Poetry Challenge #323: Zoom-Room
7 minutes

What the heck are you doing reading this?
Don’t you know it’s National Go For a Ride Day! (Nov 22.) A day set aside to throw responsibility to the wind, bundle up and go for a ride! (Although choose one of your more modest scarfs, we don’t want you to go all Isadora Duncan…

National Go For a Ride Day!
My Side of the Car by Kate Feiffer, illustrated by Jules Feiffer tells the story about a trip to the zoo. It seems this trip has been put off several times, and the young main character is determined to not have it put off again. When it begins to rain and her dad mentions it, she tells him the rain isn’t on her side of the car.

Go For a Ride Music Video by Rockabye Beats (warning: it is an earworm):
Poetry Challenge #323
Zoom-Zoom
Think of a car ride you went on. Where were you going? Who was with you? How long did it take? What did you see out your window? What could have stopped you from going? Was the trip worth it?
Write a poem describing the ride.
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Start Writing!
Don’t Think About it, Write It!

Kelly Bennett and I began this 7-Minute Poetry Challenge. We now take turns creating our own prompts to share with you.

