pop bang hop fang. The fourth verse has only two lines, which rhyme with ... Bis a brave chancer. Cis great at crying. D
You Are A Poet
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First of all, let’s warm up your imagination. Can you imagine yourself as a poet?
What would you wear? Where would you write? Do you have a special notebook and pen?
Use this space to draw yourself as a poet.
Rhyme Does poetry have to rhyme? Certainly not! But rhyming is fun – read on to make it easy… Start by thinking of a word that you want to rhyme, for example ‘night’. Now think of all the words that sound like ‘night’:
WHITE
KITE LIGHT
BITE FRIGHT
SIGHT
Now make sentences that end with those words...
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FIGHT
Simple Sonnets If you love rhyme, sonnets are the poetic form for you! A sonnet is 14 lines of rhyming
poetry. Each sonnet is made up of four verses, and each verse has lines that rhyme. Below are some rhyming words to get you going: can you fill in the blanks?
There is a monster that lurks in the sea
he has a problem you never could guess, a problem that is hard to conceive
he has grown far too big for his dress.
The first verse has four lines:
1 stare 2 bright 3 care 4 light
Notice how the 1st line rhymes with the 3rd line, and the 2nd line rhymes with the 4th line.
His skirts are much smaller than before his leggings, are much tighter still
he wriggles and writhes on the seabed shore he’s tugging and pulling with all of his skill.
He misses the tassels of his flowery robe and the pink of his ripped-denim Levi’s
he needs a brand new monster wardrobe but none of the shops do monster size.
The second verse also has four lines:
5 head 6 me 7 bed 8 tree
The third verse has four lines as well:
9 bang 10 hop 11 fang 12 pop
The fourth verse has only two lines, which Many at sea have had a great big scare
of a humongous monster with nothing to wear.
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rhyme with each other:
13 14 complete treat
You Are A Poet
In case you didn’t notice, an abecedarius poem is based on the order of the alphabet! They can be written on any theme: the poem below is based on the possible ‘characters’ of each letter in the alphabet. Can you finish it off?
A likes to act B is a brave chancer C is great at crying D is a hip hop dancer E F G H I J K L M Want an extra challenge? Try to make every other line rhyme.
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N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Meet the author and the illustrator of this book! Joseph Coelho
If you want to become a poet just like Joe, keep up your
poetry practice! Try finding inspiration in everyday things,
and inventing random rhymes and silly sonnets in your head on the way to school.
A poem can be about anything, and sometimes it’s easier to write about something that’s important to you, or that you really love.
Find more resources from Joe on his website – every little helps and if you keep writing and rhyming you could find yourself in his shoes one day! NOT literally …
For more resources go to www.thepoetryofjosephcoelho.com
Matt Robertson If Matt’s amazing drawings in this book have inspired you, or if you already find yourself doodling daily when you’re not striiiiictly supposed to, you might decide to become an illustrator just like Matt one day. Try coming up with doodles for the poems this pack has helped you to write, or even tracing some of Matt’s drawings or trying to copy his brilliant characters from the book. Every illustrator has their own style, but sometimes it helps to have a place to start! For more information on illustrating, go to www.matttheillustrator.com
