The glistening stream

Alters its song as the warm

Light of the moon shines

Recently in Humanities we have been learning about poetry and how to write it. So far we have learned about 2 different types of poems. One of them is a Haiku which is what my poem is. Haiku poems have 5 syllables in the first line 7 in the second and 5 again in the third. The other is a Cinquain, we learned three different types of Cinquains. The first type had one word in the first and adding one word each line until you get to the 5th line then you do one again. In the second type…. Line 1: 1 noun, Line 2: 2 adjectives, Line 3: 3 -ing words, Line 4: 1 phrase, and Line 5: Another word for the noun. The third type you started with 2 syllables and adding 2 more each time until you get to line five where you are back to 2.  l started with my own prompt. Most Haiku poems are about nature and my prompt was the beginning of night and how everything changes. After I came up with my prompt I started writing. At first it was all about the moon but then I wanted to show how things change when the moon comes up. I really liked the way I used line breaks in this poem and the way I showed transition. I am really proud of this piece and hope to write more like this.