Poem Book

By Brian Chalmers

Poems not Written By me

Form

Line -A single verse of poetry

I AM FAST AND FUNI am fast and fun.

I can dream, dreams that nobody has dreamt before.

I would go on adventures all over the world.I want to write out my imagination.

I enjoy seeing peace.I am fast and fun.

I want to fly and taste the air.I am not afraid to say what I want.

I feel such smooth things that touch my fingers.I find such pretty things in nature.

I am fast and fun.I want to be a soccer star.I think hard about things.

I wonder where we go when we fade.I feel so great when I help someone.

Free Verse-Poetry tat does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme.

I don’t know exactly when I changed

into a kite...

perhaps it was shortly after

I stopped trying to fly

and simply drifted.

Until then I’d been Earthbound,

a rock that never gathered moss,

although I had never shifted.

Held down by gravity but aiming high

with my eyes fixed on a Heaven

that was so far out of reach

I almost stopped believing

it actually existed.

Stanza-one of the divisions of a poem composed of two or more lines usually with a common pattern of meter

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Sonnet-line pattern poem usually having one of several conventional rhyme and meter

I wake and feel the fell of dark, not day.What hours, O what black hours we have spent This night! what sights you, heart, saw; ways you

went! And more must, in yet longer light's delay. With witness I speak this. But where I say Hours I mean years, mean life. And my lament Is cries countless, cries like dead letters sent To dearest him that lives alas! away.

I am gall, I am heartburn. God's most deep decree

Bitter would have me taste: my taste was me; Bones built in me, flesh filled, blood brimmed

the curse. Self yeast of spirit a dull dough sours. I see The lost are like this, and their scourge to be As I am mine, their sweating selves; but worse.

Sound

Rhyme/Meter-the pattern of sound in language

• Daily, daily, / sing to Mary, Sing my soul, her praises due: All her feasts, her / actions honor, With the heart's devotion true. Now in wond'ring / contemplation, Be her majesty confessed; Call her Mother / call her Virgin, Happy Mother, Virgin blest.

Rhyme- compression of the same expression used most in the poetry

Acceptance of darknessThe heart of the sunThe battle is overThe people have won.

Aether of sunlightDust of the starsEyes against nothingKnow nothing is far.

Blue opalescenceThat holds in the nightVanish foreverIn infinite light.

Eyes of the heavensHand of the sunThe old life is overA new has begun.

Repetition-the act of processes or repeating

Telling the wind not to blowTelling the tide not to turnTelling a river not to flowTelling fire not to burnTelling birds not to flyTelling frogs not to hopTelling babies not to cryTelling bubbles not to popTelling rain not to fallTelling lightning not to flashTelling cuckoos not to callTelling water not to splashTelling dogs not to wagTelling the sun not to shine Telling parents not to nagAnd telling children not to whine!

Tone-a manner of expression in speech or writing

Scheme-a systematic and coherent arrangement.

Figurative Language

Onomatopoeia- the forming of the word that imitates the sound that it refers to.

The wind flowed in a way,The dust rose in a way,unattempted was attempted,broken images was chiselled,it wasn`t happened,we adopted the words,we wanted,the generation came forward,with these ideals

Alliteration-the repetition of the same consonant sounds for poetic

Boisterous and bold, bursting with self-belief,Blunt and bossy yet brusque and brief.

Boys who are bullied are beaten and battered, Bullying buddies bluster when browbeat-busted.

Brawny boy bares his big biceps and bod,But brainy boy bags the busty broad.

Bad boys break the law bringing bitter blight,Brave boys win the battle, guns blazing bright.

Baby boys, a boon at birth are beautiful to behold,But bristly and boorish and bad-tempered when old.

But bless the boy who is always bonny and bright,Busy as a bee and brisk and blithe.

Allusion-the act of making the audience believe its something different

• THE SUN SINKS INTO SALTY SADNESS OF SEA

SEA SHIVERS SHUDDERS AND SOBS

STARS SADLY STARE SHRUNKEN SEA

MOON MELTS INTO MELODY OF MADNESS

NAKED NIGHT NIBBLES THE NEMESIS

DIVINE DAWN DISSOLVES THE DIRE DISCORD.

SUN SASHAYS SHYLY SAYING SORRY TO SEA

Personification-a person or thing that connects a certain thing or idea

Days disco dancing fun faddish footsteps,Dates drinking until red wine all devoured,Long hours laughing with lenient leisure,Perhaps partied when city lights paling,Sang sonorously until throats thistle,Sat sprightly see sunrise over seafront.

Made more mad, mad mistakes mostly myself,Learning lesson from in later lifetime.

Simile-a figure of speech that draws a comparison between 2 different things

Warm winds waft the wheatfields of Wimmerawhere wide-eyed waif waits for onewho wanders wordlessly with wisdomWilly Wagtail watches whittlers of woomera

Omagh odemaker opposite outback peers outsideorphic optimist, overpowered, observes Orionorbiting on organised, oiled opera-orisonof own odyssey orange-ochre and oriode

Culminating in a cacophony of cultured clichescountry kid clouts Celt clad in cobaltcanny clues covered by cultural cynicismcalamitous couplets collapse like crippled colt

Metaphor-a figure of speech in which a word is applied as the same.

Calm emotions cause small waves to flow,Anger causes tsunamis to blow.Waves from each emotion,All controlled by me, Ocean.Wondered how waves are formed; now you know.

Hyperbole-a figure of speech in which exaggeration used for effects

Star from the NorthSwept away in oblivion,It’s a mind ride on a unicornNumb ‘neath a naughty nightWhat a spectacle, what a sight. Gazing into the daring darkStars stare in this luring larkSpite of the nebulous stardustA star form the north caught my lust. T’was not the brightest, it did not come forthJust a coy and humble star from the northYet twenty twinkles must have passed byFor it stole the stagy show in the sky. Could have sworn it winked at meI winked; a stale look was all I could seeNot sure it returned my gaze,Guess it’s just a teasing maze.

Symbol- is to give or represent a thing or idea

knock broken tellyhear noise splutteringin flickering jellyaliens are muttering

picture’s squishytalking in mumblestube sounds hissyrumbling grumbles

snowstorm squealinglow bass hummingad’s wheeling-dealingheadache’s drumming

Theme-a topic or discussion of a written composite

burp! bacon-bits bolted at breakfastpanting, preparing for Puffing-Billypaint-puff pretty-pout in pink-pastehuff-puff, hurry up highway-hilly

wow! Winter’s white-washed wondertourists teetering towards train trackugh! utter urbanites, umbrellas underbrrr! brrr ! bent beneath brolleys-black

psst! peep at piously praying peoplechant chanson-chapters in chapel-churchslippery-slide sleet sheers sloping steeplesniff! smoke! shh! silently source search

brrm! BMW barges bracken-fern, brakesbeside bridge-trestle built behind Belgravetoot! toot! tottering, turning-train time takesbye! bystanders bawl at ballyraggers brave

nyah! nyah! nigglers nag, nightfall neareven Emerald-lake’s empty of everyonehoorah! happy homecomers halting herefa-la-la! fabulous, fantastic, frolic-fun

Setting-the place were a narrative or film takes place

Meow meow sang the cat-playing fiddle,Oink oink oink went piggy in the middle,Grrr grrr grrr growled the dancing bear,jumping up and down with his hands in the air.Woof woof woof barked the juggling dog,Croak croak croak croaked the jumping frog,To wit to woo sang the wise owl whocould play the guitar and the banjo too,Tweet tweet tweet went the birds on wing,Tra la la together they did sing,Moo moo moo mooed the big brown cowdancing the jive with the three legged sow,Peep peep peep went the small field mouse,rocking and a rolling, bringing down the house,Cock a doodle do crowed the cockerel loud,Bravo bravo came the chant from the crowd,Bang bang bang went the farmer’s gun,Screaming and a shouting away they run,Ha ha hyena never had such fun

Imagery-the use of figures of speech or vivid description

• Milk,water,boil,bubble.Spoons of coffeepowder,sugar stirred.Egg-yolk and cream are whipped,with the help of a beater.With coffee the mixture is whisked.The coffee sloshes into a mug.Coffee with creamy layer is then slurped.