Poetry

My father was the sun and the moon to me.

tells a story

5-lined poem

I think I like the pink kite

The mother whispered in her child’s ear

When the opposite of what you expect occurs

All the crazy clowns ran through the cafeteria.

2 lined poem

Humorous 5-lined Irish poem with a specific pattern

When the stars threw down their spears, / And water'd heaven with their tears,

Glittering white, the blanket of snow covered everything in sight

The rain seemed like an old friend who had finally found us.

The old clock down in the parlor / Like a sleepless mourner grieves,

4-lined poem

A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Jumbo Shrimp are pretty ugly

A literary technique in which two contradictory words come together for a special effect

The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas,

Drip—hiss—drip—hiss fall the raindrops / on the oaken log which burns, and steams, and smokes.

The lint was sent with the tent

Hit the nail on the head

Barking up the wrong tree

"Let us go forth and lead the land we love

poem written in the shape of its topic

Black is used to represent death or evil.

The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plain.

This type of poem doesn't follow any rules

The light of the fire is a sight.

I think of you a million times a day.

As the angels sing an old Hank Williams song, time marches on

figure of speech that makes a reference to a place, person, or event

3 lined Japanese poem with a specific pattern often about nature

first letter is used to create lines about a certain topic

14 lined poem