This document provides guidance on how to express yourself like a poet. It begins by sharing definitions of poetry from famous poets like Edgar Allen Poe, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and Aristotle. Examples of poem topics are also listed. The document then recommends writing about something you are familiar with and know well. Tips for poetic writing include not stating the obvious, focusing on unique details rather than forcing originality, and choosing descriptive words. Two poetry techniques are then described - playing with favorite characters from novels and expressing invisible concepts like emotions through metaphor poems. The document encourages experimenting, taking breaks when needed, and thorough editing.
3. De鍖ne Poetry.
Poetry is the record of
the best and happiest moments
of the happiest and best minds.
~ Percy Bysshe Shelley
4. De鍖ne Poetry.
Poetry is just the evidence of life.
If your life is burning in hell,
poetry is just the ash.
~ Leonard Cohen
5. De鍖ne Poetry.
Poetry is the revelation of a feeling
that the poet believes to be interior and personal
which the reader recognizes as his own.
~ Aristotle
6. De鍖ne Poetry.
I have never started a poem yet whose end I knew.
Writing a poem is discovering.
~ Robert Frost
8. What can I write about?
help ive just been run over by a bus - Gwen Hauser
On the Ning Nang Nong - Spike Milligan
All That is Gold Does Not Glitter - John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
Be Glad Your Nose is on Your Face - Jack Prelutsky
Forgetfulness - Billy Collins
The Pig - Roald Dahl
9. Write about something you know well.
鍖rst-hand
or
nearby to observe
Be willing to show your perspective.
10. Hints to write by...
1. Dont state the obvious.
The grass is green.
11. Hints to write by...
2. Dont force originality.
Simply focus on the real details that make it unique.
12. Hints to write by...
3. Choose the right words.
Glow vs. Glitter
He looked at her.
Or did he gaze or glare or gape?
14. Think of a favourite character from a novel.
List three adjectives that describe what
he/she appears to be on the outside.
Think of one adjective that describes what he/she is like
on the inside.
15. Compare this character to an object
that shares one of the above traits.
Jot down one line describing your favourite moment
involving that character in the novel.
What is something you can imagine him/her doing
in real life?
What is something your character likes to say?
16. Hermione Granger
Brainy, bold, brazen
Genuine
A girl scout pledge.
Proud to be a mudblood.
I could see you 鍖nding a cure for cancer.
Wing-gar-dium Levi-o-sa!
19. Metaphor Poem
1. Concept (Fear, Freedom, Fury, Love, Pain, Joy, Hate, etc.)
2. Three moments/situations that represent
this concept to you.
(Be descriptive!)
Excitement
A jumpy puppy when its let out of its cage.
A hockey player who scored the overtime goal.
The day you turn 16.
20. 3. Three things/objects that embody this concepts
characteristics.
Excitement
a jack-in-the-box, a rollercoaster ride, ants in your pants
4. A verb that links to your concept.
Excitement
surprise, thrill, etc.
21. Excitement
I am a jumpy puppy when its let out of its cage.
I am a hockey player who scored the overtime goal.
I am the day you turn 16.
I am a a jack-in-the-box,
A rollercoaster ride,
Ants in your pants.
I am excitement.
Surprise me.
22. To take away with you...
Experiment like crazy!
Walking away is okay!
(Just come back again!)
Edit! Edit! Edit!