"I am so sad, that I'm not glad!" Emotional Lines in Poems

“I am so sad, that I’m not glad!” Emotional Lines in Poems

For our first lesson together at South Loop Elementary, we read “How Poems Are Made” by Alice Walker. We studied lines, line breaks, and how the length of a line can change the emotion of the poem. We practiced by writing emotional run-on sentences, and then separated them into individual lines to make powerful poems.

South Loop Poetry Club 4th Grade - 6th Grade

Annabel G., 4th grade

I AM MAD.

Why,

not so glad.

I AM MAD.

I am so sad, that I’m not glad!

Whitman G., 4th Grade

One time I was very angry was when I had mono

Which is a disease and I couldn’t play sports and I couldn’t play soccer

And I was very angry and I was crying for a long time

Instead I had to sit with doom in my head.

And then I went to the bathroom

And then I screamed in a pillow

And then I gave up.

Navi R., 4th Grade

The tears escaped my eyes

As I began to cry and cry

I really just wanted to run

Boy, this day wasn’t fun