Geena’s Poetry

Anthology

What is Poetry?What is Poetry?

Poetry is a river, poem after poem moves along in the exciting crests and falls of the the river waves. None is timeless; each arrives in an historical context, almost everything, in the end, passes.

-Mary Oliver (A Poetry Handbook)

What is Poetry? My Definition!

What is Poetry? My Definition!

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Acrostic Acrostic

The word acrostic is formed from the Greek word acros (outermost) and stichos (line of poetry).  The acrostic is a poem where the first letter of each line forms a word when you read

them looking downward.

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/acrostic/

Panthers growl,Orioles sing, Eagles soar,

Monkeys swing. See? 

My Acrostic #1My Acrostic #1

Whirls around you fast and cold

Individual sounds

Never silent

Down our driveway it lifts the leaves

My Acrostic #2My Acrostic #2

Sunny days are when you love to play

Parents watching while you play

Our coach is always cheering us on

Rainy games are always fun

Tirering pratices, but there worth while

Haiku Haiku

COMPOSING A TRADITIONAL JAPANESE HAIKU POEM

The 300-year old Haiku Poem has its own distinct discipline:- Each complete poem has only three lines, totalling 17 syllables.

- the first line must be five syllables- the second line must be seven syllables- the third line must be five syllables

When these rigid conditions are met, the result can be a very satisfying word picture .

Birds take wing on high, gliding over angry wavesback to their safe nests.

http://members.shaw.ca/kcic1/haiku.html

My Haiku #1My Haiku #1

leaves falling down

flying in the rough could wind

settling for a rest

My Haiku #2My Haiku #2

flowers are so bright

just like a tiny rainbow

dancing to the wind

Collected Haiku #1Collected Haiku #1

Snow melts.

Suddenly, the village

is full of children.

(Written by Issa. Translated by Bruce Lansky. Copyright 1999 by Bruce Lansky, reprinted with his permission)

Collected Haiku #2Collected Haiku #2

Frog sunning on lily pad as dragonfly darts by. Thrapp!

(by Bruce Lansky. Copyright 1999 by Bruce Lansky, reprinted with his permission)

Cinquain Cinquain

Cinquain poems come in three formats:

Cinquain Pattern #1 Line1: One wordLine2: Two wordsLine 3: Three wordsLine 4: Four wordsLine 5: One word

Cinquain Pattern #2 Line1: A nounLine2: Two adjectivesLine 3: Three -ing wordsLine 4: A phraseLine 5: Another word for the noun

Cinquain Cinquain

Cinquain Pattern #3 Line1: Two syllablesLine2: Four syllablesLine 3: Six syllables

Line 4: Eight syllablesLine 5: Two syllables

http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/davidc/6c_files/Poem%20pics/cinquaindescrip.htm

My Cinquain #1My Cinquain #1

Jelly

So sweet

Always wabling about

Evrey flavour is uniqu

Devine

My Cinquain #2My Cinquain #2

Bubbles

Are clear and round

They burst when

They are touched gently

Pop

Diamante Diamante

A diamante is a seven line poem, shaped like a diamond. Line 1: one word(subject/noun that is contrasting to line 7) Line 2: two words(adjectives) that describe line 1 Line 3: three words(action verbs) that relate to line 1 Line 4: four words (nouns)first 2 words relate to line 1last 2 words relate to line 7 Line 5: three words(action verbs) that relate to line 7 Line 6: two words(adjectives) that describe line 7 Line 7: one word( subject/noun that is contrasting to line 1) http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/diamante/

Diamante ExampleDiamante Example

squaresymmetrical, conventional

shaping, measuring, balancingboxes, rooms, clocks, halos

encircling, circumnavigating, enclosinground, continuous

circle

My Diamante #1My Diamante #1Chocolate

smooth, delicous

melting, runny, setting

dark, white, sweet, flavours

colourful, mixture, shapes

yummy, squshy

Lollies

My Diamante #2My Diamante #2

Netball

fun, running

passing, moving, calling

court, team, sand turf, grass

pushing, running, hiting

fun, pratice

Hockey

Free Verse Free Verse

Does not have to rhyme

Does not have to have a specific rhythm

Has no specific length

Makes use of figurative speech

Free Verse ToolsFree Verse ToolsMetaphor – suggests a similarity between two things The road snakes around the mountain.

Simile – highlights the comparison between two things using like, as, resembles, etc.         

The stars in the night sky were like sparkling diamonds.

Personification – giving human characteristics to things which are clearly not human                   

The outboard motor cleared its throat.

Alliteration – repeating words with the same beginning soundThomas tied two turnips to two tall trees.

Imagery – using vivid, descriptive words to conjure up an image       

The car sped. - The flashy, yellow, mustang  streaked like         a bullet along the highway.

Onomatopoeia – using words that sound like what they mean        

He slurped his soup.

Hyperbole – using exaggeration to make a point       

Make me a sundae a mile high.

My Free Verse #1My Free Verse #1

There once was an old rusty car, with no roof no doors or seatbelts. A man got in drove along the road and got pulled over by the police.

My Free Verse #2My Free Verse #2

There once was an old brown suitcase with budget old wheels and a broken handle. A man was going on holiday and he put this suitcase on the plane, they forgot to shut the doors so the suitcase fell out and landed in Hawii.

Collected Free Verse #1Collected Free Verse #1Playing With Fire

For some it must be nature

But mine is content to receive and return

And to follow, if it can be led.

I felt that Person stirring among her petals,

And in a lightning strike I thought again of

Printing her out, for you.

But what can I show that some

Depth of your connected self has not seen?

Wouldn't it be just like you to know

Every piece of me by mind

Before heart, before touch?

I know somewhere that any so-called

Surprise would give both of us deja vu.

But when our hands together touching

Cupped the tiny candle flame

Something more was warm than my fingers,

Something felt deeper than just the heat

And I wasn't afraid of getting burned.

And I finally saw the ember, cinderless,

In the middle of the splinters

You held, glowing in the dark air

As you tried to keep it alive, and

I thought I might be able to keep it with you

But the answers disappear in your breath

And someone's lighting up my favorite stars.....

Copyright © 1997 by Katherine Foreman.

Collected Free Verse #2

Collected Free Verse #2

The Limit of the Universe

We are closest when we are apart.

Each takes tiny steps back when

We are finally together again,

Forced away by the

Thoughts of closeness risen from solitude.

Lonely alone

Lonely together

This is not what I had in mind.

Where fear is the driving force

Fear must be of each other too,

A wedge forever standing

Until we need not be afraid

Which in this stifling, frowning

Disallowing world

Must never happen.

Copyright © 1995 by Katherine Foreman.

Repeat Poster PoemRepeat Poster Poem

§ Select Subject§ Statements beginning with same word

§ Design a shape§ Cut out multiple shapes

§ One statement on each shape§ Attach to poster in all directions

Friendship is being there

Friendsh

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is of th

e

heartFriendship is a feast

Friendship is trying to

understand a mole

Luke, Grade 6

Salamandastron, Brian Jacque

My Repeat Poster Poem #1

My Repeat Poster Poem #1

Lollies Lollies are are

colourful colourful!!

Lollies Lollies are full of are full of

sugar!sugar!Lollies Lollies

are are nearly nearly always always yum! yum! YUM!YUM!

Lollies Lollies come in come in every every

flavour! flavour!

Character PoemCharacter Poem

First name ____________ Lives in ______ where s/he

Hears ________________Sees _________________Touches ______________Needs ________________Fears _________________Gives _________________Wonders ______________Dreams _______________Believes ______________Loves ________________Is ____________________

Last name.

Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest,

Ann McGovern

Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest,

Ann McGovernRobin

Lives in Sherwood Forest where he

Hears about the archery contest,

Sees the evil sheriff as an enemy,

Fears nothing,

Gives money to the poor,

Dreams about Maid Marian,

Loves the feel of a bow in his hands, and

Is happy to live in Sherwood Forest

Hood. - Joshua, Grade 8

My Character Poem #1My Character Poem #1First name Geena

Earth ______ where she

Hears noise

Sees life

Touches water

Needs chocolate

Fears spiders

Gives happieness

Wonders whats on mars other than rocks

Dreams anything

Believes in santa (NOT)

Loves animals

Is fun

Last name.Morgan

Riddle PoemRiddle Poem

Line 1: clue about subject

Line 2: adjective and noun

Line 3: two actions connected to subject

Line 4: phrase or statement

Line 5: answer

Haymeadow, Gary Paulsen

Haymeadow, Gary Paulsen

Dumbfly-followedstubborn and stinkyspread out like a gray carpetherd of sheep

- Michael, Grade 8

My Riddle Poem #1My Riddle Poem #1

Full of sugar

Rich and creamy

Mealty runny

Kids love it

Chocolate

RappingRapping

Keep the beat

Repetition

Rhyming

Rapunzel’s RapRapunzel’s RapRapunzel was a girl with hair of gold

Trapped in a tower in days of old

She wasn’t allowed outside to playAnd her golden hair grew longer each day

Grew longer and longer and longer each day.

The witch who locked her up was meanWith a pointed nose and a face of green

Mean mean meaner than the queen of mean.

- Sonja Dunn

My Rap Poem #1My Rap Poem #1

There once was an old mans belt. It was really budget cause it was made of felt, he chucked it in the bin and then ate out of a tin. And that was the end of the mans belt made of felt.

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Diary of Poetry Readings!

Diary of Poetry Readings!

Date: Title: Poet: Genre:

Headless Town

While strolling down the beach today

Kenn Nesbitt

The Marvelous Homework and

Housework MachineKenn Nesbitt

The Principal is Missing Kenn Nesbitt

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My Selected Poet!My Selected Poet!Kenn Nesbitt

About My Poet!About My Poet!My Poetry

My first children's poem -- Scrawny Tawny Skinner -- was written in 1994 after having dinner with a friend whose 4-year-old daughter did everything she could to get out of eating her dinner. Shortly after that, I wrote two more poems, My Foot Fell Asleep and Binkley. During 1995 and 1996, I wrote about three or four poems a year (including You Can Never Be Too Careful and A Meloncholy Tale, whenever the mood struck me. (All of these poems, by the way, appear in the book My Foot Fell Asleep.)

In early 1997 I decided I would like to write an entire book of children's poems. In 1998, I published my first collection of poetry, entitled My Foot Fell Asleep. I published a sequel called I've Seen My Kitchen Sink in 1999 and a third book, Sailing Off to Singapore, in 2000. The Aliens Have Landed at Our School! was published by Meadowbrook Press and is distributed by Simon and Schuster. My first collection of poems about school, When the Teacher Isn't Looking: and Other Funny School Poems was published by Meadowbrook Press in 2005. In 2006 Meadowbrook also published a of Christmas poems I co-authored with Linda Knaus entitled Santa Got Stuck in the Chimney. My newest book is another collection of funny school poems entitled Revenge of the Lunch Ladies, and is scheduled to be published in the fall of 2007.

My poems have also appeared in magazines, school textbooks, and numerous anthologies of funny poetry, as well as on television, audio CDs and even restaurant placemats.

I have put together this web site to share some of my poems with kids around the world. I try to post a new poem every weekday for you to read and grade, so please check back regularly to read new, funny poetry.

Extra Poems that I’ve Collected!

Extra Poems that I’ve Collected!

The Marvelous Homework and Housework Machine

Attention all students! Attention all kids!Hold onto your horses! Hold onto your lids!We have just exactly the thing that you needwhenever you've way too much homework to read.

The Marvelous Homework & Housework Machinewill always makes sure that your bedroom is clean.It loves to write book reports ten pages long,then put all your toys away where they belong.

This wonderful gadget will do all your math,then mop up your messes and go take your bath.The Marvelous Homework & Housework Machineis truly like no other gizmo you've seen.

It hangs up your clothes on their hangers and hooks,then reads all your boring geography books.It brings you a pillow to give you a rest,then brushes your teeth and prepares for your test.

This thing is amazing. I'm sure you'll agree.It feeds you dessert while you're watching T.V.There's only one thing this device will not do.It won't eat your Brussels sprouts; they're, like, P.U.

--Kenn Nesbitt

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