Well, nice job stretching the truth yesterday with your hyperbole poems! Fun stuff! So for today, let’s TELL the truth in an 11-line autobiographical poem. Today is Day 11 so we will write an 11-line 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 are having a great time so far for #NationalPoetryMonth !!
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’s one I
wrote a few years ago – 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 Stephanie
line 2 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 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
© Stephanie Abney 2020
Your
turn!! Cheers!!
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it as an example in a lesson or to read it to someone. The same goes for any
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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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