Get ready for this-you are going to write a poem! You may have experience with this in the past, but even if not, this is a great opportunity to try your hand at this creative form of writing. Rest assured that your grade will be based entirely on effort and not on expertise as a poet. There are many types of poems you can create, each with a different structure. Examples are: haiku, sonnet, ballad, and Renga. There is no word count just has to be a completed original poem.