• Make a handmade card with a poem inside and give it to someone.
• Read up about riddles, rhymes, limericks, and sonnets and try to create your very own in these genres.
• Borrow a few poetry books from your local library.
• Read famous poems such as “Divine Comedy”, “Phenomenal Woman”, or “A Dream Within a Dream”.
• Go see a poetry slam show. It is often a dramatic performance in which poets recite their poetry. It is considered to be one of the most interesting ways of engaging poetry.
• Revisit your childhood by reading Dr. Seuss’ books. Dr. Seuss was a famous poet and arguably the world’s favorite children’s author. Read Green Eggs and Ham, One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish and Oh, The Places You’ll Go.
Poem Submission
by Maureen Mcgreavy:
Skipper
To the rock
That wished to fly
Like a butterfly
Sent skipping along
The mirrored sky
Bearing a Layton sigh
Do you feel alive?
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