Formula Poems
Free Verse Poems
Syllable&Word Count Poems
Rhymes/Model
Poetic Devises
100

Yellow is bright,

Yellow is light.

Yellow glows in the dark,

Yellow likes to lark.

Yellow is an autumn tree,

Yellow is giving to you and me. 


What is Color Poem?

100

Gloria

Loves to do tricks

Officer Buckle tells safety

Rules at school

I wish I had

A dog like Gloria

What is Acrostic Poems?

100

17 syllables arranges in three lines of 5-7-5

What is Haiku Poem?

100

John Wayne

is in the Cowboy Hall of Fame.

In movies he shot his gun the best, 

and that's how he won the west.

What is Clerihew Poems?

100

WHOOSH!

BAM!

VAROOM!

What is Onomatopoeia?

200

I used to be a hunk of gold sitting in

a mine having no worries or respondsibilies.

But now I'm a wedding band bonding

two people together, with all

the worries in the world.

What is "I used to... But now..." poem?

200

Oh rainbow, you're

so colorful, a pinch

of oil, and water

makes other rainbows

Oh rainbow you,

make me smile

for the rest of

my life. But

when you are 

gome I get sad

but maybe one

day we can see

each other again. 

What is Odes Poem?

200

5 line poem containing 22 syllables in a 2-4-6-8-2 syllable pattern

What is Cinquain Poems?

200

If I were in charge of the world

School would ne for one month,

Movies and video games would be free, and 

Foods would be McCalorieless and McDonalds.

What is "If I Were in Charge of the World..." Poem?

200

She sells sea shells by the seashore.

What is Alliteration?

300

I am John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

I commanded a PT boat in World War II.

I saved my crew after a Japanese ship hit us.

I became a politician because that's

what my dad wanted me to do. 

What is "I am..." Poem?

300

crispy crust

tomato sauce

Italian seasoning

pepperoni slices

sausage meatballs

mushrooms--OK

NO olives

mozzarella cheese

PIPING HOT!

What is List Poems?

300

The mud feels slimy

As it splashes through my toes

Making them vanish

What is Haiku Poem?

300

Come unto the golden store

Where days are filled with laughter,

And nights filled with whispering winds.

Where sunflowers are sun

Are filled with love.

Come take my hand

As we walk into the sun. 

What is Invitation Poem?

300

Autumn leaves danced in the wind.

The earth shivers during an earthquake.

What is Personification? 

400

About noon one day

Along came my friend 

To say, "Want to go for a run?"

Below the stairs my mom said, "Go!"

Without waitin, I flew out the door,

Down the steps,

Across the lawn, and

Past the world we ran, forever.

What is Preposition Poems?

400

                            A

                        triangle 

                  has three angles

           And three sides sometimes

         equilaterals, sometimes right 

        or even an isosceles, you know. 

What is Concrete Poem?

400

Japanese poetic form 

What is Haiku Poems?

400

There once was a lucky leprechaun

That rode ona. big, fat fawn.

He ate a cat,

And got so fat,

To lose some weight he had to mow the lawn

What is Limerick Poems?

400

Bats, spiders, and lizards, too

Rats, snakes--Allakaboo!

Eggs and spiderwebs, a-choo

Wings of a bug--Allakaboo--

a witch's brew!

What is Rhyme?

500

If I were a giant 

I would drink up the seas

And I would touch the sun.

I would eat the world

And stick me head in space.

What is "If I Were..." Poem?

500

Moving down the track, 

faster than fast, is Richard Petty

seven-time winner the crowned jewel

Daytona 500.

At 210 mph--dangerous--

pushing his engine to the limit.

Other NASCARs running fast

but Richard Petty takes the lead

at last.

Running across the line

with good time.

What is Found Poems?

500

Wrestling

skinning, fat

coaching, arguing, pinning

trying hard to win

tournament

What is Cinquains Poems?

500

Dear Eraser,

This is just to say

I'm so sorry 

for biting you off

my pencil

and eating you

and putting you 

in my digestive system.

Forgive me!

Forgive me p-l-e-e-e-a-s-e-e-e.

What is Apology Poem?

500

Anger is a volcano

Erupting with poisonous words. 

What is Comparison?

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