You will be writing poems to be submitted to our poetry anthology.  Each student will write a total of FOUR
poems to be submitted.  You should turn in TWO copies of the poem you would like to publish in our anthology.
This should be typed (12 pt. font) in whatever style font you would like.  You may also submit artwork to
accompany your poem.

     This assignment (the four poems, with a copy of one of them) will be due on Wednesday, April 9th.  You must
have at least one literary example:  metaphor, simile, symbol, alliteration, assonance, personification, hyperbole, etc.

     Aside from some of the poetry we will write in class, you may consider the following topics as you write:
1.  Choose a place you have been.  Describe this place in a poem using imagery.
2.  Write a free verse poem about a meaningful experience.
3.  Write a poem about what matters to you most.
4.  Write a poem about an experience using sensory imagery.
5.  Write a poem describing something.  Don't say what you are describing.
6.  Write a poem using similes and metaphors, describing a feeling.
7.  Write a poem on how yellow might smell, a sandwich sounds, or what noise feels like.
8.  Write a poem using personification.  Personify fear, joy, jealousy, fun, time, nature, or death.
9.  Write a poem using symbolism.
10.  Write a poem that tells a story.
11.  Describe your life from the point of view of an item of clothing.  Write a poem about it.
12.  Write about a color.  List all of the images you know regarding that color.
13.  Write a catalog poem--a list poem that lists different ideas.
14.  Choose a person in your family or someone you know well and create a portrait with words.
15.  Write a poem using a symbol to discuss a global or social issue.