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!
Happy National Poetry Month! Loved the link you sent. I was going to try it out, but since you challenged me… Let’s see. I’m reading Eldest by Christopher Paolini now (part of the Eragon Series). The words on pg. 29 that stood out to me were: survived, childhood, home, long, dandelions, farm, barn, sunset, trembling, future
ReplyDeleteAlright, here it goes!
Childhood
The sunset of childhood
its home long lost to the past
stretches outward and onward.
Its dandelion light,
survived by the past,
fades long into the future.
Not sure if it worked, but ta-da!
Thanks for your response, Sarah! This poem is AWESOME! I love it.
Delete--Larkynn
This is awesome! You are so encouraging and inspiring! I'll have to try some of these prompts.
ReplyDeleteAwe! That's such a sweet thing to say! Thank you for the response. You'll have to post a few of the prompts you try. I'm sure they'll be absolutely amazing!
Delete--Larkynn