The poetry book Pie Corbett Sue Palmer Poems

The poetry book Pie Corbett & Sue Palmer

Poems • describe experience • express feelings • entertain/amuse • create a mood • tell a story • make you think.

couplets ● sonnet ● rhyming ballad ● limerick ● nursery rhyme ● traditional rhyme ● concrete ● calligram ● ‘thin poem’ ● shape ● tongue-twister ● nonsense word ● riddle ● puzzle play ● pun ● joke ● repeating phrases patterns ● acrostic ● counting ● lists haiku ● syllabic renga ● tanka ● cinquain ● Forms of poetry monologue ● dialogue ● rap ● voices choral ● conversation ● performance ● free verse ● model ● narrative ● observation other diary ● letter ● forms advert ● recipe ● story●

Structure of poetry alternate rhymes ABAB ● couplets AA, BB ● rhyme limerick AABBA ● scheme internal rhyme ● Regular rhythm is called metre. Rhymes can happen at the beginning or in the middle of lines. pattern ● regular rhythm affects stress on words ● in free verse, line breaks affect stress Forms & structure are chosen for effect. ● specific form ● repetition ● line breaks to create shape ● spacing & punctuation rhythm The form of a poem imposes a discipline on the writer. Discipline can help create effects.

precise nouns e. g. willow (not tree) well-chosen adjectives & adverbs e. g. the serpent, sly, insinuating onomatopoeia powerful verbs e. g. chat, murmur, (not say) alliteration e. g. busy bees buzz Language of poetry e. g. rusty letterbox (not red) rhythm & rhyme simile e. g. as thin as a cat’s eyelash metaphor e. g. candy floss clouds personification e. g. the moon stares

Planning a poem strong pictures • the best words • similes • metaphors Brainstorm & look for links. powerful • strong rhythm patterns • repetition • shape • rhymes or rhyme schemes memorable sounds • rhyme • rhythm • alliteration • onomatopoeia • Choose a form • Try words and phrases in different orders • Polish it.

Ideas for planning looks like sounds like Use all your senses feels like tastes like smells like Use an alphabet line to hunt for rhymes: abcdefghijklm nopqrstuvwxyz rhyme – climb, crime, dime, grime, lime, prime, etc. memories Write from the heart feelings connections observations

Polishing a poem slips • the cat goes along the wall changing words using language techniques adding in • the cat slips along the wall Polish a poem by… • the soft pawed cat like a silent thief slips along the wall, along the path, along the moonlit silence. soft-pawed adding on • the soft pawed cat slips along the wall + like a silent thief reordering • like a silent thief, the cat slips along the wall

Sharing poems with an audience • performance • tape or video • class anthology • your own homemade book • poetry poster • poetry display • e-mail or website • poet tree To create the mood try to vary • voices group/solo/pair/boys/girls • pace quick/slow/dramatic pause • volume soft/loud/explosive • expression (think about the meaning). Can you also use • movement, gesture, mime? • music or sound effects?

In your poems, avoid • weak or ugly words • unnecessary words • forced rhymes • awkward rhythm • over-writing (especially too many adjectives and adverbs) • clichés. Go for quality, not quantity!

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