Diamante Poems

     This week's new post is writing diamante poems. Allow me to explain to you a little bit about diamante poems. A diamante poem is a diamond shaped poem.

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     In the previous writing class, we brainstormed our topic, and which words we will use for our two diamante poems. There is a synonym diamante poem and an antonym diamante poem. We will write both kinds poems.

Synonym Diamante Poem: 

                                                               Fan

Pleasant, Fabulous

Spinning, Cooling, Rotating

Paper, Plastic, Wood, Steel

Breezing, Turning, Whirling

Cold, Frigid

Ice

(Just in case, the nouns I used in this poem- paper, plastic, wood, and steel-are materials that a fan is made of)

Antonym Diamante Poem:

Summer

Hot, Sunny

Sizzling, boiling, scorching

Season, Ice-Cream, Beach, Watermelon

Snow-Fighting, Skiing, Snowing

Icy, Teeth-Cattery

Winter

     Writing a diamante poem is reminded me of this picture. 

If you see closely, you can see that the picture is made of thousands of words. In fact, these words are from the original book of Alice in Wonderland. Diamante poem made me recall this picture and I could think about the connection between the words and pictures- how words can become pictures. I hope to have a chance to write another diamante poem in the future.