Written by Nicholas Ng

Poetry Poem

This poem,

This poem,

What will it say?

This poem,

This poem,

Will teach poetry today.

Poetry,

Generates our thinking.

It makes us picture,

The pictures we can’t see.

When you try to write them,

Keep in mind,

It should have beat,

And maybe some rhyme.

Like Ernest Thayer’s Casey at Bat.

Its rhyming pattern is 1,1,2,2.

You might want to follow that.

Every word written,

Must have its own meaning,

If it does not,

Your poem will hang.

An example,

The Eagle by Alfred Tennyson,

“He clasps the crag with crooked hands.”

A word-efficient line.

Poetry,

It reaches out and touches our hearts,

Like the last stanza in The Arrow and the Song by Henry Longfellow.

Poetry shows what awesome people we are,

And can show our good sides gone wrong.

It relieves our anger,

And is a way to release pain or joy,

Like when everyone is arguing,

Or you get a new toy.

Poetry,

It helps us remember each other,

Foreign kids can read it,

For it lacks grammar, punctuation, and spelling.

It gives the gift of rhythm and beat,

And will turn into a musical treat.

Sometime a line sticks with our brain,

Because it is inspiring.

And sometimes,

We will look at things from a different angle.

Poetry,

Everyone can write it.

It doesn’t have to be simple or complex,

It will show the value of our lives,

It can be done

forever…