Diamanté poems often include a topic, and the antonym of the topic. The word ‘diamanté’ means diamond in Italian. It was created by a poet in 1969.  The poem is shaped like a diamond. The structure of the poem follows 7 lines. The first few lines of a diamanté is the topic. The first line is a noun (the topic), the second line is two describing words, the third line is 3 things it’s doing. The topic of a diamanté could be many things eg: night/day, fire/water, dark/light and much more. The fourth line is made up of four nouns (the fourth line is divided in half). My example is spring, the first 3 lines would be about spring, the fourth line would be about spring, but only half of it would be about spring. 2 nouns for spring, 2 lines for autumn (my other topic). The next three lines would we about autumn. 5th line is 3 verbs, 6th line is 2 describing words, and the last word would be 1 noun (the other topic word)

My Diamanté was about spring and autumn (I tried to form the word sapling as an acrostic but failed) (if you read my other blog you would know what acrostic poetry is)

Concrete (Shape) poetry must describe an object, person or an animal. The special things about concrete poetry, is that the words of the poem form the shape of the topic in the poem. Concrete poems, doesn’t have to rhyme! They may use punctuation like commas for a list. Using poetic devices would add a nice touch. Concrete poems often use alliteration or similes (or both). To brainstorm an idea for a concrete poem, try thinking of things you like or places you’ve been. Try and use as many describing words as you can. You can even add sentences to your concrete poems!

Here is my one of my concrete poems about cats. You can see it forms

the shape of a cat. I used a reference of my cat, Yuki.

A limerick always includes 5 lines.  In a Limerick, the first, second and last line have to rhyme. Where the 3rd and 4th lines also have to  rhyme. Limericks have a rhythm, which is called the rhyme scheme. The rhyme scene goes like this: AABBA. Limericks are bouncy and fun, they might be about a silly character or a silly situation. If you want, you can add poetic devices. If you wrote a limerick make sure to add punctuation. A limerick makes people smile and laugh. Limericks were included especially in the Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes (publishes in 1791).
Here are my poems

The mischievous kitten midnight

Jumped up in the air and took full flight

but she began to fall

and spotted a shiny red ball

she ran away and hid, not putting up a fight.

How To Write An Acrostic Poem
There are 5 different types of acrostic poems, the golden shovel, abecedarian, telestich, double acrostic and the mesotic poem. An acrostic poem is made by using a word and flipping it vertically and each letter has a phrase. Some acrostic poems do this on the end or on the start and end or in the middle. Acrostic poems can rhyme and rhyming gives a good rhythm. To make a acrostic poem good you need to use descriptive words to give the reader an image in their head.

Here is my poem:
Flashing, Fizzing, and Fading away in the clear night

Illuminating and filling up the air with bright light

Roaring and soaring into the dark, mysterious, endless clouds

Excitement ripping through the amazed crowds

Wondrous, precious thoughts floating away, made to disappear

Outstanding colours painting the atmosphere

Radiant lights create a wonderful scene

Kaleidoscopic booms in the sky, leaving a wonderful sheen

Spectacular sparks to soar into the murky unknown

How to write a cinquain poem.

A cinquain poem (pronounced “sin- cane”) was created by an American Poet in 1911 called Adelaide Crapsey. To write a cinquain, you must follow these steps. A Didactic cinquain poem starts off by choosing your topic word. The next line has two adjectives that describe the topic sentence. After the second line you find 3 words that are verbs that show action (most of the words end in “ing”) The second – to last line has 4 words that show emotion about the subject of the poem. It may be individual words or a sentence/phrase. The 5th and final line is a synonym of the first line or a very similar word that describes the first word. If you want to make your cinquain more complex, you can add synonyms to your poem. The first line 2 synonyms, the second 4, the third 6, the fourth 8 and the final line 2 synonyms . Here are a picture of my cinquains