Haiku
Haikus are poems with three lines and the first line has 5 syllables, the second line has 7 syllables, and the third line has 5 syllables.
An old silent pond...
A frog jumps into the pond, splash! Silence again. By: Basho Matsuo |
Everything I touch
with tenderness, alas, pricks like a bramble. By: Kobayashi Issa |
Limerick
A limerick is a poem with fives lines and a strict AABBA rhyme scheme.
There was an Old Man with a beard
Who said, 'It is just as I feared! Two Owls and a Hen, Four Larks and a Wren, Have all built their nests in my beard! By: Edward Lear |
There once was a girl Selina,
who wanted to be a ballerina. She went on her toes, and broke her nose. Then she became cleaner. By: Selina Wallis |
Sonnet
A sonnet is a poem with fourteen lines written in iambic pentameter with an ABAB, CDCD, EFEF, GG rhyme scheme.
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimmed, And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance, or nature's changing course untrimmed: But thy eternal summer shall not fade, Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st, Nor shall death brag thou wander'st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st, So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. By: William Shakespeare |
Turn back the heart you've turned away
Give back your kissing breath Leave not my love as you have left The broken hearts of yesterday But wait, be still, don't lose this way Affection now, for what you guess May be something more, could be less Accept my love, live for today. Your roses wilted, as love spurned Yet trust in me, my love and truth Dwell in my heart, from which you've turned My strength as great as yours aloof. It is in fear you turn away And miss the chance of love today! By: James DeFord |
Ballad
A ballad is a poem that tells a story and they are often used in songs because of their rhyme.
I saw the president laugh
I thought I saw a mask I laughed too Not for it was a worthy laugh I could not hide my joy. I thought it meant better times Jobs for the jobless aimless youths Food for the hopeless helpless lot Even more for the haves. I thought it meant freedom Brought new wisdom Ushered a new kingdom Safe from the venomous fangs of the world. I thought it meant peace No more wars With Foes No more hurt and heart sores No more less, just more and more. More food to feed all More clothes to clothe all More medicine to cure all more classrooms to accommodate all More reasons to stand tall As one Nation One people One soil. All I saw in the laugh. Was a happy nation Before I woke up. By: Griffins Ndhine |
You can see my heart's looking for a place to go.
You can see my heart is free. And if you want to be with me. We'll be together, just you and me.. You can see my heart's waiting for the wind to blow. You can see my heart is free. And if you want to really know. We'll be together, just you and me.. You can see my heart's looking for a place to start. You can see my heart is free. And if you want to be with me. You will have to turn the key. Then we'll be together. Just you and me.. By: Kim Robin Edwards |