Since I have worked in child care for so many years, my first thoughts about poetry are rhyming words. The best one at that in my environment is Dr. Seuss himself. His books are probably not considered “poetry” but they have aspects of poetry.
Last month, my younger son’s class had to write poems with made up words just like in the Dr. Seuss books. So if Dr. Seuss is would not be considered poetry he would definitely spark poetry.
Other than that I really have not had too much to do with poetry. I remember having to write haiku when I was in elementary school. We made books of our poems and my mother still has mine burrowed away in our childhood treasures. I really had fun doing them and wouldn’t mind reading them again. (I might mind having to spend a whole day on a treasure hunt trying to find them!)
I do not read poetry for leisure and can’t wait to experience poetry as an adult to see where I stand in my opinions now.
*** For any of you who do not know what a “Haiku” is, it is a form of Japanese poetry that consists of 3 lines. The first and last lines have 5 syllables and the middle line has 7. The lines do not have to rhyme.
*In our English class
We have to read about poetry
5 poems then we end.
This was how we did them in elementary school when I went.Nnow I think they are not so strict on the syllabus.
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