Circle poems don't look like circles. It's just the way it travels. It goes from one subject to another subject. Then that goes to another subject, but the third subject can be nothing like the first subject. For example, lets say we start with computers. Computers can go to windows, since that's what you call the things you look at the screen. Then let's go from windows to houses, since houses have windows. Let's go from houses to ground, since houses stand on the ground. Computers and windows are linked, windows and houses are linked, and houses and ground is linked. But is computers and ground linked? No. This is what a circle poem is. It goes from link to link but the middle and the beginning has nothing to do with each other. But the links have to lead back to what you started with. If you started with computers, you have to end with computers. Here's a circle poem about, um, computers.
Computers
Windows
House
Ground
Dirt
Plants
Biology
University
Teachers
Knowledge
Technology
Can you see how I went from computers to technology? What? It's too short? OK, you want long? I'll give you long.
Computers
Windows
Houses
Inside
Outside
Fresh air
Plants
Biology
University
Students
Homework
Hard
Brainstorm
Lightning
Fire
Smoke
Alarm
Morning
Night
Stars
Wishes
True
Facts
Books
Information
Knowledge
Technology
Is that long enough for you? I hope so.
So, I guess that's it for this poem too. Next it's tome to learn about cinquain poems. C ya then!
From James K to other poets that is reading this
