There are
all kinds of “Bio Poems” and “All About Me” poetic forms out there so today we
are going to follow a simple little format that produces a surprisingly powerful
poem – ABOUT YOU!!
It is
basically a 9-line poem with no specific requirements as to rhyming or
syllables. However, each line has a prompt to be followed:
Any words
in BLUE should be PART of your poem – only the first two lines “ask a question”
and the answer to it becomes part of the poem – for the rest – start out with
the part in blue and fill in the blank with whatever suits you.
Line 1: Your first name _________________
Line 2: Three words that describe you
______________________________
Line 3: Who enjoys
_____________________________________________
Line 4: Who is able
to ___________________________________________
Line 5: Who feels _______________________________________________
Line 6: Who wonders ____________________________________________
Line 7: Who fears ______________________________________________
Line 8: Who cares
about _________________________________________
Line 9: Who dreams
of ___________________________________________
I haven’t
written a bio poem for this particular format yet and I have some appointments
this morning that will prevent me from taking time to create on to share so I’ll
just let y’all come up with your own. Enjoy!!
In the interest of "full disclosure" and giving proper attribution (although I have seen so many variations of this type of poem), I did find this particular format in a free download from a teacher, Laura Candler, as found at "Teachers Pay Teachers" ~ here is the link: FREE Bio Poems Made Easy ~ TPT (Teachers Pay Teachers) was always one of my favorite places to get great material when I was teaching full-time. I still go there when working with my grandkids. So, it might be a useful resource for some of you out there. (I added my own "spin" to it by naming the lines and highlighting the beginning prompts in blue).
Blessings!!
PLEASE REMEMBER ~ any poetry found on this blog, written by me, is my
personal property and may not be used without my permission, other than sharing
it as an example in a lesson or to read it to someone. The same goes for any
poems that are shared in the comments of this blog or elsewhere online as a
result of this challenge. They are the creative property of the person who
writes them. These poems are their original work and no one may use them
without their permission. It is understood that they own the copyright to them
as soon as they post them. Thanks so much!
Also, if you choose to post your
poems on your own blog ~ that’s awesome. But PLEASE don’t just copy and paste
my daily instructions, but rather post your poem on your blog or your FB wall
or wherever AND LINK BACK TO THIS BLOG POST for others to come here to read the
instructions. I’ve spent considerable time researching the poetry forms and
writing them up to share with you. Thanks for respecting my work.
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3 comments:
Meh. I think my husband gave me the flu again. AGAIN! Well here's my slightly maudlin take on today's poetry form: https://murph4slaw.blogspot.com/2019/04/day-29-national-poetry-month-bio-poem.html
Bio poem & cinquain from yesterday... https://goofyj.wordpress.com/2019/04/29/national-poetry-month-days-28-29/
Interesting format.
Connie.
Scatter-brained, creative, logical,
Who enjoys ice cream,
Who is able to lead a meeting and be alone.
Who feels that people are unique,
Who wonders why people want everyone to be the same.
Who fears mediocrity.
Who cares about the less fortunate.
Who dreams of a free world.
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