Thursday, 17 April 2014

April 17 - Free Verse

Free verse poetry can be both easy and hard to write. Free verse poems do not have to rhyme and they do not have to have a certain number of syllables in each line. You are free to write whatever you want! Sometimes it can be tricky to come up with a strong poem when there are no rules to follow. Click on this link to find out some tips and tricks for writing free verse poems. 

*Remember - your free verse poem should create vivid images for your reader!

You may want to think about:
- using similes or metaphors
- including descriptive words
- using onomatopoeia (sound words)
- describing movement
- creating mood

Here is a very quick poem I wrote while I was in class:

Poetry Class
by:  Kelly Flasha

Keys click
Pencils scratch
Children lean close to glowing screens.

A whisper 
A giggle
Words come alive. 

Enjoy your freedom,
Mrs. F.






18 comments:

  1. :D making smiles
    x( making deaths
    :I finding manny manny dead people

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  2. Creating all smiles
    Giving out happiness
    Unicorns are are always happy!

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  3. Socc er is Cool
    Soccer is awesome
    Puddles of wet
    From all the sweat
    This is MY game

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  4. let it go

    let it go let it go
    and ill rise like the break of dawn
    let it go let it go
    that perfect girl is gone
    here i stand and her ill stay

    inspired by frozen

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  5. Butterflies are super pretty,
    They have a nice pattern on their back,
    They fly around showing of the pattern,
    And they are all different.

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  6. The train goes by, it is faster than the speed of light
    The rail claps like a One Direction concert
    The train driver yells “all aboard” like he is in danger
    The people get on, they sound like the feet of Bigfoot

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  7. Machinery
    all around us
    we rely on it
    like a bee relies on flowers.

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  8. in summer

    the wind whispers in you ear

    and sings a butterflys heart beat

    a fant hume in the wind

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  10. Poems
    Hard but easy
    Simple but complex
    Challenging for everyone
    Many different types of poems

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  11. the clouds are marshmallows
    the sky is as blue as the ocean
    the sun is as bright as a light bulb
    birds are as pretty as the Stanley cup

    the snow is as sticky as cotton candy
    the rain feels like a shower

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  12. Feathers flying
    Water splashing
    Flapping wings
    The ducks are back

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  13. josh is a bosh that is a
    bosh josh is a bosh that
    loves
    the name josh

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  14. my tire is on fire and my face is to it burns and it is firm
    i think im going to die but at lest i had a good life

    i now it dose not make sense but it is still works

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  15. thursday april 17 2014
    nature called oun day
    one day i was playing
    on my bike i heard a sound
    calling my name
    i hurried home the next day
    i heard it again
    but this time i want to it
    and i realized it was nature
    and thats when i realized
    it was nature and left me a note

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  16. bright as a flower
    but to bright to look at
    floats high in the sky
    the sun


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  17. There once was a guy
    named Bob he killed
    a homeless Dog

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  18. oilers are the best
    they beat calgary and made
    them cry

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