Poetry Collection

Desert

Contrasting diamante, desert/ oasis

Desert
Arid, barren
Burning, searing, drying
Sun beating, water springing
Giving, creating, growing
Verdant, lush
Oasis

Contrasting Diamante poem.
A Diamante is a seven-lined poem set up in a diamond shape. Poem should be centered. There are 16 words in the entire poem.

The words are distributed as 1, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, 1 but each word must follow the correct form seen below.

Line 1 - Noun or subject
Line 2 - Two Adjectives describing the first noun/subject
Line 3 - Three -ing words describing the first noun/subject
Line 4 - Four words: two about the first noun/subject, two about the antonym
Line 5 - Three -ing words about the antonym
Line 6 - Two adjectives describing the antonym
Line 7 – Antonym of noun/ subject

October 7, 2011
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