A Poem a Day in February

I announced early this morning that it was time for a Poem a Day in February! I woke at 4:55 and couldn't get back to sleep. I was excited. Each year it is so much fun to write poetry every day.

I said we were going to start with rhymes and that there would be a contest with prizes for the very best rhymes in one week.

Then it happened. One of the most dedicated poets sent a message. It is not February. It is January 31, 2024!

So, I posted some rhyming haiku and asked others to take a look and see what they could do with a rhyming haiku!

Haiku, “Japanese poem, 3 lines, 5, 7, 5 syllables per line. Often focusing on images of nature, simplicity intensity, directness of expression.” 2 samples of rhyming haiku that I wrote.

1)The door is ajar

Learning so much from afar

The sun, moon and stars

~

2)Blowing snow white light

Glorious trees what a sight

Sparkling so bright

And someone responded with an excellent rhyming haiku! I guess we started today, even if it wasn't February!

I pulled out my booklet from last year and it was probably too large to post as a pdf or anything else. It was great, complete with winning poetry from the month and others that were written during the month.

A couple of writers on Vocal had a few poems entered in contests last February. And they follow:

Mariann Carroll - Author—Rebel Writer On Vocal—I sometimes have no grammar structure and yet My Creations get published.

This is my Rebel Poem

This was fun to write

The Freedom

Of not having

Any structure

And yet

I express my

Self RiGHT

I wonder

If this ReBel

Poem will

Get published

At all.

No need

Any alcohol

To pull

This crazy poem

Of mine.

ReBEls are sometimes

A sHipKcerw

Did u see I spell

Wreck backwards

And it did not make sense

This ReBel poem

Was made without

Any sense

I hope you enjoy

My most confused

Poem. Cause

Sometimes Rebels don’t

Make sense.

Ha ha Ha Ha

~~And~~

Mariann Carroll 1 word title, 2 word descriptors, 3 word what they do, 4 word samples, 3 word what they do, 2 word descriptors, 1 word title. (We could not remember the name of the form)

Courage

Confident, Fearless

Pursue, defeat, create

Survivors, Doctors, Visionaries, Writers

Reflect, Process, Determine

Strong Decisive

Job

~~~~

Mike Singleton—MikeyDred A poetry form with single words and single syllables

Quiet

Still

No Sound

Not A Note

To Not Be Heard

Not A Click

No Noise

Still

It was so much fun putting a book together for the participants and sending prizes to those who won. Everyone who participated won a book of their poems and others.

Stay tuned for more about A Poem a Day in February or PaDiF.