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July 31, 2019
Poetry Challenge #98-Beach Time
Huntington Beach—my Beach Time then
Summer is in full swing! For some this means CRANK Up the AC! For others it means bugs, or vacation, and for even more it means hot Hot HOT!
When it’s just “Too Darn Hot” there’s one sure fire way I know of to beat the heat: Head to the Beach.
Poetry Challenge #98 Beach Time Beach Time is way more than just a thing to do. It’s a mindset. And best, it’s way Cool! So let’s get beachy! Begin by listing whatever comes to mind when you think of a day (or night) a...
July 19, 2019
July 17, 2019
Poetry Challenge #96: Hot Diggity Dog!
Hot Diggity Dog! It’s
National Hot Dog Day! July 17th)! An entire day officially dedicated to gobbling hot dogs. This is your chance, you can fire up the BBQ, grill up a mess of fat/calorie/nitrate packed hot dogs, nestle them in buttery toasted buns, slather them with tasty toppings and gobble away or you can take the challenge (or both):
Poetry Challenge #96
Hot Diggity-Dog
In honor of National Hot Dog Day, let’s write a concrete poem. Concrete poems are words arranged in a shape to give extr...
July 10, 2019
Poetry Challenge #95: Coo-Coo For Coconuts
Hooray! Hooray! It’s
National Pina Colada Day
!
So whether you do or do not like getting caught in the rain . . .
You are or are not into health foods or champagne . . .
Regardless your opinion on waking up at midnight—
Let’s put the lime in the coconut and bust out in poetry Pul-lee-e-e-e-sa!* PLEEESE!
Poetry Challenge #95 Coo-Coo for Coconuts Thinking coconuts, tropical islands, pineapples ripe for the plucking, and coocoo birds write a poem. And yes, because the notion that there is even a Nat...Poetry Challenge #95: Coo Coo For Coconuts
Hooray! Hooray! It’s National Pina Colada Day !
So whether you do or do not like getting caught in the rain . . .
You are or are not into health foods or champagne . . .
Regardless your opinion on waking up at midnight—
Let’s put the lime in the coconut and bust out in poetry Pul-lee-e-e-e-sa!* PLEEESE!
Poetry Challenge #95 Coo-Coo for Coconuts Thinking coconuts, tropical islands, pineapples ripe for the plucking, and coocoo birds write a poem. And yes, because the notion that there is even a Nat...July 3, 2019
Poetry Challenge #94-Freak the Mighty Fireworks
In the book Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick, Max and Freak attend the Fourth of July celebration and Max is amazed at what Freak knows.
Magnesium!” (Freak) shouts as the white sparkles glitter down over the pond. “Potassium chlorate!” as the shells go womp-womp-womp and everybody goes oooooh. “Potassium nitrate! Sulphur! Aluminum!” And after a burst of hot red fire in the sky, Freak tugs my hair and screams, “Copper! That’s copper powder combusting with oxygen!— pg. 32-33...
June 29, 2019
June 26, 2019
Poetry Challenge #93-Pretty in Pink
Or maybe a Florida Belle . . .
What images came to mind?Did you imagine cotton candy clouds?
Flamingos?Ballerinas?
. . . A Pop Star?
with sprinkles!!
Poetry Challenge #93 Pretty in Pink Use your Pink images to write today’s poem. You might begin by listing everything that comes to mind related to Pink. Reorganize and embellish them to create a list poem. Or, write a PINK acrostic poem, with...June 19, 2019
Poetry Challenge #92: This Plum is Too Ripe . . .
All of us is sorry for or about something. (If you’re not, then lucky you!)
My All-Time Favorite Musical—if you’ve never seen it, you should be sorry.
Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones drew on this uniquely human need* to apologize in a song about two neighbors who are great friends until they tear down a wall in the longest running Off-Broadway, sometimes on Broadway musicals of all times The Fantastiks. Here’s a snippet:
“This Plum is too Ripe!” “Sorry.” “You’re standing in MY Rose Garden!” “Sor...
