Poetry Challenge #108-Let's Hear It For Teddy!
“Wait! Where’s my Noy-Noy?” Is it a coincidence that National Bring Your Teddy to School/Work Day and National Stop Bullying…
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The 7-Minute Poetry Challenge
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Poetry Challenge #105
Every day is somebody’s birthday! Who do you know who has a birthday coming up soon?
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Poetry Challenge #104
Today marks the 18th Anniversary of the September 11 attacks, a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic…
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Poetry Challenge #103
School bells are ringing, schedules are made, new pens and pencils and notebooks full of blank pages fill bright, new…
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Poetry Challenge #102
Labor Day, called by some the “Worker’s Holiday,” is celebrated the first Monday in September and was signed into law on…
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Poetry Challenge #101
It’s hard to believe summer is coming to an end. Long, sunny days are growing shorter. Nights are cooler.
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Poetry Challenge #99
It’s berry season! The Kingston Trio sang a song called “Raspberries, Strawberries” that you can watch here
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Poetry Challenge #98
Summer is in full swing! For some this means hiding in the AC, for others it means bugs or vacation, and for still others it…
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Poetry Challenge #97
Cousins appear in lots of books. In some versions of City Mouse/Country Mouse, the mice are cousins.
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Poetry Challenge #96
Concrete poems are words arranged in a shape to give extra meaning to the subject of the poem.
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Poetry Challenge #94
In the book Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick, Max and Freak attend the Fourth of July celebration and Max is amazed at…
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Poetry Challenge #93
Close your eyes and repeat after me ten times: Pink Pink Pink Pink Pink Pink Pink Pink Pink Pink
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Poetry Challenge #92
Each of us is sorry for or about something. (If you’re not, then lucky you!)
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Poetry Challenge #91
Do you have favorite words? If you do, pause right now and jot them down.
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Poetry Challenge #89
Sometimes you use prompts as your first line. Sometimes it’s fun to use them as your last line.
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Poetry Challenge #88
I am a shameless eavesdropper. So bad in fact, that I’ll often shush Curtis (who does not talk much anyway) so I can focus…
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Poetry Challenge #87
Sometimes it’s fun to write a poem from a prompt. Choose one of the prompts below as your first line and write as fast as…
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Poetry Challenge #86
Chicago Style Blues started as musical improv, performers creating on the fly, riffing off each other, daring each other…
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Poetry Challenge #85
It’s May! It’s May! Flowers are blooming, birds are chirping, grass is growing, trees are branching out—and so are we!
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Poetry Challenge #83
Which animals make the best pets? List 5 or 10 or as many as you can in one minute. Which animals make the worst pets?
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