30 Days of Poetry - Day 2

Synonym Poetry*:

Choose any word.  Write that word in capital letters on the first line.  In a thesaurus (you can link the the WWWebster(TM) Dictionary based on Merriam-Webster's Collegiate(R) Dictionary, Tenth Edition by clicking here) look up the word and find three to five synonyms for it.  Write the synonyms on the second line.  One the third line, write a descriptive phrase about the word.  The last two lines of the poem should rhyme.

Student Examples:

LOVE
Attachment, adoration, warmth, adore
Love is so pure, right down to the core.
---Kimiko Brantley (Grade 10)

NOISE
Clamor, uproar, hullabaloo.
These things can really annoy you.
---Shasta Inman (Grade 9)

*The Synonyms were suggested by Paul Janezco in workshops sponsored by NNWP.

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