Poetry

Photograph

By: Lauren Harbich

Summer’s warmth had kissed our skin,

Our noses pink, freckles descending to the chin.

The breeze had soothingly blown the air,

What a striking sight; a day so fair.

At the water’s edge we smiled with glee,

You held me in your arms so young and carefree.

The sun setting behind us, glowed in the sky,

And the sailboat in the water had caught my eye.

The sky was orange. Purple and pink.

Clouds laced the horizon, we couldn’t blink.

The songs of the gulls lingered in our minds,

A vacation to remember, for all our time.

The smell of summer, so warm and sweet.

The salty ocean water coated our feet.

Taking a snapshot in the middle of the sea.

Jet-skiing, what a thrill. Racing, you against me.

To treasure this moment, and store it in our minds

We took this photograph, a memory for all time.

Vocabulary:

Descending – [verb]     To go or pass from a higher to a lower place.

Fair – [adjective]         Pleasing in appearance, attractive. 

Glee – [noun]              Happiness, pleasure.

Laced – [verb]             To mark or streak with color.

Horizon – [noun]        The line or circle that forms the apparent

                                   boundary between earth and sky.

Lingered – [verb]       To remain in the same place for longer than

                                   is expected.

Vocabulary Exercise:

Unscramble the following words:

Gilenerd –

Lege –

Gincedsen – 

Ifra –

Aldec –

Zirhoen –

Now use the unscrambled words to help you with the word search

F S U U Q G X S L N M E V I J 

P I Q D M I Y P L T Z S O D U 

L I N G E R E D V A V U X V O 

H I Y H L F R R Z Z Z B D V Z 

Y C B U A X A A Y Q S V I L X 

R Q D Y C G D F J G R I A F M 

J Y Y L E L E D N O J A I C O 

Z U X G D B I I P E I O Z W V 

K H L U C Q D Q E U I S U P B 

D E O X H N B I A Y E U O Y U 

E I W R E Q C Q P S G F C R D 

J G L C I I P M J C C Z J W P 

G N S W N Z W P Z G N E Y T G 

R E R H Z Y O X P E Y D H C Q 

D V E W G P K N A R Z H G H K

Grammar Point:

• Poetry helps us express ourselves.
• In the above poem, I use poetry to describe a photograph.
• The use of adjectives, adverbs, verbs and nouns all work together to create a story and description.
• Using your own ideas, create a poem about a photograph significant to you.
• HINT: Use as many adjectives as possible. Remember...they help to describe your writing and add "color" to your image!

Links:

Below you can visit two websites to learn more about poetry and see different kinds of writing prompts to help you get started.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/poetry/index.htm

http://www.abcteach.com/directory/basics/writing/writing_prompts/#5312