A SPECIAL PERSON POEM

POETRY ASSIGNMENT #3

You are to write a poem about a person who is important to you.

  • Poem should be approximately ½ to 1 page in length.  It should be more or less broken into two stanzas..
  • ]Poem should have TWO uses of similes and TWO metaphors in it.  Compare the object of your poem to some external object which gives your poem power and insight.  For example, you can compare your dog to a dragon, or your Bar/Bat  Mitzvah to the coronation of a king/queen, etc.
  • ]Rough draft due next class meeting.

Some sample poems for your enjoyment!

A Person
A Person 2
My Mother
A Fallen Angel
Symbol
"I had Gotten Home And There She Was"
She Is...
Together

My Wonderful Mother
Make it Last
Love
A Friend is
Role Model
You should have Cared
Great Aunty
Snow Storms
Bill

Always There

Raquel