“This place” template

Instructions: Please write a poem following the template below. Feel free to add punctuation and grammar where you wish. Also, if a particular prompt isn’t working for you, feel welcome to write what you want instead. Happy writing!

This place is made of (name the first 3 things you think of when you close your eyes and imagine this place):_______________________ , _________________ , and ____________________

(from | of ) ________________ and _______________ (products or everyday items)

(Name the place + begins | arrives | opens) at ___________________________ (description of an attitude)

_________________________________ (a detail about your current mood)

This place (is fuelled by | is powered by) ____________________ (a characteristic feature of the place)

(to | for) __________________________ (activity that happens there)

The _________________________(describe the locale)

where people spend their time

to get to know themselves.

This space gives _______________ and ________________ (a feeling, an item, and/or a relationship)

for _________________ (occupation or purpose)

It (mocks | protects | threatens) _________________and ______________ (something precious and/or dangerous)

_____________________ (what you are thinking right now)

This place remains _______________ and _______________ (describe two items you might find in this place)

and ____________________________________ (a song or saying you learned as a child)

(Name the place + says | shouts | murmurs)_________________________ (write a simile. Use “like” or “as.”)

It (remembers | realizes) _________________ (a dream) and _____________________________(a private wish),

_______________ (one thing you can change) and _________________ (one thing you can’t change)

It (captures | transforms | hosts) ___________________________________ (describe a smell you would encounter in this place)

This place makes_________________________ (describe a person you would invite to this place)

This place _________________________(description of mementos, pictures or treasures you would keep from this place)

This __________________________ (what you would do with your treasure from this place)

______________________________________________ (more description if needed)

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By (student name)__________________________ Date_____________

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