Table of Contents

I AM Poem (4)

Bio Poem (8)

Re-Creation Poem (10)

Stylistic Imitation Poem (14-15)

Definition Poem (16)

Limerick Poem (20)

Ode Poem (22)

Found Poem (26)

Choral Poem (28)

Favorite Poem (32)

I Am Poem: Life 

I am a tree

I wonder about my survival

I hear animals in my surroundings

I see life pass by me

I want to live forever

I am the oxygen you breath

I pretend to stand above ground

I feel apart of life

I worry about being wiped out

I cry when I see trees replaced with cities

I am earth

I understand my importance to humans

I say I will provide quality of life

I dream of cleaning earth

I try to reproduce

I hope to sustain life on earth

I am a tree

I am poem: life

Response: This poem represents the way that trees see life and how it passes by. The phrase "I see life pass by me" is an example of personification and an idiom because life isn't physically passing them but it is like time when it passes by. I used personification in the phrase "I say I will provide quality of life" because I am talking about a tree and giving it a human trait. 

Bio Poem: Courtney 

Response: My Bio Poem is about me and what I enjoy. I used an example of a simile in the phrase "as kind as a compliment" because I am comparing my kindness to someone giving a compliment. In the phrase "sun kissed" I am using personification because the sun can't kiss someone but rather makes them warm or red like a kiss. 

Bio Poem: Courtney

Courtney

Smart, confident, and as kind as a compliment

Sister of Madisyn and Brooke

Lover of summer, the river, and shopping

Who feels thankful for life, excited for the future, and glad I am healthy

Who needs a vacation, more clothes, and to be sun kissed 

Who gives time, effort, and energy to cheer

Who fears getting older, not being successful, and not living life to the fullest

Who would like to see Costa Rica, Bora Bora, and Megan Moroney in concert

Resident of lakeside 

Craft

Re-Creation Poem: Summer

As I walked down the street I heard bells

Store full of candies

Trees full of oranges 

A dog barked as I passed by

I smiled like a blooming flower 

The sun dancing through the trees

Flowers blooming in front of houses 

As I touched one a bee came zooming by

The streets full of people walking

A perfect summer day 

Re-Creation Poem: Summer

Response:  This poem is about walking down the street during a summer day. It describes what they see and hear while walking. In the line "I smiled like a blooming flower" I am using a simile by comparing two things with the word like and showing that the smile was beautiful like a flower. In the line "The sun dancing through the trees" I am using personification by giving the tree a human trait and helping the reader imagine how the sun was breaking through the trees. 

Stylistic Imitation Poem

Response: This poem is about the battle of Pearl Harbor when Japan bombed the navy ships in Hawaii. I tried to include emotions to really see how the battle felt to soldiers or how it was seen. The line "Men run like shadows across a burning mirror" I am using a simile. It can be imagined as dark figures moving across a burning surface. I used a hyperbole when I described "Nurses coming from a million directions to get to the hospital" to show the chaos of nurses running. 

Stylistic Imitation Poem: Day of Infamy

At seven forty-eight in the morning

It was seven forty-eight in the morning

Japan pilots fly over Pearl Harbor

At seven forty-eight in the morning

U.S. ships in the water 

At seven forty-eight in the morning

Men run like shadows across a burning mirror

At seven forty-eight in the morning

Bombs start dropping on ships

At seven forty-eight in the morning

U.S. soldiers fight back

At seven forty-eight in the morning

Men scramble to find weapons and planes

At seven forty-eight in the morning

Nurses coming from a million directions to get to the hospital

At seven forty-eight in the morning

Men screaming in pain

At seven forty-eight in the morning

A day that will in infamy

At seven forty-eight in the morning

 Imitation of Federico Garcia Lorca's style in his poem "Llanto por Ignacio Sanchez Mejias."

Definition Poem: The Light

Kind: [kahynd], of a good or benevolent nature or disposition, as a person

Being kind is like a light in the dark  

To be kind is to be a flower blooming

An easy gesture 

Kindness goes a million miles 

A compliment is kindness

A simple smile, a helping hand

Words of warmth lift the doubt

For every gesture

Small or grand

It makes a difference 

Definition Poem

Response: This poem is about the act of kindness, I chose this word because kindness can go a long way in somebody's life. In the phrase "Being kind is like the light in the dark" it represents a simile because I am comparing the light and dark using the word "like." I am using an example of personification in the phrase "Words of warmth lift the doubt" because I am giving words a human trait. 

Limerick Poem: Easter Bunny 

Response: In my limerick poem "Easter Bunny" I am describing an Easter bunny hopping around looking for eggs. In the phrase "Then he began to start talking" I used personification by giving the bunny a human trait. This helps the reader imagine a Easter bunny as kids see the bunny and how he needed eggs. 

Limerick Poem: Easter Bunny 

Once upon a time a bunny was hopping

Then his ears started flopping

He went to find an egg 

He started to beg

Then he began to start talking