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!!
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 create them and
especially once they post them. Thanks so much!
*** Also, if you choose
to post your poems on your own blog or elsewhere on social media ~ 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 EACH
DAY’S SPECIFIC 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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