National Poetry Month
share your poetic creations with us
Celebrate with the eXchange!
Write a Haiku with Adobe Express
Haiku is a form of Japanese poetry made of short, unrhymed lines about nature or life.
Line one 5 syllables
Line two 7 syllables
Line three 5 syllables
Instructions:
- Visit this template: https://adobe.ly/40S2SlD
- Make the design your own by changing the picture and elements.
- Write a haiku!
- Share a downloaded image with us or the link to your graphic on our Padlet below.
Create Book Spine Poetry
Create a Found Poem with Book Spines
Found poems take existing texts and refashion them, reorder them, and present them as poems. The literary equivalent of a collage
Instructions:
- Borrow some books (at least three).
- Stack them in an order that makes sense to you.
- Arrange them so the titles make a poem.
- Take a photo and share it with us on our Padlet below!
Blackout Poetry
Instructions:
Find a newspaper article, a old book page, or a magazine that you feel comfortable repurposing and upcycling. We have a station set up in the eXchange if you'd like some we have prepared for you!
Skim the passage and keep your eye out for that eye-catching word that will guide the theme of your poem.
Go back and circle words or short phrases that might relate to your eye-catching word or phrase. Color in the rest!
Your poem can be made up of single words or phrases. They can be single words or they can be read like a story. It's totally up to you!
Post a picture of your finished poem to our Padlet!
Poem in Your Pocket Day
Stop by the eXchange's poetry station for a poem to keep with you for the day or write your own.
Take a picture of you reading the poem to another person and post to our Padlet!
Join us in celebrating Poem in Your Pocket Day this year on April 28th!