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.

All About You

27 February 2012

    I wrote this rhythmic, rhyming poem to encourage you to write about yourself.  Poetry is often a very personal thing, because it  says so much about the writer’s thoughts, feelings and outlook on life, yet we rarely realise ourselves how interesting we each are as individuals.  I love those moments when two people […]

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A Topsy Turvy World

27 February 2012

      This zany poem is full of all my imaginative wonderings about the world and how it was designed, and includes lots of alliteration.  Try redesigning the world yourself, and think through all of the consequences; it’s a fun exercise!

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A Royal Apology

27 February 2012

  This is a funny letter poem, written with rhyme and rhythm, and including lots of word play (of the toilet humour variety!) and occasional moments of alliteration.  It is the third poem in a trilogy which needs to be read in order to understand the content.

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A Child’s Letter to God

24 February 2012

        This letter poem is all written in rhyme and rhythm and was inspired by 7 year old Beth, who was waiting until her brother’s birthday to send her letter to God on the helium balloon when the birthday was over!  I loved the idea, so this poem was born……    

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Unashamed Blob

12 February 2012

       This is a fun shape poem with rhyme and rhythm.

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The Sun

11 February 2012

  This very simple sun poem is great for teaching personification to children.  Many children automatically relate to the sun as a smiling face, so this poem introduces personification to them using this idea.  I have also included some questions to use to study it more closely.

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Picturing Autumn Thoughts

30 January 2012

  This shape poem uses lots of random, independent thoughts about autumn which have then been placed on the page as a picture, creating what is otherwise known as a calligram. It includes lots of metaphors, personification and imagery with some alliteration.

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My Sister is a Bookworm

29 January 2012

This poem begins very sensibly, but the rhyming led me in a totally different direction…..so I followed and the story developed from there!  Check out the amount of alliteration in verse 3!

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My Mum’s Menagerie

29 January 2012

This silly word play poem is full of lots of animal sayings that have double meanings.

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Ministry of Defence Calling!

28 January 2012

VROOP VROOP! Red alert! Aliens have landed. Their spaceship is on fire…. It looks like they are stranded.

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