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Poetry: July 02, 2014 Issue [#6405]

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 This week: The Diamante
  Edited by: Crys-not really here Author IconMail Icon
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3. Letter from the Editor
4. Editor's Picks
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6. Ask & Answer
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About This Newsletter

Welcome to this week's Poetry Newsletter. I'm Crys-not really here Author IconMail Icon. This week, I'm talking about the Diamante form.


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Letter from the editor

The Diamante


A few days ago, I was teaching a reading and writing enrichment course to a small group of 6th-8th graders. It was poetry day, one of my favorite days of the week! I asked the class to make a list of every kind of poem they could think of. I was very surprised when one of the 7th graders called out "the diamante!"

Now, I had never even heard of a diamante until a couple of years ago, when I discovered the form right here on Writing.com, so I was very surprised that a thirteen year old knew how to write one. However, when I thought about it I realized that a diamante is really just a very specific form of concrete poetry or shape poetry. Concrete poetry is any poem written in a shape. It can be as simple as something like a love poem shaped like a heart, or as complex as the diamante, which has a set number of lines and other specifications. Kids love concrete poems. I still remember them being one of the first forms of poetry I learned in elementary school.

The diamante follows the following form, in order to take on the diamond shape:

Line 1: subject
Line 2: Two Adjectives
Line 3: Three gerunds('ing words)
Line 4: Four words about the subject
Line 5: Three gerunds('ing words)
Line 6: Two adjectives
Line 7: Synonym for the subject

Not only is the diamante a creative way of writing a poem, it also helps students learn different parts of speech, such as adjectives, gerunds, and synonyms. I had never considered asking my students to write diamantes before, but now that I see how it can be used as both a creative and educational tool, I definitely will!

There are many diamantes on WDC. I have included some of them below in my editor's picks section. Enjoy!

For more information on the diamante, and a more complex version, see: "Diamante" Open in new Window. in "Poetry Forms" Open in new Window. [13+].)


Editor's Picks

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A Diamante for the Paper Doll Alumni Contest.
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A Diamante poem.
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Ask & Answer

Thanks to everyone who wrote in about my last Poetry Newsletter about National Poetry Month!

Reading comments about Robert Frost's poem makes me want to read it.I will see if I can figure out how to get last months copy of the news letter and read it.Are most of the people in poetry groups MFA's Is there a beginners poetry group on WDC? -RedButterfly Author IconMail Icon

Here's the direct link if you haven't seen it. "Poetry Newsletter (April 9, 2014)" Open in new Window.


It's too bad you are not aware of one of the major poetry events here on WDC during the Poetry Writing Months.

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"Dew Drop Inn" Open in new Window. [18+] -alfred booth, wanbli ska Author IconMail Icon

Thanks for sharing! I hope others will bookmark this for the future.


Loved the ideas - I have done something similar in the classroom with stories, but I would love to try this with kids or even a group of friends. Looking forward to the fun. Thanks for sharing. -💙 Carly - aka Joan Watson Author IconMail Icon

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