Day 14 ~ “All About Me Poem” for “30 Poems in 30 Days” #NationalPoetryMonth

All About Me Poem ~ a mini autobiographical poem

Here’s a fun little poem I think you will enjoy – I do believe poetry comes from the heart – but there is more than one way to reach into your heart. Questioning is always helpful in finding things out. Sometimes, when we answer questions, we find things out about ourselves we had not given much thought to before. So, this poem is called "All About Me" ~ just answer the questions and voila’ ~ you've created a poem!! Pretty cool and tonz’ of fun, especially with kids.

The “All About Me” poem can be deep and insightful or fun and silly. You can do it over and over, answering the questions from a different perspective. Enjoy!!

Here is the format:

Line 1: Your first name only __________________

Line 2: Four adjectives that describe you ________

Line 3: Sibling of ___________________________

Line 4: Lover of ____________________________

Line 5: Who fears __________________________

Line 6: Who needs _________________________

Line 7: Who gives __________________________

Line 8: Who would like to see _________________

Line 9: Resident of __________________________

Line 10: Last Name _________________________

Here's mine:

Stephanie 

Optimistic, loyal, spiritual and creative 
Sibling of Camille 
Lover of life, God, family, friends and nature 
Who fears not getting the really important things done 
Who needs understanding, family, friends, and lots of books 
Who gives encouragement, and love 
Who would like to see everyone get along (and maybe see Europe)
Resident of the universe 
Abney

                                                    © 2016 Stephanie Abney

Now, there is an Instant Poetry Creator for this poem (referred to at that site as the "Portrait Poem"), using basically the same questions - with a few variations - you can go ahead and just answer how you want and then click on "Create my Portrait Poem Now!" And then you can just copy and paste your poem onto a doc, your FB page or wherever you wish. HERE IS THE LINK: Autobiographical Portrait Poem Generator ~ ALSO note: at this site - there are TWO different fill in the blanks poetry generators - one for he's and one for she's so use the correct one. Cheers!! Have fun!!

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