Peaches and Cream

While you were

eating peaches and cream,

didn't you

notice

everyone watching you

sip your cream?

Didn't you care we

all wanted some and

you wouldn't share?

     I'm not feeling terribly creative today, so I wrote an acrostic on Wednesday.
Can you write your own poem about Wednesday?  It is the middle of the week day. What can you find special about Wednesday to write about?  Have fun and if you'd like to share your creations, please leave them in the comments

Geode

I crack
your hard shell
and there is music
and fire leaping
into my hands,
the sparkle 
of moon-kissed 
diamonds.
When we're together
your glitter bursts
into the tapping
of my heart beat.

Baby's Words

Mom heard the baby
and said "Kitchy-coo."
Baby kicked her feet
said, "Goo-goo-goo."

Daddy tickled Baby on her chin
then coughed a little, clearing phlegm.
Baby kicked the air and stared at him
then she said, "Ah-hem, Ah-hem."

Grandma cleaned out Baby's ear
Looked at her, and said, "Oh dear."
Then she patted Baby's rear.
Baby said, "Cheer-cheer, cheer-cheer."

Grandpa said, "A smell is coming through
I wonder what we should do?"
Baby held up her fingers, two
then she said, "Phoo-phoo, phoo-phoo."

"Wonder if we should call the doctor quick
to find out if Baby is sick?"
The doctor came in very little time.
said, "This baby really is quite fine
she just has a grand talent 
for making words rhyme."

      I tell you what, get out your jump rope and try saying this to the beat of your jumping.  I think it will sound better this way because the meter is really fluey.  I wrote this because the word for the month over at David L. Harrison's blog is "talent" and I wanted to write a poem using the word.  What talents do you have?
Do you want to try writing a poem about your talent?  (To see more TALENT poems, click on the WOM Adult Poems on the top of his tool bar. )

Oronyms

I've been trying to think of a poem I could write (for about a year and a half) using oronyms.  I just couldn't come up with anything.  Oronyms are sound units that are redistributed to make different words or phrases.  Like using a notion for an ocean.  Or ill eagle for illegal.   I think this must be a lot like using puns in poetry.  Knock, Knock jokes would be a good example.

This poem does it.
And thus (very rough draft)

The Olympic committee
wrote to say
they wanted new events
for Olympians to play.

My brother and I
thought of pogo stick jumping,
cannon ball flying ,
and bumper car bumping.

Finally we thought
 we'd suggest they try
an event where
Olympians could toss pie.

We tried this out
to our delight
and had a really
good pie fight.

We tried to clean up
and got about half.
Then Mom came along
said, "Go take a bath."

We wrote the committee
expressing our cheers.
They telephoned back,
but we couldn't hear
because we are Pie Throwing
pie-in-ears.




     I know, that last stanza needs work to get to pioneers.  Any suggestions?  I'm going to get this right.
what words can you think of that are oronyms?   (Don't cha just love that word?)  Try writing your own poem and I'd love to see it.  Greg Pincus had a poem posted for Poetry Friday, titled  Etto's Voice, that I would call an oronyms.

Sailing

I've sailed
many a boat--
a sabot, a sunfish
a catamaran.

Been on many 
ships, sampan,
schooner, triple masted,
paddle wheel,
luxury-liners.

But the best ship
of all is
your friendship.

THE FRIDAY DANCE

Toes wiggle.

Ankles rotate.

Knees bend.

Legs kick.

Hips sway.

Waist twist.

Tummy jiggle.

Chest giggle.

Right stretch.

Left stretch.

Face smile,

Big,

All the way.

It's Friday.

Let's Play.

     Have you ever watched football players doing a happy dance when their team makes a touchdown?  It is Friday and I'm feeling especially good to have made it through this week. So, I'm doing my own happy dance.  Your task for today is to think about your own happy dance.  Can you write your dance into a poem?  Sometimes if you make your  body happy moving,  the rest of you will follow.  Have a fun Friday.

    Ed DeCaria is hosting Poetry Friday today at Think, Kid Think.  You can find many other Friday poems to read here. 

Trust the Starlight

Sometimes

I need

the quiet of starlight

the twinkling of stars

to remind me

how vast and enduring

our universe is

and I am

only one small grain

in our great cosmos.

     This is a free verse poem.  If you look carefully you'll see it is only one sentence long.  Is this a "worthy" poem?  I don't know.  Are the line breaks in the best places? I don't know.  Is this poem "Done"? Probably not.  I'm going to have to sit with this poem a while longer to find out what it wants to be.  But for now I'm willing to share these few words with you because sometimes I think it is good to remember each of us is unique but we are all apart of something much greater than ourselves.  I don't have a poetry challenge for you today except to suggest that poetry is a way to capture your thoughts and share them with others.  Have a great day thinking.