Writing A Poem Or Rhyme Or Two Or Three Every Day For 28 Or 29 Days, Depending On The Year.

My grandson asked that I write him some rap songs. Okay, I said, not having any idea just what I was agreeing to. When I handed him one of the songs, he said, "Grandma, it is too long, no one will listen to a rap song for 10 minutes! You don't rhyme enough either! Do you have a beat?" I said, okay, I can cut it down to what 3 minutes? I will put more rhyme in it. I have a hand drum I made, a rain stick and a rattle, is that enough? The musical instruments I mentioned wasn't what he meant!

I learned about A Poem A Day In February on Facebook and that is what I have been doing each year now. That grandson will be 22 this year. It is year six of rhyming for me. By the end of month, I am talking in rhyme. What I discovered is that it is fun and healing for me and others, so I continue. I wrote two items day one and am sharing them with you. Then I did not have 600 words, so I have added days 2, 3, and 4 for you. Just off the top of my head. The forms show up in memories each year. Sometimes there are no forms and it becomes whatever. Sometimes I will adapt a poem from a previous year.

I offer a contest each year and there are prizes. Fun for me and others. I am usually the final judge, with much help along the way. I have included some information here about that too.

A Poem A Day In February - February 1, 2022 Two sample poem forms for this month:

1. Acrostic Poem Also called an alphabet poem, this poem has the subject written vertically, with each letter as the start of each line. The poem may or may not rhyme.

February is the downside of winter

Everyday is a surprise outside when we enter

Breath that fresh cold air, feel it blow

Rise up in the morning to the glow of the snow

Under the trees, you will not see a present

All of the trappings of Christmas are all spent

Ride this month through to the end

You will be praising the weather, you will defend

2) Fibonacci - 15 lines, 2 parts, words per line - 1-1-2-3-5-8-13-21 Just off the top of my head! I rhyme but you don't have to

Cold

Bold

So old

I am sold

This winter has to go

The snow, and wind, the temperature below zero

But what about the snowman, sledding, ice skating and snowmobiles, I say no!

Enough fun in the snow, the blowing cold has taken over and that is not any fun for some of us.

The us, who are worried about falling and breaking something, then we cuss

The us who are old and always right

We are too so bright

No frost bite

Warming up

Yup

Sup?

3. Day two the poetry form was Limerick - 1st, 2nd and 5th lines rhyme as do the 3rd and 4th lines with each other.

Will we have a toast

Or will we just coast

Punxsutawney Phil made his prediction, I read

It is six more weeks of winter, oh dread

Put Phil in a roast

And another Limerick:

The hubby can be fun

Can’t keep him from trying to run

Granddaughter says, “he landed like superman”

Beautiful day’s were there then man

Letting us run and have fun in the sun

4. Day three, was a Crab Cannon

See the post from on my wall

No not down the hall

This will be a ball

Words listed forward and then backward

It can feel very awkward

Different or opposite meaning

No live streaming

Who will play?

What about today?

Will you slay?

I say

Nay

Nay

I say

Will you slay?

What about today?

Who will play?

No live streaming

Different or opposite meaning

It can feel very awkward

Words listed forward and then backward

This will be a ball

No not down the hall?

See this post from last year on my wall

5. And day four, Sonnet - Poem of 14 lines, 10 syllables per line and rhyme, often we know from Shakespeare and they tend to be love poems.

Happy birthday, happy birthday to me

I was sixty eight in January

Celebrate the day to two months of glee

All of January and February

John says you party the whole year my Dear

This young man may need a kick in the rear

Someone will be seventy two this year

I loved the Golden Girls puppet review

Dinner with hubby for popovers too, The orgasmic brussel sprouts were the best

Plans to visit there again, I don't jest

On birthdays I miss my mom and sister

All the fun and still I really missed her

The Hubby's help was fun, quite the mister