It is not always easy to craft poetry using stylistic devices.

Alliteration
Poems from the writers at My Word Wizard do just that.
These poems deploy a technique that use the same consonant at the
beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse. For example "behind
the
tree
the
befuddled
beagle
barked
".
Remember, it is the sound of the letter and not the letter itself that makes a
poem alliterative. So, great and gigantic do not alliterate, but joke
and
giant
do.
We hope you enjoy this delightfully playful collection. And for teachers,
assigning your students to write some of their own can be a great exercise
in language skills

Fast Rabbits
Rabbits running so very fast
In the field of green, green grass.
Sniffing for scents of snack time treats,
Hippity Hopping on their happy bunny feet.
When carrots and other foods are found
The rabbits prance and pounce.

Curious Cats
Curious cats crouch on the window sill
Watching unwaveringly through the glass
As blue birds fly by.
Curious cats are
Almost two headed in a sensitive sense,
Still alert and aware
Of the running, rotten rats behind them.

Rain
Rain races onto the porch
Hitting hard like
Rockets rushing in a race to the glass.
Rattling rain, rattling the window panes.
The droplets dance daintily

Until they cleverly connect in

A pool of promise for a rainbow.

Leaping Lions
Leaping Lions leap after lengthy naps.
They sleepily stretch strong appendages
To prepare properly for the precious hunt.
Young, youthful lions
Gallop gallantly on the grassland plains.
Then they too sleep serenely after strenuous stretching.

The Wonderful Wind

The wonderful wind whistles
Repeated reminders throughout the day
Telling tales of what is coming
Predicting and preparing us to pray.
The wise wind sometimes whispers
The secrets that have been secretly hid.
Poetry by Natasha Niemi

Nature's Chorus

Willows bend to their partners

while the spruces curtsey in response.
Cherry trees form a circle
and the oaks dance just like debutantes
of woodpeckers tapping on their trunks
and squirrels chattering in the boughs.
Listen to the sounds of natures chorus
What fun it does arouse!
Games

Chipmunks chatter and scurry,

Blue jays scream and scold.
Robins talk and gossip

demanding their story to be told.

Squirrels skip and box one another
and rabbits play hop scotch.
The games they play, the sounds they make
Really are top notch.
The Gastronomic Gym

Pasta twirling and spinning,

peas do vertical jumps
mashed potatoes swimming.
meat doing bench press and pumps.
Food has begun to exercise
but its not in any gym.
My brother said its happening
right inside of him.
Poetry by Sharon Hendricks