1. Poetry
6th Grade
Mrs. Tatum

2. Haiku
Haiku poetry is a very short, centuries-old form of Japanese poetry that is an intriguing change of pace from the kind of rhythmic, rhyming poetry you're used to reading. Haiku is like a photo that captures the essence of what's happening, often connecting two seemingly unrelated things.

3. How to Write a Haiku
Traditional Japanese haiku had a total of seventeen syllables divided into three clumps (or lines):
five syllables seven syllables five syllables

4. What Do I Write About?
A haiku has 17 syllables divided among three lines.  
Express a single mood or emotion in your haiku.  
The classic haiku theme is nature, so try using nature-based imagery as well as your own themes when you write a haiku.  

5. Example of a Haiku Morning Sun Dances?
When the gentle rain greets dawn?
With a lovely sigh?
On a withered bough
A crow along is perching
Autumn evening now.

6. Acrostic
Acrostic:  a poem in which special letters spell another word or make a sentence.

7. Acrostic Information
Most often, the special letters  come at the beginning of each line. But  they may be placed  elsewhere, too.
Alphabet poems  are also a special type of acrostic, called abecdearian acrostics.

8. Example
Panthers growl, Orioles sing, Eagles soar, Monkeys swing. See? 

9. Concrete Poems
Concrete poetry—sometimes also called ‘shape poetry’—is poetry whose visual appearance matches the topic of the poem. The words form shapes which illustrate the poem’s subject as a picture, as well as through their literal meaning.

10. Concrete Poetry Example

11. Limerick
A limerick is a silly poem with five lines.  They are often funny or nonsensical.  Limericks were made famous by Edward Lear, a famous author who wrote the "Book of Nonsense" in the 1800's. 

12. Limerick Rhyme Scheme
The rhyme scheme of a limerick is known as “AABBA.” This is because the last words in lines 1, 2, and 5 rhyme. Those are the “A’s” in the rhyme scheme. The “B’s” are the last words of lines 3 and 4.

13. The Rules of Limericks They are five lines long.
Lines 1, 2, and 5 rhyme with one another.
Lines 3 and 4 rhyme with each other.
They have a distinctive rhythm (which I’ll explain shortly)
They are usually funny.

14. Limerick Example
There was a young fellow named Hall Who fell in the spring in the fall. ‘Twould have been a sad thing Had he died in the spring, But he didn’t—he died in the fall.

15. Cinquain Poetry
What’s a Cinquain poem? It is a form of poetry, written like a recipe. A Cinquain is a five-line poem. The words you choose and the form they take on paper are an important part of the writing. Some people say they appear like diamonds on paper.

16. Creating a Cinquain Line 1:One word for the subject (noun)
Line 2:Two words describing subject
Line 3:Three words showing action
Line 4:Four or five words expressing feeling or thought
Line 5:One word that means the same thing as the first word in line 1 (describing or renaming subject)

17. Staring, creeping, pouncing
Cinquain Example
Lion
Golden, strong
Staring, creeping, pouncing
A hunter on the prowl
Predator

18. What Is an Image?
An image is a word or phrase that appeals to one of our senses. Images can help us
create a mental picture
hear a sound
feel texture or temperature
taste a sweet, sour, or salty flavor

19. What Is an Image?
Listen to this excerpt of “The Shell” by James Stephens and imagine the scene he describes.
And straightway like a bell Came low and clear The slow, sad murmur of the distant seas,
And in the hush of waters was the sound Of pebbles rolling round, For ever rolling with a hollow sound.
And bubbling sea-weeds as the waters go Swish to and fro Their long, cold tentacles of slimy grey.
—from “The Shell” by James Stephens

20. What Is an Image? Quick Check
Which words appeal to the sense of hearing? sight? touch?
And straightway like a bell Came low and clear The slow, sad murmur of the distant seas,
And in the hush of waters was the sound Of pebbles rolling round, For ever rolling with a hollow sound.
And bubbling sea-weeds as the waters go Swish to and fro Their long, cold tentacles of slimy grey.
—from “The Shell” by James Stephens
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21. What Is an Image? Quick Check
Which words appeal to the sense of hearing? sight? touch?
And straightway like a bell Came low and clear The slow, sad murmur of the distant seas,
And in the hush of waters was the sound Of pebbles rolling round, For ever rolling with a hollow sound.
And bubbling sea-weeds as the waters go Swish to and fro Their long, cold tentacles of slimy grey.
—from “The Shell” by James Stephens
Hearing
Sight
Touch

22. Imagery in Poetry Poets use imagery to
speak to our deepest feelings—joy, sorrow, wonder, love
emphasize certain qualities of the subject
create a mood
Out on the land White Moon shines. Shines and glimmers against gnarled shadows, All silver to slow twisted shadows Falling across the long road that runs from the house.
—from “Baby Face” by Carl Sandburg

23. Imagery in Poetry Imagery is part of a poet’s style
a product of the poet’s own way of seeing the world
a reflection of the time and place in which the poet lives

24. Imagery in Poetry Quick Check
What mood does the poet create through his use of imagery?
The Loon
by Lew Sarett
A lonely lake, a lonely shore,
A lone pine leaning on the moon;
All night the water-beating wings
Of a solitary loon.
With mournful wail from dusk to dawn
He gibbered at the taunting stars,—
A hermit-soul gone raving mad,
And beating at his bars.
How does the imagery affect your emotions? Explain.
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25. Imagery in Poetry Quick Check
What mood does the poet create through his use of imagery?
The Loon
by Lew Sarett
A lonely lake, a lonely shore,
A lone pine leaning on the moon;
All night the water-beating wings
Of a solitary loon.
With mournful wail from dusk to dawn
He gibbered at the taunting stars,—
A hermit-soul gone raving mad,
And beating at his bars.
still, lonely, sorrowful

26. Imagery in Poetry Quick Check
How does the imagery affect your emotions? Explain.
The Loon
by Lew Sarett
A lonely lake, a lonely shore,
A lone pine leaning on the moon;
All night the water-beating wings
Of a solitary loon.
With mournful wail from dusk to dawn
He gibbered at the taunting stars,—
A hermit-soul gone raving mad,
And beating at his bars.
I feel sad when I picture the desolate scene and hear the bird struggling alone.

27. Practice
Images can be drawn from all sorts of things we observe in life. For each category, create two images—one pleasant and one unpleasant. Try to include images that appeal to all five senses.
Images
Pleasant
Unpleasant
Animal images
Flower images
Water images
Sky images
Earth images
City images
Country images

28. Free verse
FREE VERSE is a kind of poetry that has no real rhythm or pattern, so you can put words together in all sorts of ways. You can be VERY imaginative!

29. What is Free verse poetry?
Anything and everything can be the topic of a  free verse lyrical poem. The poem can tell a story, describe a person, animal, feeling or object.  They can serious, sad, funny or  educational.  What ever subject that appeals to the poet can end up in free verse.

30. How to write Free verse
Free verse does not have a set pattern of rhyme or rhythm.  There are no rules about line length in free verse. You try to keep the words that belong together on the same line, but, sometimes the poet will break these words if he/she wants to create a visual shape to support the poem's message, or feeling that the poet wishes the reader to experience. 

31. Example of Free Verse Fog by Carl Sandburg The fog comes
on little cat feet.
 It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.