1. Format Poem Templates

2. Title ____________________
Color Poem
Title ____________________
1. __________ is _____________, _____________ and ________________ .
2. __________ is the taste of ________________.
3. ___________ smells like ________________ and
________________ .
4. ____________ makes me feel _____________ .
5. ____________ is the sound of _____________ and ______________.
6. ______________ is _______________, ______________, and __________________.
7. ______________ is _______________.
8. _____________ is _________________.
9. _____________ is _________________.

3. Green Green is excellence, achievements, and friendships .
Green is the taste of victory.
Green smells like grass on the football field and the gym during a basketball game.
Green makes me feel pride .
Green is the sound of cheerleaders and fans.
Green is athletics, academics and the arts.
Green is tradition.
Green is family.
Green is Buford.

4. I remember the day at the beach
I remember Poem
Sample
I remember the day at the beach
I remember the hot sand burning my feet
I remember how cold the ocean felt
and how my skin seemed to sizzle in the heat
I remember the boardwalk clamor
I remember how I wanted to eat everything in sight
I remember walking and baking in the hot sun
Even though now it’s still February and gloomy
I remember savoring that summer day
But my favorite memory’s yet to come

5. What If
Sample:
What if summer lasted half a year? I might finally learn to swim What if chocolate were good for your health? I could earn a medal for wellness What if worrying made you smarter? I would be a brain surgeon, that's for sure What if poems were wishes that could actually come true?

6. Line 3: Three action verbs that end in "-ing" Line 4: Four nouns
Diamante format:
Line 1: Noun
Line 2: Two adjectives
Line 3: Three action verbs that end in "-ing"
Line 4: Four nouns
Line 5: Three action verbs that end in "-ing"
Line 6: Two adjectives
Line 7: Noun

7. The If-You-Were Poems
If you were a shining star And I were your midnight, I’d let you shine above me, You’d be my only light.
If you were a scoop of ice cream And I were an ice cream cone, I’d put you on my shoulders And hold you for my own.
If you were a grand piano And I were a sweet love song, I’d let your keys tickle and tease My melody all day long.
If you were the pages of my book And I were reading you, I’d read as slow as I could go So I never would get through.
Instructions:
Think of a person you like. Compare that person to some thing (inanimate object). Now compare yourself to some thing associated with the first object.

8. Sample:
I am creative I value the artist in me I write what's in my heart and head I trust the nature of my truth I honor my kind audience I give voice to what haunts I give voice to what heals I am open to inspiration I make a place for creative expression I hold the outcome in high esteem I am safe writing on the page I make my home a place to write

9. Blotz Poem
A blotz poem is designed to describe an object which is not necessarily real. It places an emphasis on alliteration.
•Line 1: Name your creature. (This is ___)
•Line 2: Tell where your creature lives. All words begin with the first letter of the creature's name and should list at least four places.
•Line 3: Tell what your creature eats. Use the same first letter and include at least four items.
•Line 4: Tell what your creature likes. Use the same first letter and include at least four items.
•Line 5: Tell something about your creature. Use the same first letter and include at least three items.
•Line 6: Tell about something your creature did to you.

10. Teacherarians eat tortoise toes, tangy tarts, tender toast, and tuna.
Blotz Poem Example
This is a teacherarian.
Teacherarians live in Turkish towers on top of telegraph transmitters in Tibet only on Tuesdays.
Teacherarians eat tortoise toes, tangy tarts, tender toast, and tuna.
Teacherarians throw temper tantrums, torment students, try on toupees, and twiddle their thumbs.
Teacherarians teach trigonometry, enjoy tapestry, and like tanning their temples.
This teacherarian told me to tape up my mouth. It tortured me and tore out my teeth.

11. Limerick
A limerick is a humorous five line poem which consists of a rhyme scheme of aabba. Lines 1, 2, and 5 have eight to ten syllables and lines 3 and 4 have five syllables.
There was an Old Man with a beard, Who said, 'It is just as I feared! Two Owls and a Hen, Four Larks and a Wren, Have all built their nests in my beard!'