Zachary S

Poetry Project

Zachary Sherman

Table of 2
Contents

Poem Type

Inaugural poem

Abandoned farmhouse poem

Ode

Love that dog inspired

Poem Guide

Inaugural Poem: allusion,allusion,repetition
Abandoned Farmhouse Inspired: repetition
Ode to Kool-Aid: simile,simile,personification
“Love that Dog” Inspired: rhyme, metaphor, simile

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Inauguration Poem 4

Home

Everyday we think of History
Everyday we think of the Freedom

Everyday we think of Home
We graved the past to see the Future

We fear getting older
We are ONE Union needing to stand up

Inauguration poem, continued

That is why our fathers stood up for Freedom
That is why they signed the Declaration

That is why we see the Rockets Red Glare
That is why we see the AMERICAN FLAG

That is why we are HOME!

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Abandoned farmhouse inspired poem 6

Scary Circus
In the old circus
There was a clown
There was an acrobat
There was a magician
Something went wrong there
In the show the magician cut the wire
The acrobat fell
The magician disappeared
The clown got stuck in the funhouse
He couldn’t get out because of the wretched palace of mirrors and fun

Ode To Kool-Aid

Kool-Aid you cool me on a hot day
You heal me on the ski mountain like an
avalanche
Kool-Aid Man you “say oh yeah”
You are so cold when I chug you
You are dyed red for looks and taste
You taste like a sweet savory cherry
You stain my clothes full of sugar like candy
But somehow I still like you
Ode To Kool-Aid

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Poem inspired by Walter Dean Myers 8

Winter

The wind is water
Like the breeze leads to the sea
I tell you the wind is water
You will soon see
It’s like the cold weather upon us
Only let us be

The earth is often cold
The trees begin to sway
I tell you the earth is cold
On a cold winter’s day
As the snow begins to fall
I think I will go and play

Poem by Walter Dean Myers continued

AS the water turns to ice
The kids begin to skate
I tell you the water turns to ice
Dinner is going to be late
I hear the kids scream “goal” as the puck hits the net
Hockey is our fate

As the trees begin to blow
I feel the wind on my skin
I tell as the wind begins to blow
I can sure feel a win
The cold is upon us
It is now ten below.

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