30 Days of Poetry - Day 15

Emotions and Actions:

Sometimes it is hard to put your emotions and feelings on paper.  The following patterns for poems are designed to allow you to get used to putting your emotions into writing.

Line #1:  What if ____________________________
Line #2:  I might ____________________________
(leave a space between lines 2 & 3)
Line #3:  What if ____________________________
Line #4:  I could _____________________________
(leave a space between lines 4 & 5)
Line #5:  What if ____________________________
Line #6:  I would_____________________________
(leave a space between lines 6 & 7)
Line #7:  Ask a question.

Line #1:  When I _____________________________ (describe an action)
Line #2:  ____________________________________ (describe where action takes place)
Line #3:  (Write 2 to 3 words that describe how you feel)
Line #4:  I wish I could_________________________ (describe an action)
Line #5:  (Tell the reason why)

Title:  EMOTION
Line #1:  I ____________________________ (describe what you did to show how you were feeling)
Line #2:  (Write 3 words that describe how you felt)
Line #3:  (Make a statement or ask a question with regard to what is written in the first two lines)

Line #1:  If I could be ___________________________________
Line #2:  I'd ___________________________________________ (describe what you would do)
Line #3:  ______________________________________________ (describe how you would do it)
Line #4:  ______________________________________________ (describe where you would do it)
Line #5:  (Exclamation that shows how you would feel)

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