Poetry Writing

Get your students excited about writing poetry by sharing the video below featuring one of our favorite poets, Jennifer Dignan. Then introduce your students to poetic terms like alliteration, onomatopoeia, and personification with our handy Poetry Glossary.

Meet a Poet

Listen to Jennifer Dignan read her poem aloud—and don’t miss her challenge for YOU at the end!

Poetry Glossary

Learn the poetic terms you need to know before writing your own poem.

POETRY WRITING TOOL KIT

Share our interactive Poetry Writing Tool Kit with your students to guide them through planning and writing their poem from beginning to end (also available as a printable PDF).

Poetry Writing Tool Kit

Share this interactive slide deck with students to help them brainstorm, plan, and write their own poems.

Printable Tool Kit

Print out this PDF for students to help them brainstorm, plan, and write their own poems.

POEMS FOR INSPIRATION

Share some of our favorite poems with your students to hone particular poetry tools and to help them find inspiration for their own poems!

Focus on: Simile My Tongue Is Like a Map A lyrical poem celebrates the beauty of speaking two languages.
Focus On: Metaphor I Am A joyful poem about affirming and embracing who you are
Focus On: Personification Dear Sky A poem of gratitude to the world’s roof
Focus On: Alliteration Snow Mail This fun poem provides a great opportunity to review poetic devices.
Focus On: Imagery Peering Up From Mud Lyrical words bring glass frogs to life
Focus On: Rhyme The Cup of Ocean The colors and the currents of the ocean come alive in a poem
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