Poetry Unit

This week, members have been busy in the Education Center working on their homework and literacy stations.  This week's theme was poetry. Members anaylzed haiku and limerick poems and once they completed this, they created some poems of their own.  Here are some Boys and Girls Club poetry produced in the Education Center.

Haiku Poems by Members

A traditional Japanese haiku is a three line poem with seventeen syllables, written in a 5/7/5 syllable count.  These poems usually speak about nature.  In the Education Center, members chose the theme spring.  Below are their published creations:

Kendale

Spring is fun

Kendale likes to play baseball

Spring has trees to climb

Haji

Beautiful flowers

Springtime is the best ever

Better than ever

Lanajia

Lanajia loves spring

Lanajia is good at sports

Lanajia loves rain

Takari

Spring is really nice

I like to play in the rain

Spring has raindrops too.

Limerick Poems by Members

A limerick is a short, silly poem.  Limericks are five lines long and follow a specific pattern.  Lines 1, 2 and 5 rhyme and have 8, 9 and 10 syllables.  Lines 3 and 4 rhyme and have 5, 6 or 7 syllables.  Beow you will find members' published limericks:

Dennis

There once was a boy named Dennis

He liked to play a lot of tennis

He likes to learn

He likes to twist and turn

He knows he is not a menace

Coretta

There once was a very fat cat

He also had an awesome hat

He was friends with a dog

They hung out by the log

Then they dined with the rats

Takari

There once was a boy named Takari

He had a friend named Ja'mari

He went to the fair

And played truth or dare

In the end they had to say sorry