Poem for Peace!


Write a Poem for Peace and you could win a trip for you and three family members to go abroad on Peace Day 21st September! Enter your poem and you could be joining Peace One Day at the 2013 celebration at The Peace Palace in The Hague, watching artists like The Feeling, Jahméne Douglas and more!


Use the table below to help you write a fantastic Poem for Peace, and then enter the competition with your parents help (instructions at the bottom). The winning poem will also printed on a tea towel and sold nationwide in support of Peace One Day! Try to complete at least two of the rows below:


Poetry Device Rhyming Description


Two words that sound similar - can help make poems easy to remember


Repetition


Repeating words or phrases can help develop rhythm or pattern in the poem


Alliteration


A series of words that start with the same sound - this can make text more fun or powerful


Simile


A simile describes something by comparing it to something else using the words ‘as’ or ‘like’


Metaphor


A word or phrase used to describe something as if it were something else


Personification


Giving human qualities, feelings or actions to objects or ideas


Here are my examples:


I have included my examples in my poem for peace (tick)


Your poem must NOT be more than 12 lines long. To enter the competition follow these three simple steps:


1. With your parents, visit www.peaceoneday.org/resources 2. Register and open the UK Primary Resouce 3. Click on Poem for Peace in the contents page, then follow the competition links to the information page


The closing date for the competition is 18th August. We look forward to reading your best poetry. Good luck!


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