A few days ago, Amy at A Poem Farm posted a poem titled Urge that craftily offered the advice to use strong verbs. It begins: Pack your pocket full of verbs. So I did, yesterday, during Poem In Your Pocket Day. Today's poem is a trial and error of Amy's advice; verbs are falling from my pocket! Poetry Friday today is with Tabatha at Tabatha Yeatts: The Opposite of Indifference. Come read and enjoy the final Poetry Friday of April!
Hm-m-m, at lunch today, I could:
munch some mangoes
attack some tuna
slurp spaghetti
pick up a pepperoni pizza
tickle my tummy with tofu
squeeze a lemon
crunch a coconut
chew some crackers
gobble grapes
tackle some tacos
chomp churros
lick a lollipop
devour a donut
nibble a nectarine
taste a tomato
woof a waldorf salad
Ah-h-h! I can hardly wait.
Be sure to read about a poetry month CHALK POEM finale that Betsy of Teaching Young Writers is hosting on April 30th. Come join us!
Activities still are happening in these final days of Poetry Month. The last lines of the kidlit Progressive Poem can be found through the links on the right. Find Jama Rattigan's blog post at Jama's Alphabet Soup to discover other Poetry sites in the kidlitosphere doing wonderful things! Cathy, at Merely Day By Day, is joining Mary Lee, at A Year of Reading in a poem a day this month. Other daily poem writers include Amy at The Poem Farm, Donna at Mainely Write, and Laura at LauraSalas. Plus Greg Pincus of Gotta Book has just published his first E-book, The Late Bird.