1. Various Poem Types
Mr. Barazzuol

2. Acrostic Decide what to write about. Write your word down vertically.
Brainstorm words or phrases that describe your idea.
Place your brainstormed words or phrases on the lines that begin with the same letters.
Fill in the rest of the lines to create a poem.

4. Diamante THE RULES OF A DIAMANTE Seven lines long.
The first and last lines have just one word.
The second and sixth lines have two words.
The third and fifth lines have three words.
And the fourth line has four words.
Lines 1, 4, and 7 have nouns.
Lines 2 and 6 have adjectives.
Lines 3 and 5 have verbs.
Here’s an easy way to visualize all three rules:
Noun
Adjective, Adjective
Verb, Verb, Verb
Noun, Noun, Noun, Noun
Verb, Verb, Verb
Adjective, Adjective
Noun

5. Monsters Evil, Spooky Howling, Shrieking, Wailing Ghosts, Vampires, Goblins, Witches Flying, Scaring, Terrifying Creepy, Crawly Creatures Sun Fiery, Yellow Burning, Blinding, Exploding Flame, Light, Night, Crescent Shining, Orbiting, Reflecting Cold, Silver Moon

6. Concrete Shape Poem Choose an object to be the subject for your poem.
Draw a simple outline of its shape on paper
Write your poem normally.  Try to describe how the subject makes you feel. 
Between 6-12 lines is probably a good length!

8. Limerick THE RULES OF LIMERICKS
Limericks, like all poetic forms, have a set of rules that you need to follow. The rules for a limerick are fairly simple:
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
They are usually funny.
RHYMING A LIMERICK
The rhyme scheme is AABBA

10. Practice: 1) Attempt an acrostic poem Your topic is ‘Childhood’
2) Attempt a diamante poem
Your topic is ‘Graduation’
3) Attempt a concrete poem
Your topic is “movies”
4) Attempt a limerick poem
Your topic is anything that you want!!!