PRMS 7: The Language of Poetry: Home

The Miracle of Morning

The Miracle of Morning

*Found Poem

 

Student Examples

A found poem is made by combining fragments of printed material, mixed media, etc., and rearranging them to create new meaning. Words can be added, deleted, change to create meaning.  

All of you will be creating a found poem.

 

Utley Noodletools Poem Ex

Barbie Found Poem

 

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I Am Metaphor Poem

In an I Am Metaphor Poem, think of an object or thing that represents either yourself or someone you admire. Before beginning the poem, list characteristics that represent the object on one side of your paper. On the other side, make connections to how that characteristic might represent your topic

Student Example: Ali

Remembrance Poem

Things to include: images they mention, descriptions of neighborhoods, people, events

Names of relatives, people who impacted them, people who got in their way

Sayings they were known for, sayings they retained from people in their life, influential writing

Descriptions of things they loved, places they've been

Descriptions of change they brought

What is the meaning of a name? 

What does the person stand for?

What is the event about?

History of name, stories about name, associations with name, word play with name, nicknames, interior monologue with name

I am From Poem Guide

To My Mother 

In Celebration of Her Life 

I am from 

late night cinnamon rolls 

and three-layered chocolate cake 

where food is appreciated 

and people are celebrated 

I am from 

Education matters 

Do the best you can 

Never Give Up… 

Never stop trying 

I am from words 

hammered out in darkness 

shared in the light of day 

legacies passed down 

from one generation  

to the next 

I am from mountain 

and prairie 

where water meets land 

and woods 

beckon to imaginative minds 

I am from 

wildflower meadows 

and gardens  

sculpted 

out of 

rock 

and  

clay 

from cross-stitch tapestries 

woven from rainbow colors 

I am from  

strong women 

carved out of sweat and blood 

from enduring spirits 

and evolving souls 

I am from the past 

and the future 

living for today 

Kelly Utley

I Am From Student

I Remember Form

I Remember Poem

 

*Name Poem

Rosa

My name sounds like a rose in bloom

Like dew on the petal

After a gentle rain

But I am not soft like a petal

And my rain is torrential

Thunder and lightning

A storm a long time coming

Kelly Utley

r My People

Poem in Two Voices

Question Poem

Imperative Poem

An Imperative Poem expresses a command rather than a statement or a question. Think about your person or event and about what your audience needs to know to connect emotionally. In other words, you'd talk about the heart of an athlete versus just mentioning skills, though you can combine the two.

To write a poem

you must turn yourself inside out

exploring pieces of yourself that you buried long ago

you must chase memories and dreams

to write a poem you must turn yourself inside out

experiencing your first love or your first loss

soaring happily in the clouds

or drowning in rough waves

to write a poem you must

turn yourself inside out

using words as a paint brush

or a weapon

creating great works of art

or destroying worlds

to write a poem

you must turn yourself inside out

so the world can know you

outside in

Kelly Utley

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To lead a revolution

you must walk in the footsteps of ghosts

and listen to the whispers on the wind

you must forge yourself in fire, tempered in the hotest flames

To lead a revolution 

you must understand darkness and night

and you must be able to count the stars

you must understand that dawn always breaks when the sun begins to rise

Kelly Utley