Each month this blog will feature a word of the month to stimulate a poem. Anyone who wishes to share a poem is invited to participate. The point is to enjoy the challenge of writing a poem inspired by a single word. It doesn’t matter if this is your first poem or five hundredth. It’s all done for the fun and exercise of writing.
Cutoff for posting the current Word of the Month poem is the last day of the month.
On the first day of each month, a new word will be posted to challenge your imagination for that month.
Please post your poems on this page, so everyone can find the poems easily.
Thank you and have fun!
David
PS: The word for October is QUICK.
QUICK
beginnings
are always
quick
but endings
s l o w
as I shake detritus
clinging to my heels
I hem and haw
catch my breath
fly thru denial
wade past tides
search for quick!
If you want to see the illustration, please go to:
https://thevibrantchanneledcreator.wordpress.com/2018/10/01/quick-2/
Lovely poem, Jeanne. Detritus is one of my favorite words; so clever how you personified it here!
Quick
Last time, I waited 30 days
to try something sublime,
pondering and picking words
to show my frame of mind.
This month, I gave
myself a kick.
I picked a rhyme
and in a lick,
I clicked submit.
This time, I’m quick.
(c) 2018 Susan Bickel
LOL! Looks like we all waited too long last month, Susan! I went ahead and posted my “frame” poem on David’s blog today. (October 2) I’m glad he puts up with his late friend – me!
I like your frame poem, Susan. Glad you got it in there. I have daughters about the ages of yours, too.
I like this very much. I was the same last month… and nothing sublime every struck. Haha. Maybe I’ll give myself a kick also…
Haha. I was careful to say I tried (italics) something sublime. I’ll be looking out for your quick poem, Karen.
Quicker!
I was late last month –
I must be quicker!
Faster than stairs
or a corgi’s licker!
Quicker than buzzers
that spy a flower,
Faster than a guy
with a super power!
Faster than the student
who taunts the sub,
Quicker than the water
draining from a tub.
I’ll take this moment
(’cause I’m healthy, not sick!)
to sit, write, and post
my poem really quick!
Yay! You got it in early. I bet I can guess where the student who taunts the sub idea came from. Hope you’re quicker then too.
Y’all are on the ball this month! Way to go!
Here’s a quick poem for you…. in the spirit of the season. ;0)
Run!
Ghosts slide on moonbeams
Witches ride sticks
Scarecrows flap freely
Varmints play tricks
Wind whispers wildly
Clouds thin, then thick
And the flame in the grin
Says, “You’d best get home… quick!”
Karen Eastlund
© 2018
Great idea to combine the word of the month and the mood of the month. That second line is a tongue-twister to me, but the last stanza rolls off my tongue in a fun way.
Here’s one for my math-minded son. (Not sure where he comes from…)
Jack be nimble.
Jack be quick.
Jack’s a whiz at math-
the trick?
He pictures figures
in his head
and triple-checks
arithmetic.
© Michelle Schaub, 2018
Well, you’re nimble with words.