Camping

One 

hundred

mosquitoes,

Two dogs, Three owls,

Four frogs.     All gathered by 

my tent to croon       --sing a song to

 the full moon.       They're buzzing, howling,

croaking-cheep!        It is so loud I can not sleep.

    I was trying to make this a concrete poem in the shape of a camping tent.  I think it looks more like a triangle than a tent.  What do you think?

What do you do when you are kept awake at night?  I like to write.  The house is quiet.  The phone doesn't ring.  I don't want to do noisy things and wake the rest of the house, so I write.  Can you write a poem about what you do?  Have a great week.

My Face

My jaw chews

munch,     munch,     munch.

My lips

smack,     smack,     smack.

My nose smells

sniff,     sniff,     sniff.

My eyes

blink,      blink,      blink.

So tell me

what do you think?

Isn't my face

 amazing?

     I think I'm still stuck on sound poems.  And the problem is that I haven't written the ONE sound poem that I know is back there hidden in my head.  I have the idea, but the words aren't coming out right yet.  So I'm writing all around the idea.   But I also believe that if I stick with it, that really good poem is going to arrive.   I notice that I'm using the rule of three here again with the sniff,sniff, sniff, and blink,blink,blink.  I did consider going with munch-munch, and smack-smack; using the sound twice with a hyphen in the middle, but I didn't like the look of that.

     Are you up for trying to write another sound poem today?Pick any sound you like--a tractor, the garbage disposal, your dog.  Then try using the sound in multiples of two or three in your poem.

For example:

My car roars

varoom,     varoom,    varoom.

Over the streets it

zooms,     zooms,     zooms.

 Or,

My boa constrictor sings

hiss-hiss.

I do NOT want his

kiss-kiss.

  OK, now it is your turn.  Have fun writing and playing with words.