Lines from the Mind

Sweat trickles, sticky shirt Hot air sears nostrils, Shimmering fried yellow hills in distance, Cicadas, a thousand chirps pressing in, Relief, cool ice-water laughs down my throat. Form I followed here: Line 1: Touch - Feel Line 2: Smell Line 3: See Line 4: Hear Line 5: Taste Success Criteria: Have followed the form but shown an ability to vary with intention as needed. Place in the poem strong thoughts about the topic Creating not just a random set of lines but using craft. I have correctly punctuated with complex sentences with comma/s. I have improved vocabulary by utilising a thesaurus. I can use and credit Creative Commons images. Images Credit: 5 Senses from Wikipedia , Summer adapted from Pixabay

Using the Extreme Poetry Resource, exemplar and the extension activity .. here is a poem you could create. WALT: To create a poem that captures a personal experience or topic in a summary form. Criteria: To write strongly and communicate. To use Thesaurus and Research to extend vocabulary choices and make sure every word is “precious” To collaborate with a partner to produce a shared experience by creating poems that impact readers. To understand and use alliteration and forms of grammar.

Remembered instants heartbeats of significance, recognition and recall memories shared, thoughts painted in our relationship capturing the moments: we laughed together, paused together, dreamed together, looked at life together through time's eye. These memories make us fully human, alive to the best and worst of who we are. Even as we remember do the memories change? Elusive wisps of clouds morphing into different colours and shapes, changing our thoughts feelings of treasured minutes or painful pasts. Credits: Image from: Pixabay.com Ideas from: http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/memories http://www.human-memory.net/ http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-our-brains-make-memories-14466850/?no-ist WALT:   To create a poem that captures what memories mean to people so your readers feel your emotion and thinking. Success Criteria:  The words we pick fit together  The ideas work together line by line  To use punctuation to enhan

Faleva houses dappled paint skin buried in bush pockets friends for twenty years leaning drunkenly, shoulders rubbing, rubbish skipping happily past, Mates sheltering the disenfranchised home for the poor, erratic power toxic water. Trapped in the corner surrounded by politics and rich people power decisions. The bulldozer chuckles forward teeth glinting Scars rusty flexing bully muscles, Carving swathes of pain through the falvela, Crushing hopes nightmares breaking bones. Either take our money and run or pay the price, of our batons riot police advancing, Pay the price of our Olympic dreams.

In grit of life, There are moments unwatched by others, small heroisms unseen, thoughtful touches, an honest thought, a definite decision to truth-give. Courage's genesis a straightforward heart, Strength of, "No" Power of, "Yes" No guilt, just assurance, Not other's images just yourself, Your public face mirroring private skin, character beauty unfading. In calamity integrity tested, In fear integrity trialled. Not slaves to ordinary, walk, stand tall - integrity.

WALT To communicate a thought in a few carefully chosen words. Success Criteria: Build pictures in your reader’s mind Communicate emotions Cut the small words Click below for my haiku !