I can't believe the month of April is almost over and I haven't blogged about National Poetry Month!
I like poetry, but . . .
I love kid's poetry!
I love rhyming poetry, but it is very hard to write correctly. I am still trying and hopefully getting better. Poems, just like stories, need to be ruminated and perfected. What does ruminate mean?
It means to think deeply about something - to go over in the mind repeatedly.
We need to put the same respect and time into our poems as we do our stories.
As with our stories, let them sit for a while and then come back to them.
I have found this great site that for people wanting to write rhyming poetry.
It is called RhyMeWeaver.
Below is my fun, far from perfect, poem I wrote a few years ago about toes.
TOES!
Janet F. Smart
Little toes,
Big toes,
Five toes,
Ten toes.
Big toes,
Five toes,
Ten toes.
Soft toes,
Rough toes,
Wriggly little
Baby toes.
Rough toes,
Wriggly little
Baby toes.
My toes,
Your toes,
Sister’s tip
Tapping toes.
Your toes,
Sister’s tip
Tapping toes.
Hot toes,
Cold toes,
Little brother’s
Dirty toes.
Cold toes,
Little brother’s
Dirty toes.
Here come
More toes,
Skipping-down-the-road
Toes!
More toes,
Skipping-down-the-road
Toes!
Write a poem in honor of National Poetry Month.
Posted by Janet Smart on Creative Writing in the Blackberry Patch.