HAIKU

A train's long echo
whistles calling through the night
who else is awake


  This is a short little poem based on sound.  Can you try writing your own sound poem?  What does the hum from your computer remind you of? 

WHISTLE

Tongue curls,
purse lips,
little blows
in tiny sips
Whee-ee-ee-ee-ee!
It is a whistle.


    Can you write your own poem today that includes a whistle?  Have fun playing with this sound.

A GHOST AT THE DOOR?

The wind is whistling.
The door rattles a lot.
Is there a ghost there?
I surely hope NOT.


 I had so much fun writing about a ghost yesterday, I thought I'd try again today.  Where else can I place the ghost?  

The noise scares my dog.
She runs for her bed
then uses her paws
to cover her head.

    Can you write a poem today about something that might scare you?

WINDOW ART

I blow

my breath

across

the glass.

My window

fogs up

really

fast.

I draw

the moon

and watch

it glow.

Making 

art

in my

window.

    This morning on my walk I watched my breath come out of my mouth in a fog.  I tried to blow circles. 
     Your breath is a marvelous thing.  Can you write a list poem today about all the things you can do with your breath? 

  I can whistle,
sing,
blow up a ballloon,
blow bubbles,
croon.

Or pick just one of the things and write about that.  Keep warm.

THE FLUTE

I'm trying something different with the formatting of this poem.  I hope it works.
Read this one out loud and notice where you need to pause for a breath--something that is very important in playing the flute.

we're stick          we're silver          we're pipe

we're sound        we're holes          we're fingers

we're tin             we're tune            we're played

we're merry        we're whistles      we blow

Now try reading the poem in any direction.  Have fun.

So here is your poetry challenge for today.  Take any musical instrument and see if you can come up with at least 12 words to describe it.  then write your own poem in columns.  I'd love to see what you come up with.