Well, my poetic friends, looks like we have come to the end
of "National Poetry Month." Kind of feels sad, doesn't it? I hope you
have had fun and will continue to write poetry – do some searches for various
types of poems. The list is endless (a little hyperbole for ya’).
I thought for the last day (although I may be on a roll and
continue to do poetry posts for a while (although NOT every day – phew!!) ~ Anyway,
the Questad Poem is a poem that brings it all together – many of the things we
have learned or practiced this month are contained in this unique and somewhat
uncommon poetry form. I have included a chart with details created by Carolyn Osborne,
a teacher.
Have fun – my poem for this form is just below the chart. ENJOY!!
Line
|
Directions
|
Example |
Your Draft
|
1
|
Title—topic of poem
|
Cars
By Eric Harker
|
|
2
|
Personification
|
They seem to sing when you rev up the engine
|
|
3
|
Hyperbole
|
The sound is sweeter than honey
|
|
4
|
Alliteration
|
Purring proudly like a pack of panthers
|
|
5
|
Onomatopoeia
|
VROOM!
|
|
6
|
Metaphor
|
It is a shiny dream in the eyes of a child,
|
|
7
|
Simile
|
Speeding like the space shuttle
|
|
8
|
Imagery
|
Gleaming with silvery metallic paint along a black road
of fragrant tar.
|
NO idea why that one title header - example - is purple - go figure.
Anyway, I got the above chart from: Poetry Alternatives
(and if you go there – it will pull up a 22 page doc that has lots of poetry
forms and instructions) – for your continued poetry writing pleasure.
Heartsongs made visible,
Rising from the depths of my soul,
Pretty, poised parcels of perfection,
Pitter-patter through my mind.
Poems are microscopic slides of slices of my life,
Dancing through my days like a prima ballerina,
Revealing my authentic self; raw, vulnerable and honest.
© 2014 Stephanie Abney
It's been a GREAT month - thanks for participating!!
