

Concrete Poetry

HaikuHaiku is a Japanese poetry form with three lines. Usually haiku are written about nature. The first line has 5 syllables, the second line has 7 syllables, and the third line has 5 syllables. You will write three haiku all related to a similar topic.

example:quiet and trembling

Coco hates thunder and rainclear skies bring relief

Found PoemA found poem is made from words you “find” in newspapers, catalogs, or magazines. You get inspiration from the words and arrange them on a page with your own words mixed in. Sometimes poets like to play with the shape of these poems since the words are moveable.

SonnetA sonnet is a classic poetry form that uses a set rhyme scheme. It consists of three quatrains and a couplet. The volta is the “shift” in a sonnet. The rhyme scheme for an English sonnet (also know as Shakespearean)is:

A-B-A-B C-D-C-D E-F-E-F G-G

Free Verse PoemFree verse is poetry that uses different figurative language devices but DOES NOT use rhyme. Think about your topic or what you want to express. Then, create a list of words that would relate. Use a thesaurus.

example: Crickets

TalkIn the tall

GrassAll

Late summerLong.When

SummerIs gone,The dryGrass

WhispersAlone.

ExplicationWhen you find a poem that you really like, print it out or copy it. Then, write a paragraph that includes the following:

title of poem, poet’s name, topic of poem, form of poem, analysis of poem’s

figurative language devices, what you like most about the poem and why