Poetry

What Makes Poetry Different?

PROSE (regular writing)

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Tends to be longer

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Paragraphs

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Sentences

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Subject + Predicate + Direct Object or Prepositional Phrase

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No fragments or run-on sentences are allowed.

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Always start a new sentence with a capital letter.

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Correct grammar helps make the meaning of the message clear to the audience.

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Depends on the purpose of the essay e.g. to inform, to persuade, or to entertain

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Uses a core sentence with absolutes, appositives, and participles VS.

LENGTH ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE PUNCTUATION CAPITALIZATION WORD CHOICE TONE WRITERS’ TRICKS POETRY

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Tends to be shorter

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Stanzas

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Lines

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Varies, writer has more freedom

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Varies, writer has more freedom

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Varies, writer has more freedom

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Precise word choices (e.g. vivid verbs and descriptive adjectives) utilize the 5 senses as well as speaking to the heart

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Depends on the mood of the author

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Uses metaphors, similes, rhymes, repetition, alliteration, onomatopoeia, and couplets

Poetry Booklet

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Creative Project – By the end of this Poetry Unit, students will create a 14 poem “Poetry Booklet”

 Includes: – Title Page – Table of Contents – 14 Poems (typed or neatly rewritten)  Catchy Titles  Colorful Illustrations

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Poetry Booklet Table of Contents:

Diamante Haiku

(handout from 5 th Grade Bible textbook p. 115 “Strong to Gentle”) (3 lines about nature, 5-7-5 syllables, make with construction paper)

Concrete

(make shape with words and letters w/o using lines or drawings)

Lyric – Best Friend

(4 lines, rhyme ABAB)

Lyric – Favorite Food

(4 lines, rhyme ABAB)

I Am Bio

(handout) (handout)

Abuelito Who

(handout)

Robert Frost’s Trickery

(handout)

Shel Silverstein’s Look-a-Like – “Using Humor to Teach a Lesson”

(examples on PowerPoint, a 20-line poem that teaches a

message/moral/lesson

in a humorous way Alliteration (“tongue twister,” words start with same sound) Onomatopoeia (sound effects) Spiritual (15 lines free verse)

Free Verse Wild Card

= choose your favorite poem that you have written that is not one of the above poems

Poetry Booklet Reminders

Includes 14 Poems: 1. Diamante 2. Haiku 3. Concrete 4. Lyric: Friend 5. Lyric: Food 6. I Am 7. Bio 8. Abuelito Who 11. Shel Silverstein 12. Alliteration 13. Onomatopoeia 9. Spiritual 14. Wild Card 10. Robert Frost’s Trickery

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Add titles to each poem.

Remember to write the page number at the bottom of each page and next to each poem listed in the “Table of Contents.” Draw colorful illustrations on each poem’s page.

Write your name on the front cover.

Poetry Booklet Template

COVER INSIDE COVER

Poetry Booklet Template

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Print or neatly rewrite the “Cover” and the “Table of Contents.” Fold 4 pieces of 8.5” x 11” paper in half.

Use a long stapler to staple in the middle crease of the page to create the binding.

#1 Diamante Poem

 Structure = allows writers to explore relationships between opposites – e.g. good vs. evil, patient vs. hot-tempered, David vs. Goliath, strong vs. gentle  Challenge: Write a diamante poem that begins with the word “strong” and ends with the word “gentle”

Diamante Format

   LINE 1: STRONG LINE 2: _______ & _______ 2 ADJ. ABOUT LINE 1  LINE 4: _______&_______; _______&_______ 2 NOUNS ABOUT LINE 1; 2 NOUNS ABOUT LINE 7  LINE 3: _______, _______, _______ 3 –ING VERBS ABOUT LINE 1 LINE 5: _______, _______, _______ 3 –ING VERBS ABOUT LINE 1  LINE 6: _______& _______ 2 ADJ. ABOUT LINE 1  LINE 7: GENTLE

#2 Haiku

   A traditional form of Japanese poetry Always has 3 lines and 17 syllables – 1 st – 2 nd line = 5 syllables line = 7 syllables – 3 rd line = 5 syllables Example

The lightning crashes (5) Upon expectant earlobes (7) Making babies cry (5)

A Haiku is . . .

 Haiku is a Japanese verse form that relies on brevity and simplicity to convey its message.  It features 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables.

 A haiku frequently includes natural images or themes.  First written in the 17 th century, it is based on a Zen Buddhist philosophy of simplicity and the idea of perfection that excludes the extraneous.

Haiku Examples

As the setting sun Melts below the horizon, Stars applaud her bow Morning light appears (5) The new day has awoken (7) Nature stirs and sighs (5)

  Haiku: Take 1 (Rough Draft)  The bees are buzzing.

Beautiful flowers are here.

The flowers smell good.

Haiku: Take 2--Try, Try Again (Final Draft)    Stinging bees buzzing Beautiful flowers found here Sweet, scented fragrance

Transform Your Haiku

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Eliminate Being Verbs (is/are/was/were) Add Action Verbs (e.g. –ing words) 3.

Use Articles Sparingly (e.g. a/an/the) 4.

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Use Descriptive Adjectives Utilize Metaphors (“the sun, a ball of fire”)

How to Make My Haiku

    Write 5 rough draft haikus – Pick a nature topic – Remember your syllables: 5/7/5 Then pick your 1 favorite Use construction paper to make the shape of the theme of your haiku (e.g. lightning bolts, clouds, rain, tsunami, flowers, trees, plants, mountains, ocean waves, etc.) Then, using your best printing or cursive, rewrite your favorite haiku on your shape

#3 Concrete Poem

 The shape of the poem suggests its subject  The poet arranges the letters, words, and lines to create a visual image

Concrete Poem Examples

WE LIVE IN A SQ UARE, A PERFEC TLY SHAPED BO X. NOTHING IS D IFFERENT ALL IS THE SAME. BE DI FFERENT. THINK OUTSIDE THE B

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THE SCARLET LETTER ON A PRINTER WITH NO COLOR

Love Can be is the Evil. Great It can Gift and Move the Weaker very Hearts worst To a Horror. False, Cheating, Adulterous, and Unfaithful Passion. Lovers An will Untrue destroy Love Will hurt Most Deeply. dreams.

Never Trust Again.

Crying

Springing from An eternal source My tears flow forth Blue droplets of pain Each more lonely Than the next A waterfall of hurt Takes a suicidal leap D i v e b o m b i n g From my eyes To the earth below Sp l a t t e r i n g The same ground you walk on Which is where My weeping ways wallow Freely floundering at your feet d i v e b o m b i n g d i g v n e i b b o m

#4-5 Lyric Poetry

    Expresses a poet’s thoughts and feelings about a single image or idea Use sensory images to create impressions (sight, sound, touch, taste, smell) Written in vivid, musical language – – – – Examples “Washed in Silver” – James Stephens “I’m Nobody” – Emily Dickinson “Me” – Walter de la Mare “Song of Myself” – Walt Whitman

“Washed in Silver” – James Stephens

Gleaming in silver are the hills, Blazing in silver is the sea, And a silvery radiance spills Where the moon drives royally. Clad in silver tissue I March magnificently by.

“I’m Nobody” – Emily Dickinson

I'm nobody! Who are you?

I'm nobody! Who are you?

Are you nobody, too?

Then there's a pair of us -- don't tell!

They'd banish -- you know!

How dreary to be somebody!

How public like a frog To tell one's name the livelong day To an admiring bog!

“Me” – Walter de la Mare

As long as I live I shall always be My Self - and no other, Just me. Like a tree. Like a willow or elder, An aspen a thorn, Or a cypress forlorn.

Like a flower, For its hour A primrose, a pink, Or a violet – Sunned by the sun, And with dewdrops wet. Always just me.

“The Planet of Mars”

-Shel Silverstein On the planet of Mars They have clothes just like ours, And they have the same shoes and same laces, And they have the same charms and same graces, And they have the same heads and same faces...

But not in the Very same Places.

“A Red, Red Rose”

-Scotsman Robert Burns

"Bus Stop“

-Donald Justice Lights are burning In quiet rooms Where lives go on Resembling ours.

The quiet lives That follow us - These lives we lead But do not own --

Lyric Poetry

O my luve's like a red, red rose That's newly sprung in June:

Examples

Stand in the rain So quietly When we are gone, So quietly . . . O my luve's like the melodie, That's sweetly play'd in tune.

And the last bus Comes letting dark Umbrellas out - Black flowers, black flowers.

“You’ve Got That Thing”

-Cole Porter Your fetching physique is hardly unique, You're mentally not so hot; You'll never win laurels because of your morals, But I'll tell you what you've got . . .

And lives go on.

And lives go on Like sudden lights At street corners Or like the lights In quiet rooms Left on for hours, Burning, burning.

Sample Format

 Total of 4 lines – 1 stanza of 4 lines each

Make Your Own Lyric Poem

Topic #1 = Favorite Food (fill-in bubbles with sensory words)

SIGHT TASTE Favorite Food = ______________ HEAR FEEL SMELL

Next Step

 Now use your sensory words as a word bank to help you write a lyric poem about your favorite food.

TITLE:_______________ _________________ (a) _________________ (b) _________________ (a) _________________ (b)

Make Your Own Lyric Poem Take 2

Topic #2 = Best Friend (fill-in bubbles with sensory words)

SIGHT TASTE Best Friend = ______________ HEAR FEEL SMELL

Next Step

 Now use your sensory words as a word bank to help you write a lyric poem about your best friend.

TITLE:_______________ _________________ (a) _________________ (b) _________________ (a) _________________ (b)

#6 “I Am” Poem

“I Am” Poem

Meresa

    I am happy, yet I feel so alone I see people I used to know, looking right through me I hear music, but I know it’s just inside my head I see a strange face in the mirror     I pretend that I am in love I feel the weight of the world pulling me down I touch your smile as it fades into memory I worry that I can’t do anything right     I understand that you’re my only hope I dream of something more, filling my empty tears I try to speak my mind, but something holds me back I am happy, yet I feel so alone

“I Am” Poem

Lori

    I am a great musical performer I see myself playing in front of large audiences I hear many glorious tunes blending together I see myself performing in recitals     I pretend that I am playing in the Hollywood Bowl I feel the sounds of great classical music I touch the smooth strings of a cello I worry about messing up someday     I understand how to make it someday I dream of many good wishes coming true I try to do my very best I am a great musical performer

“I Am” Poem

Daniel

    I am an American I see my country’s flag I hear patriotic music I see the red, white, and blue     I pretend to be a U.S. Marine I feel pride in my country I touch American soil I worry about war     I understand that people have died for my country I dream of world peace I try to make my country a better place to live I am an American

Write Your Own “I Am” Poem

write your name here

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    I am . . .

I see . . .

I hear . . .

I see . . .

    I pretend . . .

I feel . . .

I touch . . .

I worry . . .

    I understand . . .

I dream . . .

I try . . .

I am . . .

These lines will be the same.

#7 “Bio” Poem

#8 Abuelito Who

 Similes – Often use “like” or “as” – “

Students

pounced upon the extra Krispy Kreme doughnuts like a starved lion upon an unsuspecting carcass.”  Metaphors – Often use “is/was” or “are/were” – “

LeBron James

was an airplane, preparing for takeoff to dunk the ball on the twin towers: Tim Duncan and David Robinson.”

“Abuelito Who” – Sandra Cisneros

#9 Robert Frost’s Trickery

 Trick #1 – Count Syllables  Trick #2 – Pick a Rhyme Scheme

Robert Frost’s Trickery

 Trick #1 – Count Syllables  Frost used 9 syllables in the 1 st line and + or – 1 syllable for all other lines in the poem  Trick #2 – Pick a Rhyme Scheme  Frost used an A-B-A-A-B rhyme scheme in each of his 4 stanzas

Your Tricky Challenge

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Write a 20-line poem on a topic of your choice. (4 stanzas of 5 lines each) 2.

Use 9 syllables in your first line, add or subtract 1 syllable for all other lines of the poem. (e.g. if your first line has 9 syllables then all other lines need to have 8, 9, or 10 syllables) 3.

Use an A-B-A-A-B rhyme scheme.

#10 Shel Silverstein’s Look-a-Like

Sick

        "I cannot go to school today," Said little Peggy Ann McKay.

"I have the measles and the mumps, A gash, a rash and purple bumps.

My mouth is wet, my throat is dry, I'm going blind in my right eye.

My tonsils are as big as rocks, I've counted sixteen chicken pox

        And there's one more--that's seventeen, And don't you think my face looks green?

My leg is cut--my eyes are blue- It might be instamatic flu.

I cough and sneeze and gasp and choke, I'm sure that my left leg is broke- My hip hurts when I move my chin, My belly button's caving in,

       My back is wrenched, my ankle's sprained, My 'pendix pains each time it rains.

My nose is cold, my toes are numb.

I have a sliver in my thumb.

My neck is stiff, my voice is weak, I hardly whisper when I speak.

My tongue is filling up my mouth,

         I think my hair is falling out.

My elbow's bent, my spine ain't straight, My temperature is one-o-eight.

My brain is shrunk, I cannot hear, There is a hole inside my ear.

I have a hangnail, and my heart is- what?

What's that? What's that you say?

You say today is. . .Saturday?

G'bye, I'm going out to play!"

Shel Silverstein

Birth Name: Sheldon Allan Silverstein Date of Birth: Sept. 25, 1930 Place of Birth: Chicago Date of Death: Weekend of May 8, 1999 Place of Death: Key West, FL

Shel Silverstein’s Trickery

1. Irony/Sense of Humor *

Irony

= 1. The use of words to express something different to and often opposite from what they mean literally.

Referring to a mess as “a pretty sight” is an example of irony.

2. A conflict between what might be expected and what actually occurs: “

We noted the irony that the boy who always complained about the cold weather became a famous skier.”

2. Teaches a Lesson/Makes a Point

Baseball Bloopers -Tyler Nichols

We were winning Nine to eight When tiny Spencer Stepped up to the plate An easy out We thought it would be But Spencer knew He would hit pitch number three An infield pop-up Headed straight for Katkov But Evan waved his hand “It’s mine so back off” The ball hit the ground Between Coby and Evan Kyle jumped in the middle The crowd roared, “Heave it to number eleven

He threw the ball to Thomas But it flew under his knee By the time Tanner grabbed it Spencer rounded base three Tanner sailed the ball to Steven But it bounced in the dirt As Spencer took a dive for home Steven tagged him on the shirt As Spencer lay sprawled on the plate Steven jumped into the air But when he opened his mitt The ball was not there

Homework Machine – by Shel Silverstein

The Homework Machine , oh the Homework Machine, Most perfect contraption that’s ever been seen.

Just put in your homework, then drop in a dime, Snap on the switch, and in ten seconds time,

Your homework comes out, quick and clean as can be.

Here it is – “nine plus four?” and the answer is “three.” Three?

Oh me… I guess it’s not as perfect As I thought it would be. 

Shel Silverstein’s Trickery

1. Irony/Sense of Humor *

Irony

= 1. The use of words to express something different to and often opposite from what they mean literally.

Referring to a mess as “a pretty sight” is an example of irony.

2. A conflict between what might be expected and what actually occurs: “

We noted the irony that the boy who always complained about the cold weather became a famous skier.”

2. Teaches a Lesson/Makes a Point

#11 ALLITERATION

WHAT IS THAT?

 Sounds at the beginning of words are repeated (usually in the same line)  “Full Fathom Five” by Billy Shakespeare   IN CLICHES . . .

 s weet s mell of s uccess a b d ime a d igger and ozen b etter  j ump for j oy

Tongue Twisters

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers; A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked; If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

More Tongue Twisters

 A b ig b lack b ug b it a b ig b rown b ear, and the b ig b rown b ear b led b lood.  Peggy B abcock packages b ags and b oxes of mixed b iscuits.

 F reshly f ried f lying f ish is f reshly f ried f resh f lesh.  F ritz F isher f ishes f resh f ish or f resh f ish are f ished by F ritz f isher.

Even More Tongue Twisters

  F red f ed Ted bread and Ted f ed F red bread.

 Bobby b lew and b lew b right b lue b u bb les until b reathing, b lowing, b reathing, b lowing, b ehold... B obby b ecame a bubble, too! M an y an an an e m one.

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Alliteration in Literature

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Now it’s your turn . . .

 Write a tongue twister using the following letter for your alliterations:       S T R N L J

Next Up?

  Write a 10-line poem about a family member Use 3 examples of alliteration in your poem

Write a Headline Poem

 Create a headline poem using words that you have cut out from magazines and/or newspapers. The poem must: – contain at least 25 words – be written in complete sentences with correct punctuation – stick to one central theme – contain at least three clear examples of alliteration

#12 Onomatopoeia

 a word that imitates the sound it represents SINGLE-WORD EXAMPLES  e.g. splash, wow, gush, kerplunk, buzz, crash, whirr, clang, hiss, purr, squeak, mumble, hush, boom PHRASE EXAMPLES  "tinkling" sleigh bells; "clanging" fire bells; mellow "chiming“ wedding bells; "tolling," "moaning," and "groaning" funeral bells. WHY?  Such sound devices bring out the full flavor of words. Comparison and association are sometimes strengthened by syllables which imitate or reproduce the sounds they describe.

Onomatopoeia

The rusty spigot sputters, utters a splutter, spatters a smattering of drops, gashes wider; slash, splatters, scatters, spurts, finally stops sputtering and plash!

gushes rushes splashes clear water dashes.

-- Eve Merriam

Onomatopoeia

 The formation or use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions to which they refer  the imitation of natural sounds in word form  a.k.a. type of word that sounds like the thing it is describing – e.g. “buzz” or “murmur” –

"The fly buzzed past."

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He clattered and clanged as he washed the dishes."

 Old Batman TV Show – “pow” “bang” “clash”

Match the following sentences to the onomatopoeia that describes them.

A plate being dropped on the floor. A balloon being burst.

A gun being shot.

Someone eating crisps.

A light being switched on.

A fierce dog.

A small bell being rung.

TINKLE BANG SMASH GROWL POP CRUNCH CLICK

Onomatopoeia

 Illustrate something in nature that makes sound – e.g. waterfall, thunder, earthquake, hurricane, chirping bird, hail  Splash the sound across your picture by using sound-effect words

#13 S P I R I T U A L

“Outside On A Starry Night” -- Elaine Hardt     Where do you start on a journey of faith?

Start outside on a dark, clear night.

Stand on tiptoe and stretch to the sky Look up at the bright starry sight. See worlds in orbit and suns aflame; Pause to consider their faraway light.

No mere chance, their place up so high; God created them -- and you -- by His might. Give God the glory for His greatness, To honor Him is only right.

Reflection reveals His handiwork, Our Father speaks from the lofty height, Not only in His vast creation - He has given His Word to men; Rejoice, give thanks for amazing grace And enjoy a starry night again.

S P I R I T U A L

“TODAY” – Irene Sharp

Give me . . .

ears that hear my brother's cry, eyes that see his need, feet that bear me to his side, hands that heal and feed, And over and above- filled to overflowing- a heart that gives him love.

S P I R I T U A L

“LOVE BADE ME WELCOME” – George Herbert [1593-1633]

Love bade me welcome; yet my soul drew back, Guilty of dust and sin.

But quick-eyed Love, observing me grow slack From my first entrance in, Drew nearer to me, sweetly questioning If I lacked anything.

"A guest," I answered, "worthy to be here." Love said, "You shall be he." "I, the unkind, ungrateful? Ah, my dear, I cannot look on Thee." Love took my hand, and smiling, did reply, "Who made the eyes but I?“ "Truth, Lord, but I have marred them: let my shame Go where it doth deserve." "And know you not," says Love, "who bore the blame?" "My dear, then I will serve." "You must sit down," says Love, "and taste my meat." So I did sit and eat.

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“GOD'S WILL FOR YOU AND ME” –Irene Sharp

P I R I T U A L

Just to be tender, just to be true, Just to be glad the whole day through, Just to be merciful, just to be mild, Just to be trustful as a child, Just to be gentle and kind and sweet, Just to be helpful with willing feet, Just to be cheery when things go wrong, Just to drive sadness away with a song, Whether the hour is dark or bright, Just to be loyal to God and right, Just to believe that God knows best, Just in His promises ever to rest — Just to let love be our daily key, That is God's will for you and me.

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Prayer of St. Francis

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace, Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy; O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

S P I R I T U A L

SERENITY PRAYER

God grant me the serenity to Accept the things I cannot change; Courage to change the things I can; And the Wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time; Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; Taking as He did, this World as it is, Not as I would have it. Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His will; That I may be reasonably happy in this life And supremely happy with Him, Forever in the next. —

Reinhold Neibuhr (1926)

S P I R I T U A L

The Serenity Prayer

written by Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) Original, unabridged version God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.

Living one day at a time, Enjoying one moment at a time, Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace, Taking, as Jesus did, This sinful world as it is, Not as I would have it, Trusting that You will make all things right, If I surrender to Your will, So that I may be reasonably happy in this life, And supremely happy with You forever in the next.

Amen.

#14 Free Verse Wild Card

 For the last poem in your Poetry Booklet, choose one of your favorite poems that you have ever written.

– any topic – any format or style – rhyming or non-rhyming