Rhythm Poems

Greetings Galileo poetry friends and followers! This past week, we focused on the topic of rhythm. We listened and danced to rhythms in Charles Mingus’s “Better Git It In Your Soul.” We clapped and tapped out rhythms with our hands. We read the rhythms in Shel Silverstein’s poem, “Mr. Grumpledump’s Song.” We paid close attention to the rhythm of words—how some parts of words are stressed or emphasised, while others are unstressed or spoken more softly.

When it came time to write, students chose a rhythm pattern to use in their poems. Many students worked with rhyming words as a way to enhance the repeating patterns in their poems. We hope hope hope you love love love our words words words!