nPostednon August 21, 2014
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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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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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nby Adelaide Crapsey
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nCinquainnby Cindy Barden
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n Baseball
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n Overnthe back fence, I did it!
n Homenrun!
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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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