Monday, December 22, 2014

Stretch With a Chain of Events Poem

It's time to “work out” your writing muscles. Take a deep cleansing breath and stretch
 


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Seven phrases are used in this concrete build-upon poem. This form is called "chain of events." The phrases build upon one another to show the location or action of one object, person, or animal.






Think of the House That Jack Built--This is the cat that chased the rat, that ate the cheese that lay in the house that Jack built.

Another example is the song, Hush Little Baby--Hush, little baby, don't say a word.
Papa's gonna buy you a mockingbird.And if that mockingbird won't sing,Papa's gonna buy you a diamond ring...







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The sequence can move from small to large, 


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large to small,


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or person to person.


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Here is my stretch:


This is the bird
perched on the black hat
that sat on the snowman
who saw the gold star
Shining in the night
And made a wish
For peace on earth 





For more writing inspiration share your stretches with us. We will be happy to post them.







6 comments:

  1. Thank you for this writing tip to stretch our writing muscles.

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    1. Thank you Bonnie! Happy New Year and happy writing!

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  2. Sweet, Janie. Appreciations!

    I especially like how you went beyond what's depicted to imagine & bring to us, the object of attention!

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    1. Woohoo! Glad you liked it Jan! Happy writing in 2015!

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    1. Sue, join the party! Share your chain of events poem with us, pretty please!

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