Poetry prompts : all sorts of ways to start a poem / from Joseph Coelho ; illustrated by Georgie Birkett, Grasya Oliyko, Amanda Quartey and Viola Wang.
"From the UK Children's Laureate 2022-2024" -- Front cover.
Contents:
A notebook of your own -- One word poem -- Fun with rhymes -- Take your pen on a journey -- Onomatopoeia -- Diminuendo poems -- Black-out poems -- Bug poem -- Sounds of the environment -- Halloween poem -- Ways to describe colors -- Simile hunt -- Poems to be read fast -- Writing on rocks -- Turning similes into metaphors -- Emotion poems -- My favorite food -- Reading aloud in different voices -- objects with voices -- Whispering poems -- Haikus -- Pancake day -- Tongue twisters -- World refugee day -- Easter riolets -- Repeating a line -- Found poems -- Dance poetry -- Recipe poems -- Make believe animals -- Photo poetry -- Renga poems -- Heart poems -- Animnal voices -- Abecedarius -- Christmas -- New Year's resolution -- A poet-tree -- Plastic pollution -- Homophones.
Summary:
"Everybody has a poem inside them! Writing one is not as hard as you think, you just need to know how to get started. Discover all sorts of ways to write and perform your very own poems, from found poems, to haikus, to tanka poems, to tongue-twisters!" -- Publisher's description.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.