We’re not kidding about Kenning poetry

School
Nathan Hale Elementary School

Poet in Residence
Joy Young

Date

For their seventeenth week of poetry, Hale 3rd-5th grade poets discovered Kenning poetry. Kenning is a word that’s created from putting two unrelated words together. On Tuesday we read my own poem titled, “Joy,” where I used kenning words to describe myself: Uno Master/ Nerd Defender/ Poetry Princess. Students wrote their own kenning words to describe themselves, then we mixed them up, and tried to guess which words belong to who.

On Wednesday we read a kenning riddle by Mark Garry. Garry used kenning words to describe a mysterious animal. Quiet Prowler/ Chicken Stealer/ Hunter Dasher. Hale 4th grader Ferderico R. correctly guessed that the mystery animal was a fox!

Inspired by Mark Garry, students wrote their own kenning riddles. See if you can solve them! The answers to the riddles are below.

School
Nathan Hale Elementary School

Poet in Residence
Joy Young

Date

Ms. Degiulio's After School 3rd-5th Grade

Kenning Riddle Ava F. and Alexcia S.

Pin drop
Curly hair
Hears things
Tell’s secrets.
Brown hair.
Makes a “opp” sound.

Kenning Riddle Jayce L.

Deer hunter
Mane king
Pinkachu eater
Jungle cat

Kenning Riddle Federico R. and Evan Q.

Most Time, Smelly Mutt
Your second guardian
Your own guard that doesn’t make you pay
Night howler
Loyal friend

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