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September 1, 2020
Poetry Challenge #155-No Rhyme Nor Reason
Today, September 1st is No Rhyme (nor Reason) Day. A day set aside to honor, recognize, pay tribute to “words that do not rhyme with any other words in the English language.” (Why September 1st? no one seems to know.)
Rhymeless words are called refractory rhymes. According to the National Days Calendar, “Poets reason t...
August 26, 2020
Poetry Challenge #154-That's Puzzling?!
Shirley Ellis was the Queen of rocking song games: The Name Game, The Clapping Game, 3-6-9 Song, and the inspiration for today’s poetry challenge, The Puzzle Song (A Puzzle in Song), 1965. Definitely a tongue twister which posed a lot of questions:
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August 19, 2020
Poetry Challenge #153-Flying High!
Aviation—flying—has fascinated humans forever. Stories are told about Icarus who flew too close to the sun with homemade wings and melted the wax that held the feathers on.
The Wright Brothers are famous for being first in flight. Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart flew long distances. And Neil Armstrong took a walk on ...
August 12, 2020
Poetry Challenge #152-Me in the Middle
Malcolm in the Middle
In honor of National Middle Child Day, think about your placement in your family. Are you an oldest or a youngest? An only? A middle child?
It’s thought that middle children have it the hardest (hence Middle Child Syndrome), but research has show...
August 5, 2020
July 31, 2020
BUST OUT THAT TUBA! SHARE THOSE FINS! NORMAN SWIMS AGAIN!
On the 15th Anniversary of NOT NORMAN, A GOLDFISH STORY, finally, a sequel! (The best things take time) Hope you agree!
Norman One Amazing Goldfish backstrokes into booksellers Sept. 8. 2020"
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July 29, 2020
Poetry Challenge #150-BRRRING-A-DING-DING
Pennsylvania 6-5000, the telephone number, immortalized in a Glenn Miller Orchestra song, will, to this day, connect you to the front desk of The Hotel Pennsylvania in New York. All you have to do is add on the modern area code.
Let’s break it down: Hotel Pennsylvania is ...
July 22, 2020
Poetry Challenge #149-Tastes Like Sunshine
“Each of us spends an average of fifteen full days a year doing nothing but eating,”—Bill Haduch, Food Rules
According to scientists, the link between food and memory began as a human survival tactic known as conditioned taste aversion. Our bodies are programmed to forever remember foods that made us sick, along with when ...
July 15, 2020
Poetry Challenge #148-Give Something Away.
Today, July 15th, is National Give Something Away Day. What will you give away? Clothes or toys or books that you’ve outgrown? Cookies or a hat that you made?
When it comes to words, the best writers seem to agree:
“The details are the life of it, I insist, say everything on your mind, don’t hold back, don’t analyze or anything as you go along, say it out.” -Jack Kerouac
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