As you are all probably aware, April is National Poetry
Month. I am not very good at writing poetry, but I thought I might take a stab
at writing a bit of it anyway. You can’t get better unless you practice!
I did a quick Google search (ever an astute librarian, I
tell you!) and this was the first one I found: http://www.agodon.com/uploads/2/9/4/3/2943768/writing_prompts_by_kelli_russell_agodon.pdf
If we start with Prompt #1 it states: “Grab the closest
book. Open it to page 29. Write down 10 words that catch your eye. Use 7 of
them in a poem.” There’s a bit about extra credit, but as I’ve said, poetry isn’t
my strong suit. SO we’re just going to go with the bare minimum here...
Book Title: Easy Hiragana by Fujihiko Kaneda (My fiancé
is learning Japanese).
List of words (there are exactly 10): cough, youth, world,
sleep, elder sister, fever, dog, separation, eye, we
Poem:
The Youth of the World
The youth of the world
May sleep away
the separation fever
Caused by a lack of your embrace.
But I, the eye of
the dog,
Cough and shudder
when we are not near,
As I am nothing more than the Elder Sister.
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Ehhh... I guess that wasn’t too bad…? (Annnd maybe I can't handle the bare minimum because I managed to use all 10 words? Oops!)
Can you do better? Create a poem using the same words OR
pull out your own book, turn to page 29, and pick the first 10 words that jump
out at you. Leave me your poem in the comments below!
