The Grade 3s wrote colour poems and shape poems in their creative writing lesson. A colour poem allows a writer to present different images about a particular colour. These poems use similes and the different senses (sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell) to describe colours. Each line of a colour poem focuses on a different sense and each line contains an image that describes the colour.

Blue
Blue looks like the vast blue sky
Blue sounds like huge waves crashing
Blue smells like fresh raindrops falling
Blue feels like a soft, peacock feather
Blue tastes like cool, ice-cold water
Blue is calmness
Astrid Blair

Green
Green looks like a big, old tree
Green sounds like leaves rustling in the wind
Green feels like wet grass on my toes
Green tastes like peas in a pod
Green is sick
Carolyn Frolich

Yellow
Yellow looks like a big, round sun
Yellow sounds like buzzing bees
Yellow smells like bright sunflowers
Yellow feels like sticky honey
Yellow tastes like juicy, sour lemons
Yellow is happy
Jaimee Hacker

Blue
Blue looks like a big pool of water
Blue sounds like crashing waves
Blue smells like fresh blueberries
Blue feels like a soft rabbit
Blue tastes like salty sea water
Blue is sad
Arabella-Rose Pearce

Red
Red looks like a single drop of blood on freshly fallen snow
Red sounds like burning logs crackling in a grate
Red smells like a beautiful bunch of roses
Red feels like leaves brushing past you on a windy autumn day
Red tastes like delicious, ripe raspberries
Red is joy
Nancy Wood

THE GRADE 3 TEACHERS