30 Days of Poetry - Day 17
Month Metaphors:
You can use a metaphor as a springboard to write a Month Metaphor poem. The format is the same as when you did WRITING ABOUT WEATHER.
DIRECTIONS:
1. Choose a month -- or a season -- and
picture how it would arrive if it were a person OR an animal.
The list of MOTION WORDS below may help you, or you may
use another word to show how the month or season arrives.
2. Add a few words to make the picture seem more complete. Tell how OR where it arrives. Use adverb or prepositional phrases. If you wish, use a THESAURUS to find synonyms to replace overworked words.
3. Tell something else the month or season does while it is here.
4. Tell how the month or season leaves.
NOTE: be sure you keep the same comparison (metaphor) throughout the poem. Don't change to a different picture.
| march stagger skip prance float tiptoe gallop hop limp hobble canter |
wobble sneak zoom tramp dance shuffle scurry spring glide flutter lurch |
creep stumble trot totter strut skate slide leap slink skulk crawl |
steal bound bounce dart lope trudge plod advance drag slip saunter |
Student Examples:
JULY trudges
right in
with a bang.
It crawls around
on the hot ground,
leaps around
spreading warmth,
then glides right
out of the way.
---Tierra Jones (Grade 10)
SEPTEMBER
creeps in quietly
and unnoticed.
It just sits there
waiting,
watching for something
to happen.
Then, just a quickly
as before,
it creeps back out.
---Elia Miller (Grade 9)
NOVEMBER
slides in
on clouds of snow
and rain.
It blows away
the warmth,
and sneaks in
the cold,
then drags away.
---Liz Webster (Grade 9)
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