POEM EXAMPLES OF CREATIVE WRITING
Listed below are poems which are my examples of creative writing. There is nothing complex about creative writing but in order to be imaginative we often need some kind of stimulation or idea to get us started. As with anything else, the more we do this, and the more we share ideas, the more natural and fast flowing these ideas will come to be. (Have you ever looked at cars from the front and noticed that some headlights look like angry eyes, and others like little puppy-dog eyes….or is that just me?! Since I noticed, I can’t help but see it all the more!)
Anyway, often my poems begin with a silly moment, or conversation which is extended by my childish thoughts, and I always find that the moments come from observing people and things around me. I love to write about aliens, for example, as the poem can go in any direction and be as silly and imaginative as the rhyming leads it to be. Sometimes I will begin with an idea for a punchline and work my way towards it (generally the FUNNY POEMS will begin this way) and other times I will be surprised at the progression of the story as it develops by following the lead of the rhyming (generally these become my SILLY POEMS). If you would like ideas for teaching creative writing to children and to stimulate ideas for them look at the TEACHERS PAGE, CREATIVE WRITING on the menu bar above. If you would like to just enjoy my own examples of creative writing poems they are listed below in alphabetical order, although they will also be duplicated into other specific poem categories mentioned above so that they can be found by other means.
Aliens: Look Who’s Green!
The refrain of this rhyming, alien story poem is a great example of assonance. the poem, as a whole is a story poem but the refrain is written in the style of a list poem.
Last night I saw a UFO descending from the sky.
It landed in my garden, but I’d no idea why.
The spaceship doors were opened wide, and to my great surprise
A stream of aliens came out before my very eyes. [click to continue…]
Christian Poetry
This is one of my Christian poems, which I wrote as an alphabet poem, with the challenge to use every letter of the alphabet in order as a key word in the way God asks us to behave.
A is for ALWAYS be honest and true
So people can B : BELIEVE in you.
C is for COURAGE to stand firm and fight,
D for DETERMINED to DO what is right.
E for EQUALITY: always aim
To treat the world EQUALLY; always the same,
Having the FAITH to seek God’s FACE
And live your life by GOD’S GOOD GRACE. [click to continue…]
Creative Writing
Anyone who has ever had a favourite soft toy or a comfort blanket etc will relate to the attachment written about in this list poem.
Oh teddy, you’re so brilliant.
I love you, you’re so fine.
You only have one eye left, but
I’m so glad that you’re mine.
Oh teddy, you’re so cuddly,
I love you, you’re so fine
Your stuffing is all coming out
But I’m still glad you’re mine.
Oh teddy, you’re so fluffy
I love you, you’re so fine.
Your tummy’s nearly threadbare but
That’s how I know you’re mine.
Oh teddy, you’re so soothing
I love you, you’re so fine.
I wish your lullabies still played….
But never mind; you’re mine!
Oh teddy you’re so unique
I love you, you’re so fine.
You know so many secrets and
Of course, they are all mine!
My teddy’s irreplaceable
I love him, he’s so fine
I bet you love your teddy too
As much as I love mine.
Silly Poems
This is simply a silly food poem which uses the expectation of the potential rhyming word to cause the amusement, leaving the author guilt free and the reader to blame for their own mischievous mindset!
I know that baked beans are good for your heart
But I do not eat them as they make me far t……….oo excitable. [click to continue…]
Creative Writing
This children’s poem lists lots of different worlds which each infer something about themselves simply by their title and spark off a child’s imagination. I used the poem with an assembly of 5 to 7 year olds and asked them to choose a place and use the title to imagine more about it and describe it in detail, making a fabulous descriptive exercise.
I went into a primary school just the other day.
I found that all the children had such a lot to say.
They talked of all the places that I didn’t know existed:
Details they would not have shared, if I had not persisted. [click to continue…]