this poetry anthology is dedicated to my friends, thank you for always standing by me.

Table of Cotents

I Am Poem

Bio Poem

Re-Creation Poem

Stylistic Poem

Definition Poem

Limerick Poem

Ode Poem

Found Poem

Choral Poem

Favorite Poem

Who Am I

1. I am an artist
2. I wonder about the future
3. I hear music in my ears
4. I see stars in the sky
5. I want acceptance
6. I am strong
7. I pretend that I don't care
8. I feel strong
9. I worry what is to come next
10. I cry when I get hurt

1. I am as vast the ocean
2. I understand things aren't always going to go the way you want
3. I say you can do whatever you set your mind to
4. I dream of a good future
5. I try to not be a leader or a follower
6. I hope for my style to show through
7. I am like a fire blazing in the night

Response:

This poem is about me explaining myself. It talks about how how I am an artist. I also talk about how I like music. The poetic devices I used are were Onomatopoeia and Personification.

1. Rebecca Towle
2. Rebecca
3. Creative, caring, unsure, awesome
4. Friend of Freya
5. Lover of food, video games, art
6. Who feels happy, hopeful, annoyed
7. Who needs love, acceptance, candy
8. Who gives joy, laughter, creativity
9. Who fears losing loved ones, deep water, being hated
10. Who would like to see art, cartoons, animations
11. Resident of Santee, CA
12. Towle

Response:

This poem talks about me, and who i am. The poetic devices i used are, Rhyme, and Onomatopoeia.

Thrill of the hunt

1. On September first
2. The gunshots start
3. On September first
4. They have to run
5. On September first
6. They have to hide
7. On September first
8. Blood pouring out of the wound
9. On September first
10. Bullets spraying through the woods
11. On September first
12. Stinging like fire
13. On September first

1. Blood falling like rain
2. On September first
3. Sounds of shots echoing in the wind
4. On September first
5. Stamina running low
6. On September first
7. This might be their last day

Words are from Gary Soto’s poem “Oranges

Response:

This poem is about a pack of wolves traveling. They are being chased by some hunters. The poetic devices i used are, Onomatopoeia and Repitition.

Black Widow

1. Fear: [Fear] noun, plural fears
2. an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous
3. Like spiders crawling down your back
4. Like nails on a chalkboard
5. Wind hissing through the trees
6. Webs breaking in the strong wind
7. Waiting fangs ready to strike
8. Bite that can kill
9. Like a pool black and never ending
10. With a fire burning bright as the sun waiting to consume you

Response:

This poem is about defining the word fear. It describes spiders and other things that people fear. The poetic devices I used are, Presonification.

Spring

Will today be your lucky day

Let us go outside and play

Down comes the rain

Like bullets it brings pain

Watch out your skin is as thin as clay

Response:

This poem is about spring. the poetic devices i used are Onomatopoeia and rhyme. the pattern i used is aa bb a.

Fire

1. O,fire
2. You fill the world with your heat
3. Your light is as bright as the sun
4. You fill the sky with clouds of smoke
5. Burning whatever comes in your path
6. Walls of flame clawing at the door
7. You bring no escape
8. The scorching heat
9. Filling our lungs with ash
10. O, fire you are destruction

Response:

Inis poem is about fire and how it can destroy. I took inspiration from BASTILLE´s song THINGS WE LOST IN THE FIRE . The poetic devices i used are rhyme and personification.

Don´t Drown

1. Air conditioner purrs
2. Cold air in the room
3. Morning dew on the glass
4. Heartbeats fly
5. Doves rise
6. Cold air
7. Blood slowly spreading
8. Water in her lungs
9. Crows fly
10. Silence

Words from the novel The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger