April - Poetry Month - 2024, Day Twenty-One, U is for Umbrella

 Happy Poetry Month!

        I'm taking the advice from the poet who has given so much to help us all, including students and teachers, write poetry. I'll be moving from A to Z, obviously needing to combine a few to make it all come out to 30. FYI—Sometimes, Paul Janeczko offers a prompt to write a poem that begins with the specific alphabet letter instead of a poem type. It will be fun to be open to writing in all kinds of ways!

       You can find the path to the Progressive Poem over to the right! Simply click on the graphic!

       This is Day Twenty-One - U is for Umbrella

Umbrella Duty

 

Patient

umbrellas

wait for rain,

and people

to hold onto.

 

         Linda Baie ©

Rain Stock photos by Vecteezy

Poetry Month - Day Twenty-Eight

It's April. It's Poetry Month!  
            

         Remember to check out the list of what everyone is doing at Jama Rattigan's blog: Jama's Alphabet Soup.

          And check on the Water Poem Project where every day, a poet is sharing a prompt connected to water, hosted and created by Laura Shovan!

Plus! Check each day for the added line to the Progressive Poem, created by Irene Latham, now hosted by Margaret Simon! The link is above and the graphic to the right!  







         A leap with the theme of CIRCLES for poetry month, poems & small sketches. I am looking forward to reading everyone's posts. I'm sure I will love each one, knowing they're done during a time we've not lived before. I am worried about so many, those close and those far, my community, too. 

Best wishes for continuing good health to you all!

April 1 - haiku
April 2 - cinquain
April 3 - a couplet
April 4 - limerick
April 5 - a kyrielle
April 6 - a skinny
April 7 - quatrain

April 8 - tanka

April 9 - a prose poem

April 10 - free verse
April 11 -  acrostic
April 12 - free verse

April 13 - a nonet

April 14 - haiku
April 15 -  lune
April 16 - sonnet
April 17 - free verse
April 18 - silly verse 
April 19 - couplets

April 20 - free verse
April 21 - a skinny
April 22 - a prose poem
April 23 - cherita
April 24 - free verse
April 25 - mixed-up rhyme
April 26 - mixed-up rhyme
April 27 - mixed-up rhyme

            I'm sad to say that I goofed on this poem. I didn't follow all the cinquain rules which are syllable counts of 2, 4, 6, 8, 2. Adelaide Crapsey would by insulted! But, I wanted that final word 'together' and just forgot it didn't work! Also, I didn't have the space to write out the lines completely. You can find the poem as it should look below. Ah, rules, may they sometimes be broken!

In This Time

happy

poetry hangs 

underneath umbrellas

grateful to discover you all

together