WHAT TYPES OF POEMS CAN 1 WRITE? Limerick: A short and fun five-line poem with a distinctive rhythm. The frst, second and fifth lines are longer than the third and fourth tines. The thyming pattern is AABBA Acrostic poem: A poem where the one letter in each line spells out a word or phrase vertically that acts as the theme or message of the poem Echo verse: Unlike other poetic forms, echo verse has a pretty simple rule: Repeat the end sylable(s) of each line. No other rules OR Write a new poem in a style that you've done before in class A-sonnet, rhyme scheme, haiku, cascade or ballad (DEKS TO WRITE ABOUT: 7 Days, 7 Lines: Write a poem where each line/sentence is about each day of last week Misfits: How it feels when you don't belong in a group of others Imagine Weather Indoors: Perhaps a thunderstorm in the attic? A tornado in the kitchen? Anticipation: Write about the feelings you experience or things you notice while waiting for something. The Letter D: Make a list of 5 words that start with all with the same letter, and then use these items throughout the lines of your verse. {This can be any letter, but for example sake: Daisy, Dishes, Desk, Darkness, Doubt} Locked in a Jar: Imagine you are a tiny person, who has been captured and put into ajar for display or science. Backseat Driver: Write about what it's like to be doing something in your life and constantly being criticised while trying to move ahead. Always On My Mind: Compose a poem about what it's like to always be thinking about someone or something. You Can't Fire Me, | Quit: Use one of the worst job related memories you can think of as a creative writing prompt, First Time: Write about the first time you saw the ocean, felt love, or felt like an adult Lullaby: Write something for your niece/nephew Would You Rather? Write about something you don't want to do, and what you would rather do instead. First Car: Write an ode to your first car Royalty: Write a poem from the perspective of a queen/king, You Are Wrong; Write a poem where you tell someone they are wrong and why.CASCADE POEMS Cascade poems are relatively simple. Sometimes they don't even have rhyming schemes; therefore, the layout is simple. So to help this make sense, here's what a cascade poem with three lines would look like: The cascade poem can grow in length and width. It's flexible. You don’t have to have a rhyme or rhythn This means you can writa about anything, This is an example, a small sample, ‘Allowing able alteration, but without a rhyme, The cascade poem can grow in length and width. It's flexible. This poom is ike a waterfall (Only the structure is important You don't have to have a thyme or rhythm, Since this is an example, with no metaphor or image. The flowing effect of my repeating lines might not appear ‘This means you can write about anything Write your own cascade poem! m2°0 PpoeD OmD>d oteFrom ‘write ke @ poet” Write like Travis Scott By Matt C Travis Scott usually writes about partying, late nights, money, and being paranoid He writes in a song format, using chorus and verses. Every few lines rhyme with each other ‘The songs usually make their readers feel like they want to party Find a beatinstrumental that sounds good to you Choose an overall topic to write about Find your flow you'l use to freestyle Brainstorm lyrics ideas/rhymes/phrases Fit your lyrics ideas into your flow Structure the lyrics into a full rap song © ePNoarena Write like Rupi Kaur By Georgia E 1. Rupi Kaur likes to write about events and things that she has personally experiences or witnessed. ‘Some of these things being love, heartbreak, abuse, trauma, and even lfe and freedom 2, Rupis form is usually kept short, with no particuer rhyme scheme. Its very simple and freely expressed 3, Her ines aren't normally structured, but Rupi doas keep her writing n al lowercase 4, Rupi does not use verses, again i's mostly free wrting and expression of what she believes in 5, Images can connect to nature in her poems, like bees or sunflowers, but also food items tke mikk or honey. Her language choice is very low and casual 6. Readers can fee! so impacted, moved, strong and emotional, changed and different Write like Avril Lavigne By Maddi P ‘Avril Lavigne's songs are about breakups and sadness She sings pop, punk rock, and country She a singer/poet ‘She doesn't have a specific rhyming scheme Her songs use verses ‘She expresses herseff through her music lt makes people understand her feelingsWrite like William Shakespeare By Barr the Bard 41. Write in sonnet form Minimum amount of ines being 8 Have a rhyrning scheme. eg. “ABAB* Use verses Use very visual language ‘Try to use early English, ike ‘doth’, thine’ and ‘thou’ Write like Eminem By Josh K Eminem usually writes his songs with alot of irony rhymes, hate, and aggression His form is usually a stream of consciousness in a rap form, His raps are long, usually about 40 to 50 lines Lots of rhyme, repetition, and myming Eminem uses a refrain (chorus) He writes emotional raps about his famiy, and anary raps about the music industry is lyrics makes his listeners laugh and also feel emotional NOORERS Write like Tupac By Kris H 1. Tupac's theme revolves around the life in the streets 2. Some of his lyrics are motivational and calm, where others are about the “gansta ife of the 1990's 3. Tupac wrote his verses with different sorts of rhyming schemes but all his writing had a unique flow 4, All you have to do is write with an open mind and don't fiter your thoughts, even thoughts even though society might nave a negative reaction to it Write like Jim Morrison By Noah T 1. Jim Morrison doesn't use any formal postry structure, 2. Itis a lot of random ideas regurgitated onto paper, it's messy and all over the place, They are expressed with random sentencas put next to each other 3, His poems can be very long or very shor, varying from 1 to 30 lines, They don't have to rhyme, 5, He gives his readers an insight into his dark views on society, politics, or lfe in general