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poetry

Children and Vegetables …

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Not every poetry prompt will have fantastic results for everyone … I wrote a poem earlier today, that I thought was a good idea, but I sort of lost the love for it, by the time I had finished writing it. It may have been a good idea, but it didn’t impress me, really, by the time I’d finished it.

And then tonight, after I’d finished my poem for the day, but still not posted it here, I read the poem that Kathy Parker wrote, and was so impressed by the simplicity of it, I felt I would have to try again, and write something that wasn’t trying to be serious, because Kathy’s poem was so perfect, I’d have to take a totally different direction for my own poem.

So, my poem I am going to post here for today’s poem, which is on the theme of “Unless”, is a simple poem, a two verse Acrostic poem, on the theme. And acrostic poem is one which uses a word, where the letters of that word form the first letter of every line of the poem.

If you’re confused, look at the poem and it should become clear. It’s a little bit of fun, and I hope you smile at it! Here it is:

 

Hey Parents

Useless to protest,

No child ever

Loved broccoli

Every child always

Screams, ‘No!

Stop feeding me that green muck!’

 

Urgent update from a parent –

Not all children

Loathe that vegetable

Even though they’re

Sure it’s not little trees.

Stupid they are not!

 

poetry

An Unexpected Little Poem

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I’m enjoying this Poem a Day thing, (#poemadayfeb) very much, that’s for sure. I’m being very careful not to read any poetry prompts in advance, only looking up what the prompt for the day is, once I’m sitting down, ready to write the poem for that particular day.

So, today’s prompt then … The prompt for this tenth day of February is a simple little word, which could have gone in many different directions, and I wasn’t entirely sure what the poem would actually be until I had written a few lines, and then had an idea about what I could do to make a simple little poem, into something a little bit special.
The prompt for today was ‘Home’.

My poem for today is a Ten Line poem, which is a poetic form, with many variations. There are a great many very interesting poems at this webpage, which I was thrilled to find today, when I went ‘exploring’ the internet. The link is below, and if you are interested in short poems, I heartily recommend going there and taking a look!

https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/tag/10-lines/

My own poem is a kind of shape poem, of ten lines. The ‘shape’ I hope my poem shows, is the shape of a welcome bed to rest on, for a nap, after a busy and tiring day. Anyway, here is my new poem:

home is the place where your own bed is …

There’s no place like it, is how the story goes

and yeah I feel that’s the truth for sure.

It’s where you don’t have to fake it –

Tired? You can sleep, it’s fine,

people here know you well,

and they’ll understand –

chat when you’re up,

there’s no rush;

sleep now,

zzzzz!

 

 

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Second Poem a Day for February

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#PoemADayFeb

Today the theme was to write a poem in the poetic form of ‘Cascade poem’. I hadn’t known or written in this style before, although I have written in somewhat similar forms. With the Cascade Poem, the poet is to repeat the lines in the first stanza of a poem, in a particular manner.

In a four stanza poem, in the particular form, the first line of the first stanza becomes the final line of the second stanza. the second line of the first stanza becomes the final line of the third stanza, and the third line of the first stanza becomes the final line of the fourth stanza.

I’ve written my poem in this form now, and coincidentally, the first prompt for this project, ‘Heat’ could also be considered to be a prompt of the poem I write today. When you read my poem though, that may well explain why I wrote about heat again today … It’s currently 40 degrees celsius in the shade, in my backyard … That’s hot!

So here is my new poem, a ‘Cascade’ poem, I hope you like it, I certainly enjoyed writing it!
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Ironic times

 

It’s the common subject, we’re all talking about it

Record books ripped up, on Mother Nature’s whim

Is this Climate change? Some still deny its truth

 

They say it’s always been like this, summer is hot

With heatwaves a common thing, always has been

It’s the common subject, we’re all talking about it

 

This summer, the year’s first month, the hottest ever

Climate change deniers must surely now believe?

Record books ripped up, on Mother Nature’s whim

 

Air conditioning sucking up our home’s electricity

As Solar power helps combat sun’s sapping heat

Is this Climate change? Some still deny its truth …