1. Types of Poems

2. Limericks
A limerick is a five line poem whimsical poem. Lines one, two and five rhyme with each other and lines three and four rhyme.

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

4. Acrostic Poems
Acrostic poems are poems in which the first letter of each line, when read vertically, spell out a word.

5. Gunpowder Elementary School
Greatest School in Baltimore County
Understanding how we learn
Never a dull moment
Priceless
Only the best teachers
Wonderful Specials
Delicious lunches
Exciting lessons
Recess

6. Shape Poems
A shape poem is a poem designed with words that form the shape of the object the poem is about.

7. Birth of a Triangle Mama and Papa and Baby makes three
Reaching sides of a three-sided tree
Oedipal winds rustle from trees
triangular shapes converting
dissimilarity into peeves
straight lines connect
the corners turned
mirrored sight
un-burned
buried am I

8. A Triangle Tale I Do Not Know At All How I Got Stuck Inside This Piece
Of Pie And I’m Unsure
How To Begin To Get Out
Of This Fix I Am In. This Triangle
Is Simply Not An Entertaining Sort Of
Spot So I Can Say Without A Doubt I’d Like
To Leave And Wow………… I Am Out

9. An Angel
an angel tumbling d o w n
to earth

10. Ode
An Ode is a poem praising and glorifying a person, place or thing.

11. Ode To A Butterfly by Lorraine Nesbit
Oh! The butterfly
He flutters all day,
He roams the skies
With some delay.
He alights on trees, fences,
and roses.
To whatever attracts his fancy
He will do his poses.

12. He’s up, he’s down
He dances with the breeze,
He comes, he goes
And does it with ease.
As I watch him
In pure delight,
I begin to wonder
If he knows his own plight.

13. For soon spring turns into summer
Then summer flies quickly by,
The sun setting early
Into a darkening sky.
The butterfly is gone now
Replaced by snow,
But he will be back again
To put on his beautiful show.

14. Haiku
Haiku is unrhymed Japanese verse consisting of three lines of syllables. Haiku is written in the present tense and is about nature.

15. Pink cherry blossoms
Cast shimmering reflections
On seas of Japan

16. Cinquains A cinquain is a poem that consists of five lines.
Each has a required number of syllables.
Line 1= Title, noun, 2 syllables
Line 2= Description, 4 syllables
Line 3= Action, 6 syllables
Line 4= Feelings, phrase,8 syllables
Line 5= Title, synonym for the title

17. puppy
ornery, naughty
growling, jumping, chewing
a playful bundle of trouble
Boxer

18. Couplets
A couplet is a two lined poem with a fun and simple rhyming pattern. Couplets are often humorous. The last word in each line must rhyme.

19. My English teacher wants me to use my imagination
So I go to math class and let my mind go on vacation!

20. Free Verse
Free verse is a poem without any rules. There is no rhyme, meter, form or rhythm.

21. What do the oceans do at night?
Do they tease and tickle the bottom of boats?
Do they ripple away in fright?
Or are the beaches like coats?
That keep them still and quiet.
And once the day breaks and it’s breakfast time
Do the oceans wish for some other diet than fish?