Down
in the gully
East
of my house
Snake
is watching a little gray mouse.
Eek,
squeaked the mouse, Gulp,
Replied
the snake, and
That
is the end of this tale.
I've been thinking acrostics lately, so last night I started thinking about this poem. But, as you can see, as soon as I started writing the poem, my brain wanted a rhyming poem. And I really wanted to make it a Western Diamondback Rattle snake and a packrat. There were more details I wanted to include. This is a sure sign for me that I'm forcing the poem into the form I want it in rather than letting the poem be what it wants to be. In fact, I even started playing with using "tail" instead of "tale" to end the poem. That way the packrat would still be alive instead of being dinner. The point is, this is not a finished poem. I know that. The poem has told me so. I need to listen to my poems.
Here is your poetry challenge for today. Write an acrostic poem. Then listen to your poem. Where does it want to take you?
I've been thinking acrostics lately, so last night I started thinking about this poem. But, as you can see, as soon as I started writing the poem, my brain wanted a rhyming poem. And I really wanted to make it a Western Diamondback Rattle snake and a packrat. There were more details I wanted to include. This is a sure sign for me that I'm forcing the poem into the form I want it in rather than letting the poem be what it wants to be. In fact, I even started playing with using "tail" instead of "tale" to end the poem. That way the packrat would still be alive instead of being dinner. The point is, this is not a finished poem. I know that. The poem has told me so. I need to listen to my poems.
Here is your poetry challenge for today. Write an acrostic poem. Then listen to your poem. Where does it want to take you?
Children's Poetry can take you to far off lands.
