Here are some of my Alphabet Poems I have given students as examples for their poetry.
FLORIDA
Alligators are the state reptile
Beautiful beaches are everywhere
Cape Canaveral is where you find the Kennedy Space
Center
Delightful climate any time of year
Everglades most beautiful untouched area
Fort Castillo de San Marcos is one of the oldest forts
in Florida
Gulf of Mexico has calmer waters
History is Everywhere
Ibis a bird with a long hooked beak
Jacksonville has ten state and national parks
Key West is the southernmost part of Florida
Lake Okeechobee is known as the river of grass
Magic is found at Disney’s Magic Kingdom
Native Americans from Florida are the Seminoles
Orange juice is the state beverage
Panthers are the state animal
Quiet can be found all over Florida
Rest by one of the many rivers then visit
Saint Augustine the oldest city in Florida
Tourism is our main income
Unique attractions can be found here
Variety of birds and other animals
Weather and wildlife bring back visitors
Xeriscaping is the best way to landscape and save water
Year round growing season
Zebra Longwings are the state butterfly
Writing
Attitued is everything
Begin with an idea
Create Your own world
Dialogue with Characters
Edit, Edit, Edit
Find your voice
Gather it all together
Hook your readers
Inspire through imagination
Journal daily
Keep writing
Laugh often
Magic through motivation
Negativity has no place
Observe everything
Plan and pace yourself.
Quality over quantity.
Read and revise
Set the tone
Themes are universal
Understand your dreams
Vary your style
What-ifs give you ideas.
Xerox copies
You will mark up
Zoom off to another story
Trees
Amazingly beautiful
Crooked, different
Enchanting forests
Gracing homes
Immense jewels
Knotty leafy
Majestic nature
Offering peaceful, quiet,
Remarkable steadfast
Towering unique
Vibrant Woods
Xylology
Yielding
Zantewood
Unique Animals
Aye-Ayes are mammals that use echolocation.
Borneo Rainbow Toads are very colorful.
Cassowary is a large flightless bird that can’t fly, but runs thirty miles per hour.
Dumbo Octopi has fins that look like Dumbo’s ears.
Echidna is an egg-laying mammal that looks like a hedgehog.
Fossa are filled neck lizards.
Glasswing butterflies have clear see through wings.
Hooded seals have inflatable skull hoods and nasal balloons.
Indri is a type of lemur found in Madagascar.
Japanese Macque is a medium sized monkey found in Japan.
Kakapos never fly but hike miles through hilly forests.
Leafy Sea-Dragons have leaf like appendages used for camouflage.
Mantis Shrimp have some of the most powerful claws.
Numbats are pouchless marsupials that eat termites.
Okapis are related to giraffes and have zebra like stripes on their behind.
Pikas look like rodents but are related to rabbits.
Quokkas make runways through tall grasses.
Red-lipped batfish are known for their bright red lips.
Sunda flying lemurs glide as it leaps from tree to tree.
Thorny dragons are a type of lizard that eats only ants.
Ukari are monkies that have bright pink to red faces.
Voles are a type of rodent.
Wetapunga look like giant grasshoppers.
X-ray tetra have translucent skin so you can see its backbone.
Zebra Duiker have twelve – sixteen stripes between their shoulders and hips.
