Okay. Here goes.
by David L. Harrison
That guy.
Yeah.
After Labor Day?
Pants?
Sport shirt?
What’s he thinking!
Always one in every crowd
Like a parrot in a snowstorm.
Trash.
David
Our Word of the Month word for October, NEW, has already generated 21 poems by adults and 2 poems by our young poets! You are setting a torrid pace. With seven more days counting today, we might hit a record this month.
If you’ve never tried your hand at writing a poem inspired by a single word, you’ll find it a refreshing exercise for the imagination and you may surprise yourself with the results. It’s easy to post your poem. Just go to the appropriate W.O.M. box at the top of this page, open it, scroll to the bottom, enter your work in the box there, and click to post it. You’ll love the comments you’ll receive from other poets and readers and you can contribute your own supportive comments about their work.
I hope you enjoy today’s picture of our lake. I took it late in the afternoon just as the pair of swans swam across the red reflection from a beautiful maple tree.
David
Don’t forget that a couple of months ago I moved the usual W.O.M. deadlines from 10:00 p.m. to 12:00 noon CST. This gives me a chance to work with posts during the day instead of needing to stay up late to get them done. Thanks for understanding.
So today, May 25, I’ll cut off new entries at 12:00 noon. I hope you have enjoyed working on poems in May inspired by our word, PROMISE. There are a number of good ones posted and with a few hours yet remaining, we could see others come in.
Sadly, we have not heard from our students this month but that is understandable. After all, one has to cut teachers some slack when they are rushing around completing all the end of the year activities and requirements. It would be nice if we see some student poems this summer but all we can do is wait and see.
I’m typing with one eye again. This morning I had the second cataract surgery so I should be getting used to these patches!
David
I’m enjoying your root poems this month. Keep them coming! Here’s mine. It’s a villanelle, a 19-line poem made up of five three-line stanzas (tercet) followed by a concluding 4-line stanza (quatrain). There are only two rhymes in the poem. From the first stanza, lines one and three rhyme and are repeated alternatively as the third line in each of the following three-line stanzas. Both lines are used as a couplet to conclude the final stanza. These days the villanelle is often written in iambic pentameter. Another villanelle is coming up next month in Gregory K’s 30 Poets/30 Days event.
– David L. Harrison
Thanks again to all who participated in Word of the Month Poetry Challenge in February. FEATHER inspired a number of good poems!
Our judges have selected the following for WORD OF THE MONTH POETS.
Adult Poet: Steven Withrow. However, Steven has already won during this 12-month cycle and therefore cannot win again.
Adult Poet runner-ups: Jane Heitman Healy and Beth Carter tied. Therefore Jane and Beth become our Word of the Month Poets for February.
Young Poet, grades 3-7: Rushil Rana
Young Poet runner-up, grades 3-7: Samina Hejeebu
Young Poet, grades 8-12: No entries
Here are our February HALL OF FAME POETS selected by popular vote.
Adult Poet:Jane Heitman Healy. However, Jane has already won during this cycle and cannot win again.
Adult Poet, runner-up: Steven Withrow, but he has already won during this cycle.
Adult Poet, runner-up: Gay Fawcett and Jan Gallagher tied so Gay Jan become our February Hall of Fame Poets.
Young Poet, grades 3-7: Samina Hejeebu
Young Poet runner-up, grades 3-7: Ishani Gupta
Young Poet, grades 8-12:No entries
CONGRATULATIONS EVERYONE!
And now for the word for March.
