Write Your Own PoemNew Hampshire’s beautiful landscape is an inspiration to many poets. Writing poems is not easy, but if you follow our instructions, you too can compose a poem!

Instructions1. Use each word from the appropriate category only once in your poem.2. Don’t pick words randomly. Choose each word that makes most sense for that sentence. 3. The last word of the first line will rhyme with the last word of the second line, the third line with the fourth and so on.4. Cross out the words that you’ve already used to help you along the way.

It was a cold ___________ on the cog ______________ . “I want to measure the __________ speed,” Sam started to _______. But then all we could see was the blue blur of the ______, And _______leaves on the____ were as _______ as a ______.

Portsmouth was next, we both had to__________. The lighthouse stood tall, guiding _________ out at ______. We went to a toy museum and saw lots of old __________, And heard the watery roar of the Sabbaday Falls. We tried to see everything, but sometimes that’s _______, From mountains and hikes to boats in the Portsmouth ________. “Hey, Sam,” I said. “I’m getting in my sweet-tooth________. “All this sight-seeing has me hungry for _____.” I didn’t have to prod.

Sam agreed with a nod: “I’m ready for a tasty dish!”

So for me it was cake, and for Sam, some wild-caught_______.

Nouns represent places, people and things. Use these nouns in your poem:

• railway • pie• food • wind • morning • sky • fish • trees • shipyard • ships• sea • dolls • mood

Verbs are action words. Use these verbs in your poem:

• say • agree

Adjectives are descriptive words. Use these adjectives in your poem:

• red • pretty

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