canopy poetry

Canopy Poetry

Poetry is a fun and creative way to look at the forest canopy.
Following are examples of five different styles of poetry.
Try writing your own poems and send them
to canopy@evergreen.edu.

*Diamante* noun adjective, adjective participle, participle, participle noun, noun, noun, noun participle, participle, participle adjective, adjective noun	Canopy dense, foliose sparkling, dancing, blowing tree, branch, needle, scuzz supporting, protecting, surviving biodiverse, intricate Forest
*Haiku* Five syllables Seven syllables Five syllables	Trees tower above offering a habitat for life in the woods
*Cinquain* The title in two syllables A description of the title in four syllables A description of action in six syllables A description of feeling in eight syllables Another word for a title in two syllables	Tree Vole Mouse of the tree Scurrying from shadows Silently surviving the night red mouse
*Acrostic* The title is presented vertically and each letter of the title is the start of a line describing the title.	Colossal Ancient Never-ending Openness Protecting Yew
*Freestyle* no rules, anything goes	Out of Arms Reach High above arms reach, surpassing the view of one’s eyes, there is a world. A world that we wish to understand, a world that we wish to learn from, a world that will forever hold secrets