Emotion Poems

What is an emotion?  With Miss Clarke, the children listed all the emotions they could think of.  They then chose one to write a poem about.  They needed to think about words they could use to make their writing effective.

Happiness
by Craig
Happiness is when I go on a plane.
I see the airport and control tower,
I hear the planes taking off and landing,
I smell the jet fuel from the plane’s engine,
I touch the window in the plane,
I taste the chippies on the plane.

Pain
by Arnav
Pain is when I slam the car door on my finger.
I see my finger squashed,
I hear the car door slam on my finger,
I smell a little bit of blood,
I taste my saliva.

Excitement

by Taylor

Excitement is when it is Easter morning.

I see a basket full of chocolate at the end of my bed,

I hear my brother stuffing his face with chocolate,

I smell hot cross buns and they smell delicious,

I touch the Easter bunny’s tail which got stuck in the door,

I taste delicious muffins that just came out of the oven.

Happiness

by Xander

Happiness is when it’s my birthday.

I see all the presents that people gave me,

I hear presents getting unwrapped,

I smell the delicious cake,

I taste the cake in my mouth,

I touch all the amazing toys.

Pain

by Jana

Pain is when I slam my hand on the door, ow!!!

I see blood when I hurt myself,

I hear me shouting when I have pain,

I smell blood on my hands,

I taste the blood on my hands or legs,

I touch a bandaid when I get hurt.

Fear

by Austin

Fear is when I go to war.

I see dead bodies on the dirt,

I hear guns and tanks,

I smell smoke,

I touch the gun’s trigger,

I taste victory.

Love

by Temika

Love is when my mum loves me.

I see my mum kissing me,

I hear my mum’s lips going mwaaa,

I smell my mum’s breath,

I taste my mum’s cooking,

I touch my mum when she cuddles me.

Happiness

by Jamie-Lee

Happiness is when it is my birthday,

I see my presents on the beautiful table,

I hear the sound of the wrapping paper rip,

I smell the nice food cooking in the oven,

I touch the beautiful presents that I have,

I taste the feast on the big family table.

Loneliness

by Hao Tian Luo

Loneliness is when no no plays with me,

I see lots of people have friends but I don’t have friends,

I hear my friends say, “I don’t let you know.”

I smell my friends’ yummy food,

I taste my lunch in my lunchbox.

Excitement

by James

Excitement is when I wake up on my birthday,

I see all the exciting presents,

I hear all my friends singing a birthday choir,

I smell the cooked cake,

I touch the interesting presents,

I taste the delicious candies.

Excitement

by Alanna

Excitement is when it’s my birthday,

I see the presents at the end of my bed,

I hear the wrapping paper rip,

I smell the delicious birthday cake

I touch all my new toys,

I taste a lovely cup-cake.

Annoyance

by Nye

Annoyance is when someone starts talking and never stops,

I see a mouth open and never close,

I hear words that never stop,

I smell like I’m getting annoyed,

I taste like I want to punch him,

I touch the doorknob and get out of the room.

List some of the words and phrases you used to make sure your writing was interesting to the reader.