April is National Poetry Month, an official celebration of poetry started by the Academy of American Poets in 1996.
Do you have a favorite poet or poem? Maybe you've even written your own poems... share them with other DogEared readers in the comments below.
And how about some of these fun ways to celebrate:
--Write a poem in chalk on the sidewalk.
--Organize a poetry reading during lunchtime with your friends.
--Find the poetry section in your school library, close your eyes, pick a book at random and check it out.
--Write a poem for your mom and save it to give to her as a Mother's Day gift next month.
--Use these online poetry magnets to create your own masterpiece.
OH, and don't forget to remember Poem in a Pocket Day on Thursday, April 30. Just pick your favorite poem... or one that has special meaning to you. Then, carry it in your pocket and share with friends and family you see that day.
This is a Haiku- it means the first line has 5 syllables, the next 7, then 5 to end.
I passed the hard test
It had one thousand questions
I am so awesome
One of my favorite poets is Shel Silverstein. He always makes his poems funny and his drawing even funnier!!
MY fave poets are defenetley either Emily Dickenson and Robert Frost.My friend has a book of poems and she let me borrow it and I absolutley loved it.
That's pretty cool. I'll have to look through some poetry books to find one to go in my pocket. I actualy didn't know that.
Yeah, Emily Dickenson is pretty cool.
My absolute favorite poem is by Shel Silversteen. Its called Music Lesson. Look it up :)! It's awesome!
I love to write Haikus! I like Shel silversteen too!
I Love Shel Sliverstien too! Lizette Woodworth Reese is great, too.
My favorite poetist is Sharon Creech, I Love That Dog. Here is my poem even if it doesn't rhyme.
Home is where I like to be, running around as free as can be. I can read, watch T.V. Even rub my dogs belly!
This is so awsome! I love Shel Silversteen too!:)
I am a published poet too!
Edgar Allen Poe is pretty cool too.
whoa i totally missed the whole month. poetry is like one of few writing categories where i fail epically. great poets: walter dean myers, emily dickinson, edgar allan poe, and ogden nash. here is a very bad haiku from "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan:
(Apollo:)Green grass peeks through snow
Artemis pleads for my help.
I am so cool.
(Artemis:)The last line is only four syllables.
(Apollo:) Oh, so it is.
(artemis:) How about "I am so big-headed"?
(Apollo:) No, no that's six. Hm.
(Apollo[much later]:) Oh, I've got it. "I am so awesome!"
I'm not very good at writing poems, but here's the best one that I've written:
There once was a man in a store
Who thought that his life was a bore.
Then he felt a tickle
Turned into a pickle
And wasn't so bored anymore.
That's a limerick that I wrote for a school assignment.
Here's mine:
Stones in the sand
Smooth and shiny
A wave comes
Rolling it
Now it's even shinier!!
The End.
I have written some poems here is my best one,
Winter Song
The Winter sings it's song in the cool
midnight air while the snowflakes flit
and twirl in the breeze,the nightengale
sings on silent wings a sorrowful
mourning song,the trees gaily decorated
in Nature's white lace sit idle all
through the night,longing for the sun's
warm rays to melt away the snow.
I hope you liked my poem!For more just ask!