Day 3 is here — and so are questions of trust, acrostics, and internal rhymes.
Trust is earned and learned
Responsible, reliable and respectful
Understanding between me and you
Sensing safety as we grew
Trusting is living—life to the full
Tag: Writing 201
Our Journey
Today’s assignment in Writing 201 Poetry is to write a limerick based around the theme of a journey. I chose a description of our failed attempt at a white Christmas last year.
White Christmas
This year we wanted to grow
Excited by the opportunity to show
What we had seen
But alas it was green
So we couldn’t experience the snow
Water
Today I begin Writing 201, which over the next two weeks will teach me how to write poetry. This certainly will take me out of my comfort zone—but you have to be in it to win it. Here is my first attempt at Haiku, a Japanese poem of three lines. The first line has 5 syllables, the second 7 syllables and the last line 5 syllables again.
As it is my first poem since the third grade I am pleased with my baseline—looking forward to see how many new tricks this old dog can learn.
Water
I am a swimmer
Who cannot find any water
So said my daughter