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= = = = = = = = =**//Where the Lilies Bloom//– Original Poetry**=

Choose two of the following types of poems. Follow the instructions for the poems you choose to create two original poems for //Where the Lilies Bloom//. Post the two poems on your wiki page with images that relate to the subjects of your poems.

1. Extended Metaphor
1 __ State your comparison 2 __

__ Describe your object with three alliterative -ing words 3 __

Tell what happens or how you feel

**Extended Metaphor Example:**
**Autumn leaves are multi-colored gliders**
 * floating, flying, fainting.**
 * They dance on clouds and fall gently to earth.**

2. Cinquain
1 __ a noun that tells what your poem is about 2 __

__ two adjectives that describe your subject 3 __

__ three sounds relating to your subject (onomatopoeia) 4 __

a phrase that tells more about your subject 5 __ a synonym for your subject __

**Cinquain Example:**
__ **Mountains**
 * Majestic and beautiful**
 * Swish, gurgle, chirp**
 * Living and non-living harmonize**
 * Precipice** __

3. Humorous Clerihew
__ 1 __

Describe a character with two adjectives; end the line with the name (A) 2 __ Another line about the character that rhymes with the first line (A) 3 __

Create another line about the character with a new end rhyme (B) 4

End the poem about your character rhyming with line 3 (B)

**Clerihew Example:**

 * Brave and bold is our friend Ben.**
 * He’s going overseas; we don’t we don’t know when.**
 * We’ll see him off with many tears.**
 * We hope he’s not away for years.**

4. Rhyming Quatrains
Use any rhyme scheme you choose to write a love poem from Kiser to Devola, an epitaph for Roy Luther, or a curse on Kiser by Mary Call. Your poem must contain four to eight lines of similar length.