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Why I Love to Write Little Poems

February 3, 2022 No Comments

This year I set myself two tiny goals for each day: that I would do a plank every day and that I would write little poems. Not exactly haiku, just short little poems, a few words to a few lines, that expressed something about my day or how I was feeling. Sometimes they are funny, […]

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Make Blackout Poetry {Craft Challenge, Day 113}

April 22, 2016 2 Comments
Make blackout poetry from a page of a newspaper or magazine.

If you’re hesitant to use your own words to write poetry, or you aren’t sure what to say or how to get started, blackout poetry is a fun way to write poetry with other people’s words. What is Blackout Poetry? I first saw these on Austin Kleon’s blog, but lots of other people do them, […]

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Do a Poetry Bombing {Craft Challenge, Day 112}

April 21, 2016 1 Comment
Do a poetry bombing by leaving poems in public

Now that we’ve spent a few days enjoying poetry, let’s share some of it with the world through a poetry bombing, which is just a way of saying leaving poems in public places. I was going to do this at my daughter’s school, but then I decided to do it at the public library instead. […]

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Write a Poem About Something That’s Driving You Crazy {Craft Challenge, Day 111}

April 20, 2016 No Comments
Write a funny poem about something that's driving you crazy.

One of my favorite poems is “Another Reason Why I Don’t Keep a Gun in the House” by Billy Collins. If you don’t know it, I’ll share a little here, but click the link and read the whole thing: The neighbors’ dog will not stop barking. He is barking the same high, rhythmic bark that he […]

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Read a Long Poem {Craft Challenge, Day 110}

April 19, 2016 No Comments
Read a long poem and take time to think about it.

Reading poetry is actually a great way to jumpstart creativity in your own brain. We’ve talked a little bit about reading poetry when we compiled our poetry books yesterday, but today’s challenge is a little more challenging: read a long poem. Why Read a Long Poem? Long poems can mean different things to different people, […]

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Make a Poetry Book {Craft Challenge, Day 109}

April 18, 2016 No Comments
Make a poetry book for inspiration on the go.

Do you read poetry? Do you have poems that you remember liking but you don’t read very often? Or would you like to read more poetry more often? Let’s make a poetry book to hold a few poems on a theme, or just poems that you like. Finding Poems It’s actually really easy to find […]

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Write a Haiku {Craft Challenge, Day 108}

April 17, 2016 No Comments
Write a haiku for International Haiku Day.

It’s National Poetry Month, so I had already planned some creative challenges around poetry, but I read online today that it is International Haiku Poetry Day, so who am I to pass up the chance to write a haiku (or several)? What is Haiku? It’s likely you had to write haiku in school, but if […]

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