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“Colors dance and colors sing” ~ Personification Poems @ Moos

Last week, we stretched our poetic imaginations with personification poems about colors and continued to work on writing poems with multiple stanzas. We had fun discussing ways we can imagine colors as people with […]

“I am the sun shining so bright” ~ Reverse Personification @ Avondale Logandale

In week 10, we continued to stretch our poetic imaginations with reverse personification poems of nature delight! We had fun reading “The Delight Song of Tsoai-talee” by N. Scott Momaday and using that poem […]

Magical Metaphors ~ Library Poems @ Moos

In week six of poetry class, we had fun reading a poem about a magical library tour. We talked about writing multiple stanzas and using metaphors (comparisons without the use of “like” or “as”) […]

“Purple is the queen of colors” ~ Color Personification Poems @ Avondale Logandale

In week 9, we stretched our poetic imaginations with personification poems about colors and continued to work on writing poems with multiple stanzas. We had fun discussing ways we can imagine colors as people […]

A Fish of Fruit Loops – Juxtaposition Poems @ Moos

In week 5 of poetry class at Moos, we had fun exploring juxtapositions and playing around with silly language! We discussed the idea that a poet can place two strange things side by side […]

Magical Metaphors/ Library Poems @ Avondale Logandale

In week eight of poetry class, we had fun reading a poem about a magical library tour. We talked about writing multiple stanzas and using metaphors (comparisons without the use of “like” or “as”) […]

Winter Haikus @ Avondale Logandale

In week seven of poetry class, we had fun reading haiku poems and drawing winter scenes to help inspire our own haiku poems – a short three line poem that creates an image of […]

Dream Poems @ Moos

In our fourth week of poetry class at Moos, we had fun reading and writing about dreams! We listened to dream poems with our eyes closed to help us picture the poems in our […]

A snowflake is like a feather/ Comparison Poems @ Moos

Last week, we had fun exploring comparison poems and similes! We shared some of our favorite lines from a round of comparison poems that used similes (comparisons using “like” or “as”) and talked about […]

Swan of Bees : A Piano of Candy – Juxtaposition Poems @ Avondale Logandale

This week we had fun playing around with silly language! We discussed the idea that a poet can place two strange things side by side ( a swan of bees…a kiss of babies…an eraser […]

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