🍂 Autumn Poetry Activities for KS2: Fun Seasonal Writing ✍️🌟

🌟 Why Write Autumn Poetry in KS2?

Autumn is full of rich sights, sounds, and sensations — perfect for inspiring poetry. From falling leaves to harvest celebrations, autumn poetry KS2 activities allow children to:

• Explore descriptive vocabulary and figurative language 🍁

• Practise different poetic forms ✍️

• Link poetry to science, geography, and RE 🌍

• Create poems for colourful displays and assemblies 🎤

🔗 Related: Haiku Poems KS2 • Shape Poems KS2

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📝 Example Autumn Poems

1. Haiku
Leaves drift to the ground,
Chill winds whisper through the trees,
Autumn waves goodbye.

2. List Poem
I see…
Golden fields,
Crisp apples,
Piles of pumpkins,
Crackling bonfires,
A sky of copper light.

3. Free Verse
The playground is a carpet of leaves,
orange, yellow, brown.
Boots stamp and crunch,
breath turns to smoke,
the air smells of bonfires.

4. Mesostic (AUTUMN)

            Falling leAves,
            Crisp groUnd beneath our feet,
             The breaTh of frosty air,
                        YoUng voices echo at play,
              Golden Maize fields at sunset,
                  SeasoN of change.

5. Telestich (HARVEST)
                       The poppies fade; the fields hold their breatH
                                  Families gather, sharing joy and aurorA
                   Children remember; we honour and remembeR
                   Engines slow, the tractors rest but still they reV
                       Grain is stored, a gift we cherish and breathE
                      Neighbours share their plenty; kindness lastS
                                  Candles glow in windows as we reflecT

🔗 Related: Mesostic Poems KS2 • Telestich Poems KS2

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🎉 Fun Autumn Poetry Activities

💡 Leaf Collecting & Word Banks
Collect leaves outdoors, brainstorm descriptive words, then use them in poems.

💡 Harvest Shape Poems
Write poems in the shape of pumpkins, apples, or wheat sheaves.
🔗 Related: Shape Poems KS2

💡 Autumn Poetry Wall
Each pupil contributes one line to a giant class poem.

💡 Mesostic Challenge
Use AUTUMN, HARVEST, or LEAVES as a spine word for mesostic or telestich poems.

💡 Performance Poetry
Add autumn sound effects (crunching leaves, blowing wind) to performances.
🔗 Related: Performance Poetry KS2

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👩‍🏫 Teacher Tips

• Encourage children to use all five senses.

• Provide seasonal word banks (rustling, smoky, crisp, golden).

• Link to science (seasons), geography (harvest), RE (thankfulness).

• Use for assemblies or displays.

🔗 Related: Cross-Curricular Poetry KS2 • Creative Writing Starters KS2

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🌟 Final Thought

Autumn brings imagery that’s perfect for poetry. From haikus and free verse to unusual mesostic and telestich forms, pupils can capture the colours, sounds, and feelings of the season in creative and memorable ways.

👉 Want to inspire your pupils even more? My Poetry Days in schools bring seasonal poetry to life with performance, creativity, and fun.

Book a Poetry Day ➡ Poets in Schools – Ian Bland