1. Types of Poetry

2. Five Senses Poem Five Sense Poem Template
(choose an emotion or concept) is . . .(add color words and a comparison)
It smells like . . .
It tastes like . . .
It sounds like . . .
It feels like . . .
It looks

3. Five Senses Poem
Problems Problems are black. They sound like children crying. They taste of castor oil and smell like spinach. They make you feel unwanted.

4. Five Sense Poem
Escape Boredom has no color-it is invisible. It has no sound, and it tastes like garlic salt. Boredom smells like dust centuries old. Boredom feels like numbness.

5. Diamante’ Poem Formula Line 1: one word, subject of poem
Line 2: two words, adjectives describing subject
Line 3: three words, participles (-ing verbs) to describe the subject
Line 4: four words-2 words related to the first subject, 2 words
related to the second subject
Line 5: three words, participles (-ing verbs) about the new subject
Line 6: two words, adjectives describing the new subject
Line 7: names the new subject
*The two subjects in the poem are often opposites.*

6. Diamante’ Poem Example
Baby small, cute cuddling, crawling, teething giggling, spitting--faxing, telephoning working, fully grown, laughing large, mature Adult.

7. Diamante’ Poem
Monsters Creepy, sinister, Hiding, lurking, stalking, Vampires, mummies, werewolves, and more—Chasing, pouncing, eating, Hungry, scary, Creatures

8. Cinquain Poem Formula Line 1: one word, subject of poem
Line 2: two words, description of subject (adjectives)
Line 3: three words, participles (-ing verbs), actions
Line 4: four words, feelings or complete sentence about the
subject
Line 5: one word, synonym for subject

9. Cinquain Poem Example Feather Purple, unpredictable
Wiggling, wobbling, plummeting
Wild as an angry bumblebee
Plume

10. Cinquain Poem
River Clear, wonderful Slapping, whirling, flowing The river is cold. Water

11. Color Poem Color (title) Color is describe looks, describe looks,
and feels like describe feel.
Color is the taste of describe taste.
Describe smell and describe smell smell color.
Describe how color makes you feel makes me feel color.
Color is the sound of describe sound and describe sound.
Color is place that reminds you of color, place that reminds you of color,
and place that reminds you of color.
Experience that makes you feel this color is color.
Experience that makes you feel this color is also color.
Color is anything you want for this line.

12. Color Poem Example Turquoise
Turquoise is magic, manatees, and silly putty.
Turquoise is the taste of sherbert.
Juicy pears and the desert smell turquoise.
A cleared mind makes me feel turquoise.
Turquoise sounds of splashing paint and tubas.
Turquoise is Yashiro, a calm pool of water, and a coral reef.
Painting is turquoise.
Making new friends is turquoise.
Turquoise is having siblings.

13. Acrostic
Formula: Each line of an acrostic begins with a letter of the subject and should describe the subject.
Example:
Apple picking
Umbrella bent by the wind
Toasting marshmallows over an open fire
Unequaled beauty
Many colored leaves
North winds chill me to the bone

14. Acrostic Poem
Does any one realize all the Ridiculous things Actors and actresses Must endure before hearing the Applause?

15. Haiku
Formula:
A haiku has three lines. Typically, the topic is nature. Line 1 should have five syllables, line 2 should have seven syllables, and line 3 should have five syllables.
(5-7-5)

16. Haiku Example: Most cannot see it. It’s intertwined and complex.
A beauty in dew.

17. Haiku
An old silent pond... A frog jumps into the pond, splash! Silence again.

18. Limericks
Formula:
A limerick is a 5-line poem meant to be humorous. The rhyme pattern is a a b b a with lines 1, 2, and 5 containing 3 beats and rhyming, and lines 3 and 4 having two beats and rhyming.

19. Limericks Example: A flea and a fly in a flue
Were caught, so what could they do?
Said the fly, “Let us flee.”
“Let us fly,” said the flea.
So they flew through a flaw in the flue.

20. Limericks
There was an Old Man of Nantucket Who kept all his cash in a bucket. His daughter, called Nan, Ran away with a man, And as for the bucket, Nantucket.

21. Limericks Quick Practice: There once was a pauper named Meg
Who accidentally broke her______.
She slipped on the _____.
Not once, but thrice
Take no pity on her, I _______.
(Can you guess which words go in the blanks?)

22. Clerihew
A clerihew is a humorous poem about a person invented by Edward Clerihew Bentley. The first line ends with the person’s name. The second line rhymes with the first and tells something about the person. The third and fourth lines rhyme with each other and tell something about the person, too.

23. Clerihew
Our art teacher, Mr. Shaw, Really knows how to draw. But his awful paintings Have caused many faintings.

24. Clerihew
The enemy of Harry Potter Was a scheming plotter. I can't tell you what he's called; I'd be ashamed To name "he who must not be named."

25. List Poem
In a list poem the first line is the title and consists of a word or phrase stating the main idea. Then there are several short statements that tell the author’s feelings about the main idea.

26. List Poem
What Bugs Me When my teacher tells me to write a poem tonight. When my mother tells me to clean up my room. When my sister practices her violin while I'm watching TV. When my father tells me to turn off the TV and do my homework. When my brother picks a fight with me and I have to go to bed early. When my teacher asks me to get up in front of the class and read the poem I wrote on the school bus this morning.

27. List Poem
My Noisy Brother He slurps when he eats cereal in the morning. He gargles milk. He burps after eating. He cracks his knuckles. He whistles. He snaps his fingers. He squawks when he's mad. He snores at night.

28. Name That Poem: Identify the type of poem represented by the following examples.

29. Poem #1
Castle Strong, beautiful Imposing, protecting, watching Symbolizes wealth and power Fortress

30. Poem #2
Love is blind It sounds like the thunder before the storm It feels like the earth after the first rain It smells like red roses It tastes like saccharine strawberries It lives everywhere

31. Poem #3
Tumbling through the air Ready to become Air born at any Moment, feeling the springs Push you up Over and around again and again Light as a feather Instantly rebounding, Naturally full of Energy

32. Poem #4
Pink is flamingos, princesses, and soft. Pink makes me feel happy. Pink tastes like cotton candy. Pink smells like carnations and nail polish. Pink is true love's first kiss. Pink is the sound of giggling and the smacking of bubblegum. Pink is Valentine's Day. Pink is dreamland, salons, and your best friend's house. Pink is love!

33. Poem #5 Day Bright, sunny, Laughing, playing, doing,
Up in the east, down in the west—
Talking, resting, sleeping,
Quiet, dark,
Night

34. Poem #6 There goes a boy named Stacey Logan,
He thinks he’ll have some fun.
He brings the school bus to a screeching halt,
Without anyone knowing who’s at fault.

35. Poem #7
Everybody Likes Music Music Is Relaxing Music Can Help You Think Music Is Fun To Dance To Music Is Distraction From Problems Music Teaches Me About Life

36. Poem #8 There was an old man with a beard
Who said, "it’s just how I feared! Two owls and a hen Four larks and a wren Have all built their nests in my beard.

37. Poem #9 As the wind does blow Across the trees, I see the
Buds blooming in May

38. The End