Poem

                     Poem Writing

In Kakapo class we've recently been learning about poems. Over the past 2 weeks we've been learning how to write poems, and about all types of poems. Some of the poems we learnt about were Acrostic, Sonnet, Haiku and personification.

The Acrostic poems are written with one word written vertically and the poem is written horizontally and each sentence starts with the letters written vertically. E.g: 
Summer's coming it's finally here! 
Umbrella's stuck in the sand
Many people running around
Me splashing through the waves, then I hear my tummy rumble
Eating hot chips with ice cream on the side
Running around all over again summer here I come!

Sonnet poems are famously known. Sonnet poems that rhyme like E.g : Hairy Mclary. This is my sonnet poem.
Pure white snow cover's the land far and wide,
Families gather side by side.
They all gather for a delicious meal,
They came by plane, boat or a vehicle with wheels.
Finally dinner is served and prepared,
Nothing's left, because nothing was spared.
Gathered together around the warm blazing fire,
As some of the whanau begins to tire.
Children waddled to their beds with their heavy sleepy heads.
Dozing off quickly, Dreaming so slickly...

As the morning sun rises,
Under the tree lays surprises.
Children jump out out of their beds,
With the word ''Christmas" stuck in their heads.
They shout "Yippee!"
As their hearts are filled with glee
To see presents for you, you and me.
But the Christmas spirit remains in the family,
Within the children,adults and elderly.
The colourful lights lit up the tree,
As it was standing in front of me.
Wrapping paper was scattered all along the ground,
As the children made lot's of sound,
BANG,WHIR,WACK with their new toys around.
That's Christmas, That's Christmas for you and me.

Haiku poems are a traditional Japanese part of poetry. Haiku poems contain 3 lines. 1st line includes 5 syllables, 2nd line includes 7 syllables and 3rd poem has 5 syllables again. E.g 
   1     2     3    4    5        -syllables
The hot blazing sun,
      1       2    3     4     5    6      7
Shines on the hot golden sand,
     1    2   3     4        5
Having so much fun!

Christmas time is here!
Wrapping pare everywhere!
So many cool gifts!

Personification, is a language feature, but usually used in poetry.In personification you write a sentence that includes an object or thing doing something that a human would do E.g:

The clock replied with the time.

The mountains echoed the singing of birds.

The books giggled as the pencil tickled their pages.

The scissors ate the thin paper.

The moon skipped past the stars and into the sky.

The sun hid away behind the thick clouds.

The ocean leaped onto the hot golden sand.

The seashell sang the song of the ocean.

I enjoyed writing poems very much! Poems are a different type of writing, and are unique in their own way. We learnt about poems for fun and to learn about different writing styles, for parody's. 

Which poem style was your favourite?
Why?