Descriptive Poem
About Me
It's easier to start with an example:
Karen is a 5'2" girl
With blond hair and hazel eyes
She lives in Tampa, FL
She walks every night for exercise
She is really happy most of the time
She feels glad when the weekend rolls around
She eats cheeseburgers with lots of onions and pickles
Her friends are joy, hope, and loyalty
Her enemy is intolerance
She is grateful to be healthy and happy
Here is the form:
____ is a _____
With _______
____lives in ____
He/She _____ (movement)
He/She is _____(emotion)
He/She feels _____
He/She eats ____
His/Her friends are _____(2 or three)
His/Her enemy is _____
He/She is grateful ___
The
Most Beautiful
This is a one-sentence poem in which a word picture is painted by
the poet.
An example first:
The most beautiful thing
I've ever seen
was a bromeliad
with long drooping leaves
and a bright red flower.
By William
Pattern:
The most beautiful thing
I've ever seen
was ____
_________
______________. (illustrations make these poems especially lovely for bulletin
board display)
Window Poem
This is a poem inspired by a picture one might take of a special
view or place, or by just simply looking out of a window.
Example:
A dark and threatening sky
may hold a thunderstorm and a shower or two
Birds flutter all around.
The wind begins tossing the leaves about.
Rain starts tap-dancing on the windowpanes.
Pattern:
Lines 1 and 2: Two part sentence about what is seen
Lines 3,4, and 5: Sentences relating to the first line
