nPostednon August 21, 2014
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Poetrynand poets are things we keep celebrating all year long—from China’snversion of Poet’s Day, the Dragon Boat Festival, Poetry and the Creative Mind Day,nand Bad Poetry Daynto celebrating individual poets such as Gwendolyn Brooks, Robert Frost,nand Jack Prelutsky.
Poetrynand poets are things we keep celebrating all year long—from China’snversion of Poet’s Day, the Dragon Boat Festival, Poetry and the Creative Mind Day,nand Bad Poetry Daynto celebrating individual poets such as Gwendolyn Brooks, Robert Frost,nand Jack Prelutsky. n
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nSo…whynanother holiday about poetry, celebrating poets? And why today, Augustn21?
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nHonestly,nI tried to figure it out and failed. But a LOT of different websitesnstate that August 21 is, in fact, Poet’s Day…
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nand poetry is songreat…
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nI figured…Why not?
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nTryingnfor something I haven’t covered before is tough. I’m not going tontalk about limericks or haiku poems, because they haventheir own special days, but how about shape poems and cinquain poems?
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nShapenPoems
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nWithnshape poems, think of a topic that lends itself to a simple shape. Asnyou brainstorm words, play with writing them in such a way that youncreate an outline of the shape or a block of text that makes thenshape. Check out these examples:
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nCinquainnPoems
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Americannpoet Adelaide Crapsey (who has an unfortunate last name, in mynopinion) created a poetry form called cinquain. (Pronouncednsin-cane.) These short poems have a haiku-like structure.
Americannpoet Adelaide Crapsey (who has an unfortunate last name, in mynopinion) created a poetry form called cinquain. (Pronouncednsin-cane.) These short poems have a haiku-like structure.n
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nCinquainsnare five lines long, with the following syllable pattern:
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nCinquainsnmay or may not include rhymes. Where haiku often describe nature,ncinquains usually include an action or tell a (very short) story.
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nHerenare some examples:
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November Night
November Nightn
nby Adelaide Crapsey
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nThenleaves, frost-crisp’d, break from the trees n
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nCinquainnby Cindy Barden
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n Baseball
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n Overnthe back fence, I did it!
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nHerenis a website that gives some pointers about writing cinquains.
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nAlsonon this date:
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nAnniversarynof the eruption of Lake Nyos
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nAnniversarynof the theft of the Mona Lisa
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nAnniversarynof the Voyager 2 fly-by of Triton
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nPlannahead:
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nChecknout my Pinterest boards for:
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nAndnhere are my Pinterest boards for:
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