Day 16 - Writing About The Weather
Possibly the most famous poem about weather is Carl Sandburg's Fog. You can write about a force in nature in the style of Sandburg by following the formula below or create one of your own.
Fog
BY CARL SANDBURG
THE fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.
Directions: Write a poem about the weather. You can either follow Carl Sandburg's form or have fun creating one of your own!
Title: Form of Nature chosen
Line #1: Title + (how it arrives or begins as the animal would arrive)
Line #2: Tell what it does
Line #3: And how it does it
Line #4: And where it is
Line #5: Tell how it leaves (as the animal would leave)
Student Example:
THUNDER
Thunder comes in loud
Like the majestic roar of a lion.
It answers the call
Of lightening
By striking fear into people.
Away, somewhere in the sky,
Somewhere in the unknown,
An unknown voice,
And then leaves without a trace
Of its existence
Except in peoples' stories.
---Emma Thompson (Grade 8)
Fog
BY CARL SANDBURG
THE fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.
Directions: Write a poem about the weather. You can either follow Carl Sandburg's form or have fun creating one of your own!
Title: Form of Nature chosen
Line #1: Title + (how it arrives or begins as the animal would arrive)
Line #2: Tell what it does
Line #3: And how it does it
Line #4: And where it is
Line #5: Tell how it leaves (as the animal would leave)
Student Example:
THUNDER
Thunder comes in loud
Like the majestic roar of a lion.
It answers the call
Of lightening
By striking fear into people.
Away, somewhere in the sky,
Somewhere in the unknown,
An unknown voice,
And then leaves without a trace
Of its existence
Except in peoples' stories.
---Emma Thompson (Grade 8)
