An “I Am Poem” is an autobiographical poem written about yourself.  It tells something about the person writing the poem. An “I Am Poem” doesn’t have to rhyme. Follow the steps below and before you know it – you wrote a beautiful poem about yourself! Here is the format of writing an I Am Poem:

I AM Poem Format

Have you ever written a Five W’s poem before? It’s simple and easy to write! Take a look at the poem above.  It answers the questions Who, what, where, when, and why.  Our Papa ‘Ekahi have been busy writing poems in various formats (couplet, word cinquain, & five w’s).  They wrote a poem about themselves and even wrote poems about character’s that they recently read about (Ruby & Grandfather  in the book Ruby’s Wish.  Amelia Bedelia & Cousin Alcolu  in the Amelia Bedelia Series. Percula & her mate in the book Coral Reef Hideaway). If you like poetry, go to the “menu” bar at the top of my blog and click on Online Resources.  There you will find 3 poetry websites with a variety of poems that you can view and listen to.  Enjoy!