Summer Poems from Young Writers
I feel so excited to share this blog post. At my recent Story Club, my young writers’s workshop, we connected with summer. Different poetry styles ranging from Haikus to Acrostic conveyed poems from the beautiful to the profound. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!
Haikus
You might recognise the 5–7–5 syllable structure of these beautiful Haikus written by Rachel.
I loved the snapshot of a moment in this wonderful Haiku by Mine:
Mine’s next Haiku conveys a few things to celebrate in summer.
Free Form
These short poems by Dorothy convey more summery moments. I love the stillness in the first one, and the movement in the second. Read the first one aloud, as ‘I’ can become ‘Eye’, giving the poem an interesting twist.
Acrostic
In these Acrostic poems, the first letter of each line spells a word in the vertical direction. Enjoy Amara’s playful poem, with the extra challenge of rhyme.
Mine’s Acrostic poem also plays with the word ‘Summer’.
Concrete Poem
A concrete poem plays with words in different directions to create shapes and images. I love this concrete poem by Rachel. When she read it off her sheet of paper, she moved the paper up and down to do so which created a wave.
In case it’s difficult to read this poem on the screen, I transcribe it here. (It’s much easier to read the poem on paper, by moving the paper around, which results in the wave motion that adds another dimension to the poem).
The roll of destiny, waves will rise and fall, but never-ending sea, let me feel your power. Carry me to the shore and let me reach out my hand and let you answer me.
I’ll end with an Acrostic poem by Rachel with a message for us all.
Thank you and keep shining.
