Friday, April 18, 2008

Poetry: painting with words

poetry is painting
colourful words
creating pictures
in readers' minds.


QUESTIONS:
What does this poem make you think about? Do you like reading poems? Do you like writing poems? Where do you encounter poetry in your life?
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24 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm not a big poetry fan like a lot of people. I sort of enjoy reading good poems but I don't really like writing poems. The poem makes me think of art since you sometimes use colors when you are painting something.

Momin

Anonymous said...

This poem made me think about someone who's all alone and
depressed.
I love poems because there's so many different kinds.There are rhyming poems, acrostic,haiku and many more.
I also enjoy writing poems because I can express my feelings and make them sound interesting.
Adam

Anonymous said...

It makes me think that poetry is always in a positive mood and that a negative poem would just ruin it. Also I like reading poems when they are about topics I like and the types of poems I am used to reading. I really do not like writing poems because it is hard to remember all the different types of poems. I would probaly encounter poems in high school so I could get a easy mark and pass.

Mohammad

Anonymous said...

It makes me think about colour!Also paint and painting.I don't like reading poems.I don't like reading poems or writing them.I encounter poems in books.Also with
people.
Thiviyan

Anonymous said...

It makes me think about how much this poet loves poetry,to explain it in such small words. I like reading poems because I can understand the poets feelings, but it seemes far more interesting. I also like writing poems because I can let out my thoughts with it being obvious that im letting my thoughts out. I mostly encounter poetry when I'm at the book store because there diffeerent varieties of books there and I sometimes encounter those books.

Anonymous said...

This makes me think of art. It makes me think that poetry is art and Art is differnt for each person. Personnally I don't like writing poetry but I do like art. I guess I'm suppost to like art but I personally Don't like it. I encounter it in books and magazines. Have poetry books and adds with poetry.

Andy#0

Anonymous said...

This poem makes me think about how creative the writer is. I don't like reading poems unless if it's funny. I like to write poems that ryme and are funny. I could encounter poems in library's in stories that talk about a book with poems and in maybe plays.

Christopher

Anonymous said...

It makes me think abouthow the poet wrote this poem and what made him write about it.I like reading poems because they mmake me think about how the poems relate to my life and how I behave in my life.I myself don't like writing poems because I don't know what to write most of the time.I encounter poetry in my life when i'm on the internet when I look for songs.

Anonymous said...

This poem makes me think about a rainbow that can talk to people.Also I think about reading a book and when there's descriptive words I can see the picture in my mind.For example if I read about a cat that has four legs and that has fierce black hair thats imaginable.I like reading peoms on sports and nature.I encounter peotry in books,highschool,computer etc. SpIrOoO!

Anonymous said...

Poems makes me think about shocking moments like war . There is thousands of poems that is about war , for example Flander's Field . I do not like reading poems because they're usually short . Poems may sound good but sometimes it is really hard to make sense of . I did some poem writing when I was in grade 5 . I didn't really enjoy it but it is easy to write one but hard to write a good one . I encounter poetry all the time . In novels , movies and even video games . But mostly in school , I learned about poetry last year .

David

Anonymous said...

This poem makes me think of arts. It talks about creativity and colors. Poems can always get an image into the readers mind which is what I like about poetry. I have made a lot of poems for all sorts of occasions including trips. It is fun and really gets you thinking. Peoms can read one thing but have a whole different meaning.

Rahul

Anonymous said...

I think the poem is way too short, the colourful texts did little to improve the poem. I hate reading poems, poems never touch me. I don't like writing poems because it takes a lot of time and usually you don't come up with something that great. I find other genres way more interesting. I encounter poetry in songs and in books but I usually skip it. I don't like poetry.

Christina

Anonymous said...

This poem really describes how poetry is like. It tells you that whenever you read a poem, it has detailed words and as you read those words, you make pictures in your head about it and you visualize it. For me, I like writing poems about different seasons like spring. It makes me think about what happens in different seasons as they go by. You can find poetry in songs and sometimes, you can also find them in books. Poetry is like something that you can use to describe your life. Instead of sentences, you use rymes and other descriptive words to describe whats happening.

Lillian

Anonymous said...

This poem desribes and tells you that poetry is everywhere, because it tells you that you can read a poem or you can write a poem too. Sometimes I see poetry on news papers, some on books, and some on some person's site. Also when a person reads a peom it's detailed with all the descriptions, like you can imagin it in you head and sometimes you can feel it if you try really really really really really really hard.

sarina

Anonymous said...

It make me think about art.I don't really like to read pomes.I did wrote a poem before but not much.In my life I need to study poems in language.

Vicky

Anonymous said...

This poem makes me think that poetry is not only words but it has a deeper meaning than the words that rhyme itself .When we read poems we have to come by a meaning,and to find a meaning it must make you think of somethng.I encounter poems when I feel upset or happy,but ususaly poems are to express your feelings or to let your inner soul get out.Its kinda like art if you know what I mean.

Rachel

Anonymous said...

This poem makes me think about colours and colourful things like flowers.I like reading and writing peoms sometimes. I like writing rhyming poems. When ever I go to my grandma's house she makes me write 2 to 3 poems , at school I hear or write poems and sometimes I hear poems on the radio.
Mahnoor

Anonymous said...

This poem makes me think about a rainbow and it is colorful. This poem makes me fell like im in art class. I dont't love reading poems ,but they are ok to read if i have to. I like writing poems because you can express your feellings. I have seen or heard potery befour outside when I was down town.

joshua.bowers

Anonymous said...

It really make me think about my colourfull T-shirt my mom maked for me.I did like to write and read poems before I came to Canada, when I get to Canada I find out English poems is really heard to write so I stop writing it.I need poems when is language time.I didn't find a good poem to tipe on so it's the end!

YiLin Y

Anonymous said...

The painting with words poem makes me think about what picture could come in my mind if I read this poem because it talks about almost all poems. It also makes me think about what other people think about when they read this poem because people have different thoughts. I like to read poems because they are usally mean something. I like poems because they are relaxing. I encounter poems when I read a book, sometimes on a internet and sometimes when people are talking
Caroline

Anonymous said...

This poem makes me think about words that each letter is a different colour and that there is a picture with labels on each drawing. The word colourful makes me think of the words and the word picture makes me think of a painting that is labeld with colourful words.I like to read poems because they are creative and some poems are what the auther is thinking or feeling. Sometimes I like writing poems when I feel like it or when I'm bored I just start saying words and finding rhymes. I can also just make rhymes of the top of my head. If your at school you need to learn about poetry, or if you become a singer or a pop star,also just for pleasure when your bored. When your an adult you might start to lke poetry and you buy books of poetry and just read.

Dea

Anonymous said...

This poem makes me think about different colours like a rainbow it also makes me think about how the writer of the poem must of felt when they wrote the poem.Poems are ok but they're not my favourite thing to read.Poems are somrtimes hard to write but sometimes they can be fun.I guess a poem is almost like a diary you can express your feelings like you would in a diary.

Britney

Anonymous said...

This poem made me think about rainbows,paint and art.I don't like readings poems if I have to read a poem I will.I don't like write because it is so hard to write.

Jay

Anonymous said...

This poem makes me think about a painting with different colours splatered all over it.It's almost like someone played paintball and only splatered paintballs on the paper. I usually like reading poems if they rhyme because it's more fun whene poems rhyme and not just say boring worlds that don't rhyme. In my life I will probobly encounter poems at school whene our writing unit is poetry and if you become a singr or a poet you will have to write poems or song that sometimes rhyme. Also when you are a child you usualy read books with rhyming poems.
Evelyn