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November 28, 2018
Poetry Challenge #63-Five Books High
Do you have a pile of books? I always have a stack that I want to read. Sometimes it grows so large I’m afraid it will fall on me and hurt!
Poetry Challenge #63
Five Books High
For this prompt, take a look at a stack of five books or five books on a shelf. Take the first word (not A or THE) and write it down. Use these words in a poem.Here are the words from the first five books Cindy’s stack:
cool miracle spell tamed bird
And here’s the poem Cindy wrote in 7 minutes: Watching the...
November 21, 2018
Poetry Challenge #62-Please Pass The PieCaken!
Thanksgiving! Say the word and visions of food—crispy golden roasted turkey, cranberry, stuffing, creamy gravy and pie, glorious pie, dance though our heads. ERRRRK, but that’s what traditionalist’s feasts include.
A favorite new picture book, brought to my attention as many interesting new titles are, by Ronna at one of my favorite book blogspots Good Reads With Ronna, not only has me rethinking those traditional foods, it’s inspired this 7-Minute Poetry Prompt.
Poetry Challenge #62 Please Pa...November 15, 2018
Poetry Challenge #61-Riffing off Queen
If you were of listening age in the seventies go directly to the theatre to see Bohemian Rhapsody, the new biopic about Freddy Mercury and Queen. Not to give anything away (we all know Queen was a success) a high point in the movie comes when the band is plays its first stadium concert. They look out over the crowd and realize everyone in the stadium is playing-singing-performing with them!
Freddy baby totally rocking it!
According to the movie, this prompts Brian Mays to create songs for t...November 9, 2018
Poetry Challenge #60: Aaaaay! I. O. U.
B-A-Bay, B-E-Bee, B-I-Bitty-Bye, B-O-Bow . . . In case you’re wondering, that’s the beginning of the Vowel Song . My mom, a retired teacher, used to teach it to her students. (If you ask in person, I’ll be happy to sing it to you.) But for this post, channel your loooong vowel sounds:
Poetry Challenge #60
Aaaaaaa! I. O. U.
Choose a long vowel sound (sounds like its name). Now write a poem where the last word in every line ends with that sound but none of the lines can end with the same letter....
October 31, 2018
Poetry Challenge #59: Terza Rima
Forms are like puzzles. You need to fit the right number of syllables or a pattern of rhyme or some other word trick into your poem and still come up with a subject. They are fun to play with—and the results can be surprising!
Poetry Challenge #59
Terza Rima
Today’s form is the Terza Rima which means third rhyme. This form creates three line stanzas with lines of any length where the first and third line rhyme. The second line becomes the rhyme for the next stanz...
October 26, 2018
Poetry Challenge #58- IN THE DEEP DARK WOODS: A BOO-OLOGISM
Pumpkins, Scarecrows, Black Cats—and things that go bump in the night . . . Halloween’s almost here! Let’s get our BOO on!
Poetry Challenge #58
IN THE DEEP DARK WOODS: A BOO-OLOGISM
Let’s create a BOO-OLOGY (a spooky poem.)
Below is the first line, a Halloween sound list, and just for grins, a joke. Combine them to create your own BOO-OLOGISM.
First Line:
IN THE DEEP DARK WOODS . . .
The Joke: Why did the vampires cancel their baseball game?
They couldn't find their bats.
Set the timer fo...
October 17, 2018
Poetry Challenge #57-One, Two, Three, GO!
Notice how sometimes the hardest part of a task—any task—(dessert aside) is starting? Like jumping off a high dive—eventually you’ve just got to take a breathe and go for it!
Poetry Challenge #57
One, Two, Three, GO!
For today’s prompt, write a poem with three words on each line. Try to write ten or more lines and see where your poem goes. If you need a starter, use: I collect…
Count those words! One, two, three, GO!
Set the timer for 7 minutes.Start writing!Don’t think about it too much; just d...
October 10, 2018
Poetry Challenge #56-Kid's Stuff
To say “I’m writing poetry!” can feel pretentious or intimidating. At least it does to me. First thought is, I need to don a beret and feathered quill. Second thought: Who the heck do I think I am trying to write poems?
But after more than 900 days of trying, I’ve learned that my best poems come when I tell myself: “Nobody’s ever going to read it anyway,” and just have fun. Give it a try:
…Max made mischief of one kind or another.
Poetry Challenge #56 Kid’s Stuff Grab the nearest picture b...October 4, 2018
#55 STEW AGAIN???
What do you call a guy who spends too much time in the hot tub?
You guessed it! Which leads me to:
Seinfeld Friends, remember this?
Poetry Challenge #55 More Poem Stew Time for another poem stew! Remember, you need two nouns (something you can see or touch, not capitalized if possible), a color, a place (not capitalized), an adjective (a word that describes), a verb (an action), and an abstract noun (a word that you can’t touch that names an idea: beauty, hope, justice, chance). Come up with you...September 26, 2018
Poetry Challenge #54-Alphabet Jam
Sometimes—often—the most interesting things begin with “I Can’t…” That’s exactly what I said when author/teacher/mentor/friend Tim Wynne Jones shared this prompt at a VCFA session a few years back. But, once I committed to giving it a try, it turned out I Could! And best, had fun! And the results were interesting. With hopes you’ll find it the same, here goes:
Poetry Challenge #54 Alphabet Jam
Plant a subject you’d like to explore in your mind. It can be as broad as “Sports” or “Weather;” it c...
