Poetry portfolio topics from past students

Note: this isn’t a list to “select” a topic from, but it merely shows the scope of what is possible. If you have a topic not on this list, feel free to pursue it! You should find something that you are interested in or that you find interesting…it will make the whole process go more easily!

Talk with your teacher after you’ve found a few poems about possible theme selection based on one or all of the poems you’ve found. To broaden your horizons, check out:

poetry portfolio topics from past students

This isn’t a list to “select” a topic from, but it merely shows the scope of what is possible. A topic should be specific, and what the poem is ABOUT.

You should find something that you are interested in or that you find interesting…it will make the whole process go more easily!

If you have a topic not on this list, feel free to pursue it! Check with your teacher if you are uncertain.


 

*      Animals*

*      Art +

*      Birds

*      Cats

*      Christmas

*      Civil war

*      Dance

*      Death

*      Dogs

*      Dreams (ambitions)

*      Dreams (sleeping)

*      Fairies

*      Family Poems

*      Fathers

*      Forest animals

*      Food

*      Friendship

*      Growing up

*      Historical figures

*      Holidays

*      Hunting

*      Loss

*      Mothers

*      Music

*      Mythology

*      Nature*

*      Night time

*      Ocean poems

*      Patriotic poems

*      Persecution

*      Pets

*      Poems about poetry +

*      Native Americans + Or any specific culture (by and about)

*      Sailing

*      Science +

*      School

*      Seasons (all or one specific)

*      Sisters

*      Slavery poems

*      Small town life

*      Sports*

*      Trees

*      The body

*      War*

*      Water

*      Weather

*      World War 2


 

bullet Topics with a * indicate ones that are probably too broad to provide a concise topic. These are broad generalizations from which you should select a subcategory to focus on as your theme.
bullet Topics marked with a + are ones that are more unique and which provide from a more enriching experience
Text Box: Topics with a * indicate ones that are probably too broad to provide a concise topic. These are broad generalizations from which you should select a subcategory to focus on as your theme. Topics marked with a + are ones that are more unique and which provide from a more enriching experience

 

 

 

 

Updated by Robert Keim on June 3rd, 2010

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