DIFFERENT POEM FORMS

I have provided teaching on each of the different poem forms listed, which you can access via the teachers page above. Therefore, if you need to learn about the definitions and qualities of each of the different poem forms, or would like ideas of how to start writing them, use the TEACHERS’ PAGE, DIFFERENT POETRY FORMS . Alternatively, if you would like to find specific examples of any particular poem form, you will find listed below examples of ACROSTICS, ALPHABET POEMS, ALTERNATIVE NURSERY RHYMES, FREE VERSE, HAIKUS, KENNINGS, LIST POEMS, SHAPE POEMS/CALLIGRAMS, and TRADITIONAL NURSERY RHYMES. On the other hand, if you are looking for examples of one particular poem form, you will find them listed in their own sub-category too make it even easier to find what you are looking for. Just use the drop down menu in the category POEMS FORMS and click on the poem type that you need examples of.

Dancing Leaves

3 March 2012

      This simple shape poem considers the texture and the behaviour of the leaf, and includes a metaphor as well as demonstrating personification.

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Bonfire Night

28 February 2012

  This rhyming, rhythmical alphabet poem is packed full of alliteration, and combines all of the sights, sounds and emotions (good and bad) of bonfire night.  An ABC poem is a good way to think of all of the elements of bonfire night, as there is endless inspiration in the occasion itself, and this poem […]

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An Alphabetical Alien Invasion

27 February 2012

    This is a fun, imaginative and descriptive children’s alphabet poem.  Children love describing aliens, as they can never be wrong, so the challenge here is to describe them so succinctly and precisely that the alien can be recognised from a picture. It’s a great, fun way to combine literacy and art.

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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 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 River’s Journey

27 February 2012

    I have had requests for journey poems and for a river acrostic poem, and have taken this River’s Journey poem one step further to include aspects of a shape poem.  It is great for teaching figurative language as it includes lots of personification, metaphors and alliteration, and some onomatopoeia.

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World War Two

23 February 2012

    This thought-provoking alphabet / list poem is filled with emotional realities which the city children of world war two were faced with during evacuation, and is all told in rhyme and rhythm, with lots of alliteration for effect.  It has been selected for use by museums, exhibitions, and publishers as an example of […]

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Who Pushed Humpty?

23 February 2012

    This silly story poem is not exactly an alternative nursery rhyme as it is not shadowing the original nursery rhyme but is using it just as the basis of an extended silly version of the tale, from the viewpoint of the suspects to the crime!      

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Which Car?

13 February 2012

      This is a very basic list poem with rhyme and rhythm.  It has endless possibilities to extend it or change it, and I have offered some suggestions for making up your own version.

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What Makes a Winner?

13 February 2012

      This encouragement poem encourages the reader to always do their best to reach their own potential, as a winning attitude is far greater than a prize winning performance.  

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