The A to Z Poetry Challenge (A - D)

During the week I wrote poetry for the A to Z Poetry Challenge hosted by Rena Traxel. The whole month of April I will be writing poetry. Click here for all the challenge details.

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Day one- Sunday April 1st 2012
A is for Acrostic

Illustrated by Julie Rowan-Zoch
Click on her birdy to check out her blog

Challenge


--Using the picture above as a prompt write a poem about an animal. Or

--Try writing an acrostic poem.

Alligator

Across the swamp
Low in the grass
Lies a long scaly
Intimidating alligator.
"Gurgle,"goes his tummy
And a head peaks out.
Turtle eyes peer big.
Oddly they disappear
Right before the bite.

--By Jennifer Young

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Day 2 - Monday April 2nd 2012
B is for Book

Author Bill Kirk.
Click on his book ot be directed to his blog.

Challenge


--Using the cover from Bill Kirk's book as a prompt write a poem about the brain. Or

--Try writing a rhyming poem. Or

--Try writing a rhyming poem about the body.




The Birthday Suit

His suit was worn without a tie
And it was soft and far from dry.
His mom counted his mouth and nose.
His dad had found his tiny toes.
His suit was washed and weighed.
His parents loved what they made.

--By Jennifer Young

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Day 3 - Tuesday April 3rd 2012
C is for Contest.

Photo by Rena J. Traxel

Challenge

Using the photo of the patchwork castle as a prompt:

--create a patchwork poem, (Pssss - A cento or patchwork poem according to Poets.org is "a poetic form made up of lines from poems by other poets) 
or

--write a poem about a castle, or

--choose one line from a favourite poem and use it to write a poem, or

--use the castle picture to inspire your poem in someway.

Castle Cracks

Just as the cracks in the castles appear
So do the winkles exposing our wear.
Just as the cracks in the sidewalks are made
So are the sunspots that never will fade.

---By Jennifer Young

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Day 4 - Wednesday April 4th 2012 
D is for Doctor

Challenge


Using the Dr. Seuss picture above as a prompt

--Write a poem in trisyllabic meter (Pssss- A trisyllabic meter means that every third syllable of his stories is more stressed than the others. - A Hatful of Suess.  Here is an example from Dr. Seuss' book Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories. The bold bits are the stressed syllables.

“And today the Great Yertle, that Marvelous he

Is King of the Mud. That is all he can see."

or

--Write a rhyming poem or

or
--Write a silly poem


Doctor of Rhyme

Do you know of the Doc that created his rhymes,
For the children to read and remember at times?
He would rhyme with the alphabet, B is for Bat,
He's the Suess! He invented the Cat in the Hat.

 -- By Jennifer Young

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Day 5 - Thursday April 5th 2012
E is for Epigram






Illustration by Julie Rowan-Zoch



Challenge


--Write an epigram poem (Pssss- An epigram dating back to ancient Greece, "is a short, pithy saying, usually in verse, often with a quick, satirical twist at the end" info from Poet's.org)

or
-- Using the illustrations above as a prompt, write a poem about empathy.


Each Leaf

Some people leave a mark
on trunks of trees.
The famous leave their mark
on all the leaves.

-- By Jennifer Young