As I was driving to work the other day I saw the full moon setting and instinctively wrote a poem in my head.... this then became an inspiration for a challenge I issued my students, which ended up to be a really cool activity.
So I'll challenge you: In 2 minutes or less, write a poem that has a subject (it can be anything), make that subject do something, and give the whole thing some sort of setting. Then, if you're feeling really brave try to incorporate and/or play around with some elements of style (figurative language, sentence structure, sound devices, word choice, etc.).
Here's what I came up with... I can't wait to hear what you can do!
The silvery moon
silently slips through
the wispy, pre-dawn clouds.
Slipping
Silently,
Silently
Slipping,
below the western horizon.
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Heide: on guard!
Black faced, brown legged,
she lies on the bedroom floor.
Big eared, strong mouthed,
she sits up listening to something...
Big breathed, big barked,
Heide lets out an alarm:
I jump at the noise.
So close, so loud.
Such a big bark,
for such a little room.
German Shepherd's sound tough.
(And they are!)
Pity the intruder that meets
her in the darkness of night.
Pity them?
Pity them not.
Grrrr...
Awesome, Don. Love your work here! :)
I had been thinking I hadn't written a poem in a while...prob. because I'm not a poet, but so what, right? ;)
I accept your challenge! Now let's see if I can actually do it...
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