This is a simple, fun introduction to poems. It begins gently, with students identifying rhyming words and choosing their own sets, and then filling in the blanks of a poem to make it rhyme. After a few worksheets, students begin composing their own original poems. Beginning with the couplet, students write triplets, clerihews, haikus, tankas, cinquains, diamontes, concrete and stair poems, free verse, nonsense, similes, metaphors, and alliteration. Each different poem is worked on for a couple of pages, with various exercises and examples and a chance for students to create their own. Worksheets are reproducible and perforated. - Melissa