Hello! Welcome to National Poetry Month 2020! Every day until April 30th, a poem from each of the three categories will be posted.
poetic forms
Septolet
Cinquain is a short, usually unrhymed poem consisting of twenty-two syllables distributed as 2, 4, 6, 8, 2, in five lines
Haiku
Haiku (also called nature or seasonal haiku) is an unrhymed Japanese verse consisting of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables (5, 7, 5) or 17 syllables in all
Naani Poem
Naani is one of Indian’s most popular Telugu poems. Naani means an expression of one and all. It consists of 4 lines, the total lines consists of 20 to 25 syllables
Tanka Poem
Tanka is a classic form of Japanese poetry related to the haiku with five unrhymed lines of five, seven, five, seven, and seven syllables
Cinquain Poem
Cinquain is a short, usually unrhymed poem consisting of twenty-two syllables distributed as 2, 4, 6, 8, 2, in five lines
Diamante Poem
A Diamante is a seven-lined contrast poem set up in a diamond shape.
Ode
An Ode is a poem praising and glorifying a person, place or thing.
Humanity
Body Positivity
Celebration of selves and bodies
Misfits
Not fitting into a group or a group of misfits
What It Means To Be Human
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Black Kings & Queens
Celebration of Blackness
Mental Health
What is mental health?
Community
Write a poem about your community
Passing by a Church
Write a poem about what it’s like passing by a church
Body Part
Write a poem about a part of the body
Statistic Woman
What does it mean to be a woman who is statistic?
The abstract
Desire Poem
What do you desire? What do others desire? What is desirable?
Uncertainty
Defintion Poem
Devastation
Defintion Poem
Research & History
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Color
Write a poem inspired by a color
Cold Water
Drink it. Bathe in it. Use it.
Three in A Row
A poem about something that comes in threes
Peacock
Defintion Poem
Throw Back
Pick a throw back poem
Structure
5 Syllable
Poem with five lines and five syllables each with a long title
Black Out Poem
Grab your favorite book and make a black poem using one page
Recipe Poem
Write your poem in the form of a recipe
7 Day 7 Lines
Write a poem where each line is about a different day
Color
Write a poem inspired by a color
25 Words
Write a poem under 25 words
and away we go
