N to S: Poetry Challenge Recap

Congrats! To completing week 3 of my poetry challenge!


Here are some tips to get your poems sparkling! 


1. Read your poem several times focusing on a different element each time (word choice, punctuation etc.). 
2. Check out this article How to Submit Poems for Publication

Now here are my poems. 


N is for Nature
Today's challenge was to write a poem about nature. My poem was inspired by last year's rain followed by a onslaught of slugs!

My garden last spring

Attack of the Slugs

I toiled and toiled,


it rained and rained.


Slither-Slather


the slugs came in. 



I sprayed and sprayed,


they wormed and wormed. 


Split-Splat


Don't come back!

O is for Onomatopoeia

Today's challenge was to use onomatopoeia in a poem. My poem was inspired by Kari-Lynn's book On My Walk. To read my interview with Kari-Lynn click here. 

Spring Is Here



Flitter-flit


In the trees


Biz-buzz


Busy bees



Drip-drop


Pouring rain


Budding-buds


On the plain



Splish-splash


Muddy paws


Sing-song


Hear their caws



Pitter-patter


Gopher run


Sticky-stick


Webs are spun



Vroom-vum


In the streets


Whiff-waft 


Tasty treats



Spring-sprung


Can't you see?


Groundhog Phyllis


Jump for glee!

*My fellow 12x12er (Susanna Leonard Hill) wrote this fabulous book April Fool Phyllis and recently sent Phyllis around the world (I think she is overseas right now).  Phyllis stopped to visit me on March 31 (click here to read about it). I had a fun and sunny day with her, but when she left on April 1st, she left behind a big pile of snow! April Fool Phyllis indeed!

P is for Prose Poem

Today's challenge was to play with form and write a prose poem.  To see my Raggedy Ann prose poem click here. I wrote a new prose poem for the challenge. 

Written in Prose

P is for prose Write a poem A page or two will do Forget the breaks But for heavens sake Don’t forget The period!

Now written with breaks

P is for prose

Write a poem

A page or two will do

Forget the breaks

But for heaven sakes

Don’t forget the period! 

Q is for Query: Your Choice

Today's challenge was to think about submitting work for publication and to write a poem in your preferred style. I shared my query letter. Click here to read my critiqued query. 

She sits on my desk. 

Brass girl
Reading a book

Childhood memories

I remember that look

Far off stare

Magical realm

I couldn’t bear

To put the book down

“Rena, time for class!”

He yelled and yelled

Can you believe

I almost got expelled?

R is for Rhyme

Today's challenge was to write a poem in rhyme and to think about actions that could go along with the poem. Author Kari-Lynn Winters offered some tips on writing in rhyme. Click here to read her tips. 

Imaginary Sand

With my bucket in hand

and a pile of sand.

Scoop-splat

Scoop-Splat

Form the head, the ears, the nose.

Shape the body down to the toes

Scoop-Splat

Scoop-Splat

In the end

a sandy friend!

S is for Sonnet 

Today's challenge was to write a sonnet. I gave the option of using humour. To read a Shakespearean style sonnet or learn how to create sonnet click here. 

What does it mean to be a writer?

Will I be poor or find success?

To be a writer you must be a fighter

And know that it’s worth the stress

What does it mean to be creative?

A mind that just won’t sleep

My writing mind may need a sedative

Or perhaps I’ll count sheep

But Dori, Corey and Lorie

Those sneaky little sheep

Will start to tell a story

Once again no beauty sleep

This is my tale so listen up

And get out of the way of my coffee cup!

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