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Poems with Training Wheels

|Haiku Poem |Number Poem |

|Haiku is a type of Japanese poetry that has seventeen syllables and just three |Use your phone number as the basis for this poem. This will determine the number|

|lines. It is a short poem that captures a moment in nature. |of syllables per line. Zeros (0) count as ten (10). |

|Line 1 Five syllables |Example: |

|Line 2 Seven syllables |484-254-5672 |

|Line 3 Five syllables |Line 1: 4 syllables |

| |Line 2: 8 syllables |

|Examples: |Line 3: 4 syllables |

|A bitter morning |Line 4: 2 syllables |

|Sparrows sitting together |Line 5: 5 syllables |

|Without any necks. |Line 6: 4 syllables |

| |Line 7: 5 syllables |

|How beautifully |Line 8: 6 syllables |

|That kite soars up to the sky |Line 9: 7 syllables |

|From the small boy’s hand. |Line 10: 2 syllables |

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|Write three haiku poems about one aspect of nature; For example, you could write |Write your number poem. |

|three haiku poems about three different types of birds or three different types | |

|of flowers. |(( CHALLENGE! (( |

| |Pantoums |

|Cinquain (sin-KANE) Poem |A Pantoum is a poem where you write eight lines of a sixteen-line poem with a |

|Cinquain Steps are much like Haiku in that they are a “syllable count” poem. |preset rhyme scheme. Don’t let all the lines confuse you. This is really fairly|

|Your subject can be about anything, but each line has a specific function. |simple if you follow the directions. |

|1st line: Title (noun) – 2 syllables |Step 1: Write the first four lines with a rhyme scheme of ABAB. |

|2nd line: Description (adjectives) – 4 syllables |Step 2: Copy lines 2 and 4 to lines 5 and 7. |

|3rd line: Action (verbs) – 6 syllables |Step 3: Write lines 6 and 8 (rhyme = C) |

|4th line: Feeling (phrase) – 8 syllables |Step 4: Copy lines 6 and 8 to lines 9 and 11. |

|5th line: Title (synonym for line 1) – 2 syllables |Step 5: Write lines 10 and 12 (rhyme = D) |

| |Step 6: Copy lines 10 and 12 to lines 13 and 15 |

|Example: |Step 7: Copy lines 3 and 1 to lines 14 and 16 (in that order) |

|Flowers | |

|Pretty, fragrant | |

|Waiting, watching, weeding | |

|Enjoying all the while they grow | |

|Gardens | |

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