Poetic Places
Although you may not find it on any map, it is a place and title of Shel Silverstein's first collection of poetry.
What is Where the Sidewalk Ends?
Born Theodore Geisel, this physician of verse wrote silly rhymes to cure children of ill humor.
Who is Dr. Seuss?
This three line poem contains five syllables in the first line, seven syllables in the second, and five syllables in the last and usually includes images from nature
What is haiku?
This lazy lazy girl is thirsty so she waits and waits for it to rain.
Who is Jane?
Roses are red, these are blue.
What are violets?
Mary brought her little lamb to this place.
What is school?
This poet wrote a silly poem full of gibberish words but he may be better known to you as the author of a story about a girl named Alice who falls through the rabbit hole.
Who is Lewis Carroll?
The first letter of each line of this poem creates a word or phrase when read vertically (up and down).
What is an acrostic?
This person must remember not to scratch his toes, to be careful when playing tag, and to never ever pick his nose.
Who is Captain Hook?
What happens to a dream _____?
What is deferred?
It was a sad day in this town when the Mighty Casey struck out.
What is Mudville?
He was a favorite in Queen Elizabeth I’s court and is more famous for his plays than his poetry.
Who is William Shakespeare?
This type of poem is created using descriptive words put together to create a shape.
What is a concrete poem?
Instead of playing tug o’ war, we should all play this instead, where everyone giggles and everyone grins and everyone wins!
What is Hug O’ War?
Quoth the raven, __________
What is Nevermore?
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote the famous ballad, Paul Revere's Ride. What is the revolutionary patriot's destination mentioned in the poem?
What is Concord?
She always wore white yet was never a bride. She lived in Amherst, MA during the mid-1800s and wrote hundreds of poems including, “I’m Nobody, who are you?”
Who is Emily Dickinson?
This folk type of poem tells of daring deeds. It is also a type of slow rock song played by heavy metal or hard rock bands when they want to express mushy feelings.
What is a ballad?
This little girl said “I cannot go to school today”
Who is little Peggy Ann McKay?
Finish this line: Give me your .....
What is your tired, your poor?
Name the field where the poppies grow in this elegiac rondeau of WWI.
What is In Flanders Fields?
This New England poet advises us to take the road less traveled, to build a good fence to be a good neighbor and for you to come too to see the newly born calf.
Who is Robert Frost?
A long, very long poem usually containing many stanzas or verses that describes a hero’s long adventure and the perils he faced.
What is an epic?
This letter is all of LOVE that could make it today.
What is V?
This comes in on little cat feet
What is the fog?