Sunday, April 30, 2023

Day 30 2023 ~ Eleven Line Autobiographical Poem for #NationalPoetryMonth and 30 poems in 30 days


Wow!! Well, this is it!! The last day of Poetry Month! Some amazing poems have been written and shared. OK, so for our last day, let’s do an 11-line autobiographical poem. This one is pretty easy ~ it’s a “fill in the blanks” style poem. It’s also a chance to let people know a bit more about you. However, if doing that publicly makes you uncomfortable, you can always use a fictional character’s traits to fill in the blanks . . . and create a poem that way, particularly if you are a writer; you can create a poem about one of your characters. Either way, it’s just one more poetic form to explore.

I hope y’all have had a great time this month and come back next year!!

Here’s how to do this poem:

Just fill in the blanks and then go back and delete everything that is underlined with a yellow highlight, center what’s left, and you have your autobiographical poem. Cheers!!


“Eleven-Line Autobiographical Poem”


line 1 Your first name

line 2 Four character traits

line 3 Sibling of

line 4 Lover of

line 5 Who feels

line 6 Who needs

line 7 Who gives

line 8 Who fears

line 9 Who would like to see

line 10 Resident of

line 11 your last name

 

Here is mine – first I filled in the blanks and then I deleted the parts underlined/highlighted in yellow and then I centered the poem. Cheers!!

line 1 your first name Stephanie

line 2 four character traits Compassionate, creative, joyful, grateful

line 3 Sibling of Camille

line 4 Lover of life, family, country, and the Lord

line 5 Who feels happiest surrounded by family

line 6 Who needs love and understanding

line 7 Who gives freely of herself to help where she’s needed

line 8 Who fears she may not have done enough

line 9 Who would like to see everyone treated with kindness

line 10 resident of the universe

line 11 your last name Abney

 



Stephanie

Compassionate, creative, joyful, grateful

Sibling of Camille

Lover of life, family, country, and the Lord

Who feels happiest surrounded by family

Who needs love and understanding

Who gives freely of herself to help where she’s needed

Who fears she may not have done enough

Who would like to see everyone treated with kindness

Resident of the universe

Abney

 


Your turn!! Cheers!!

 

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1 comment:

Tyreese Nelson said...

Thhis was great to read