{"id":3774,"date":"2012-03-31T00:42:26","date_gmt":"2012-03-31T04:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/?p=3774"},"modified":"2013-08-02T22:30:18","modified_gmt":"2013-08-03T02:30:18","slug":"30-poems-you-can-write-for-national-poetry-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/31\/30-poems-you-can-write-for-national-poetry-month\/","title":{"rendered":"30 Poems You Can Write for National Poetry Month"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Magnetic<\/a>April is National Poetry Month<\/a>, sponsored by Academy of American Poets<\/a> and other poetry organizations. Last year, we posted thirty poetry activities, one for each day of the month of April—and the good news is that we’ve got an updated poem-a-day activity for you this year too! <\/p>\n

Each day has a link to a different kind of poetry writing, either a specific poetic form, like sonnets or acrostics, or poetry focused on a particular topic, like seasonal haiku or color poems. The materials range in grade levels, but can usually be adapted for any age (even college students). <\/p>\n

So here’s the challenge for you and students: I found a different poem for every day of the month. How many different poems can you write? And remember that even if you don’t have time in class to write a poem each day, these poetry activities will work any day of the year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Sun<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\nMon<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\nTue<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\nWed<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\nThu<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\nFri<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\nSat<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1: Acrostic Poems <\/a><\/font><\/td>\n2: Seasonal Haiku<\/a><\/font><\/td>\n <\/font>3: Nonsense Poems<\/a><\/font><\/td>\n4: Catalog Poems<\/a><\/font><\/td>\n5: <\/strong>Shape Poems<\/a><\/font><\/td>\n6: STEM Poems <\/a><\/font><\/td>\n7: Bio- Poems<\/a><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8: Riddle Poems <\/a><\/font><\/td>\n9: Nursery Rhymes<\/a><\/font><\/td>\n10: Color Poems<\/a><\/font><\/td>\n11: Two- Voice Poetry<\/a><\/font><\/td>\n12: Headline Poems<\/a><\/font><\/td>\n13: Diamante Poems<\/a><\/font><\/td>\n14: Rebus Poems<\/a><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15: Parody Poems<\/a><\/font><\/td>\n16: One-Sentence Poems<\/a><\/font><\/td>\n17: Name Poems<\/a><\/font><\/td>\n18: Magnetic Poetry<\/a><\/font><\/td>\n19: Letter Poems<\/a><\/font><\/td>\n20: Bilingual, Spoken-Word Poetry<\/a><\/font><\/td>\n21: 5Ws Poems<\/a><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22: Free Verse<\/a><\/font><\/td>\n23: Alphabet Poems<\/a><\/font><\/td>\n24: Concrete Poems<\/a><\/font><\/td>\n25: Found Poems & Parallel Poems<\/a><\/font><\/td>\n26: Cinquain Poems <\/a><\/font><\/td>\n27: Limericks<\/a><\/font><\/td>\n28: Traditional Sonnets<\/a><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29: Astronomy Poetry<\/a><\/font><\/td>\n30: Sports Poetry<\/a><\/font><\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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Cross-posted to the NCTE Community ReadWriteThink.org Group and the Reading and Language Arts Group on the Thinkfinity Community. <\/em><\/p>\n

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[Photo: Magnetic Fridge Poetry by Minimalist Photography, on Flickr<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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