Project - Write a Poem

DISCUSSION

• Have you ever read a poem? Have you ever written a poem?
• How many poets can you name?
• How many kinds of Japanese poems do you know? What are their rules?

RULES

Poems in English have different rules – can you spot them in this poem by Robert Frost?

Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village, though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

POEM1: A CINQUAIN

• 1 noun subject.
• 2 adjective description.
• 3 “ing” verbs
• 4-5 word phrase
• 1 word summary

tree

big, green

growing, reaching, standing

a nice place to relax

nature

• Write a Cinquain about a PLACE.
• Note that it is CENTRE aligned.

POEM 2: AN ACROSTIC POEM

Four pairs of beady eyes?
Eight hairy legs?
Aaaarggghh! It’s a spider
Run away!

• Can you see the hidden word?
• Choose a word
• Write an acrostic about an emotion or a place or a thing.

POEM 3: Other styles

• Japan: What are the rules of a haiku?
• What other poem styles do you know from Japan?
• Do you know any styles of any other countries?
• How about song lyric styles?

Your turn

Google some examples, choose a style, and write a short poem in a new style.