our question today is how do i pronounce the word poem

a type of writing to express emotions with

typically in a pattern poet and poetry here are the words

poem poet and poetry let's look at syllable number one

for all of these words since it is exactly the same

so to start all of these words we're going to start with

po to do that you're going to press your lips together

and then open them and move to a pucker for that long

o po po po

then for words one and two poem and poet we're only going to have two syllables

this does get a little confusing um a lot of my students just think this

is poem and pot because typically when we have two

vowels together we only say one but in this case we're going to

break that into two syllables so we have po um and this word

uha sound relaxed mouth very short vowel

and then close your lips for that and the air is going to move through the

nose poem poem poem now for

poet just think about ending that word with it i t it

it and to do this relaxed mouth short vowel tongue is higher in

the mouth and relaxed and flat it and that by touching the tip of the

tongue to the back of the top front teeth

it poet poet poet so again we have

poem and poet now for poetry everybody's favorite the

schwa sound is in the middle of this word to

say the schwa syllable this syllable is going to be super short

the shortest syllable in the word and you were just going to say the uh

sound super relaxed mouth super short vowel and then end with the

word tree and to do this touch the tip of the

tongue to the back of the top front teeth

and then move to square tense lips with the tongue either pointed down

or flipped back to that r and then smile for the long e

tree tree tree you can see and you've probably

learned this tip if you've been my student for a while

i have my lips in that square tense shape

for that r sound as i start my t so that i'm ready

tree tree tree po a tree poa

tree poetry poetry poetry so we have

poem poet and poetry and now for a sentence

poetry is beautiful especially the poem by the young poet give it a try

people are going to notice the difference if you found this helpful

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