By Janie Reinart
We
all need to warm up before we sing, exercise or write! We will be sharing
ideas here to help you “work out” your writing muscles. Take a deep
cleansing breath and stretch! For more writing inspiration share your
stretches with us. We will be happy to post them.
Haiku and Tanka are poetry forms that use a certain number of
syllables per line. Try your hand at
writing a poem using your phone number.
Write your phone number vertically in a column. Each number suggests the
number of syllables per line. Zeroes equal 10 syllables. Title your poem. Here is an
example.
SUMMER
2 Heat wave
1 melts
6 candy coated ice cream
4 lickity-split
1 quick
5 sticky faced baby
3 wants a hug
4 kisses so sweet
3 everything
7 is better with chocolate
Share your phone
number poems in the comment section. (Please do not post your phone number, just the poem. Thank you.)
Neat construct. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteDarlene, It is quick and fun. Please share your stretch :)
DeleteVery creative idea, Janie! I can't try it right now, but sometime later!
ReplyDeleteHi Tina, Glad you like it! Don't forget to post your stretch . :)
ReplyDeletecool! on my "try this" list for next week. Gotta survive the WOW week of writing nonfic picture books first.
ReplyDeleteSue, don't forget to share when you try this. I am struggling with writing my nonfic picture books ms for WOW. Not coming together as fast as I would like.
DeleteMissionary Mother's Biography
ReplyDelete0 what happens when you read an old letter
4 sometimes you laugh
4 sometimes you cry
3 you wonder
0 what she really did in those days gone by
5 how did she manage
1 when
3 illness struck
4 her money gone
0 her trust in God shone through all her trials
Lovely poem!
DeleteAlenqvist, wow! A very poignant story.
ReplyDeleteFun idea, Janie! I'll give it a try.
ReplyDeleteYeah, Patricia. Looking forward to your stretch.
DeleteSummer is here; why do I sleep?
ReplyDeleteMorning sunrise
You call out to me at dawn
A night owl instead
I burn the night oil
Movies transfix me
I escape in their plot twists and surprises
And yet I miss waking with the birds
Drinking coffee on the porch with you
Maybe tomorrow we'll try again.
This was really fun. Thank you!
DeleteAah, the somewhat slower pace of summer without the school bell ringing. Great poem, Todd.
DeleteLove it! Todd --favorite line-and yet I miss waking with the birds-- also the personification of the sunrise!! Well done!
DeleteJanie, the night keeps winning! Thanks for your kind words and great inspiration!
DeleteThat is a great idea! :D I'll try it! :D
ReplyDeleteGlad you like it! Please share your stretch :) Happy Summer!
DeleteSummertime
ReplyDeleteon
the Illinois prairie is so special.
Please come with me and you will see.
Grab a fishing pole!
Hand in hand we skip to the fishing pond.
What a big catch!
Pa, this is such a fun day!
Wait!
The sun has not set. Time to read a book.
~Suzy Leopold
Suzy this is so cool! Makes me think of present time and the pioneers!
ReplyDeleteIce Cream
ReplyDeleteCold and sticky on my fingers,
my ice cream cone
melts away in the summer sunshine.
Sitting atop
the cone,
the ice cream
begins to slowly slip
to one side and drip
all over the cone and down
my hands til I lick them clean again.
Kristi thanks for sharing! Especially like the lines--begins to slowly slip
ReplyDeleteto one side and drip all over :) Happy summer writing!
This is so simple & huge fun.
ReplyDeleteVarious workshops & critique groups & blogs have brought me other memorable writing prompts & this is a keeper to share far & wide.
And look at the grand poems you've been midwife to!
I luv this Janie, thank you!
Yeah, Jan! Have fun with it!
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