Originally, I was going to get a degree in engineering at Louisiana State University, but I thought it would be unnecessary to waste my time on cheap education. The Southern Christian Leadership Conference was the right one for me, and I attempted to join two years ago. Unfortunately, I was...
On one of our hikes, as I made myself comfortable on a smooth slab of granite (Part 3), I fell deep into a lovely reflection about the man who I’m sharing this camper van journey with, not to mention, the phenomenal journey of life.And so, the poem below evolved. I hope you e...
A rhyme scheme is the pattern ofsoundfound at the end of lines of a poem or a song. It is referred to by using letters to indicate which lines rhyme, starting with the letter ‘A’; lines designated the same letter rhyme with each other. So, in other words, it is the (sound) str...
I shared a poem about The Natchez Trace Parkwayhereafter visiting our daughter and son-in-law a couple of weeks ago. So today, I’m sharing about the famous Natchez Trace Parkway Bridge located in Williamson County, Tennessee. I’m including one of the photos I took, along with a gorgeous...
I couldn’t sustain anything longer than a short article or longish poem. Unfortunately, I’m not a very good poet, so the poems never came to much more than practice scales on a piano. And maybe I was lazy, or scared. There were no deadlines. I didn’t have to finish anything, ...
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Limericks are 5 line poems that tell a short silly story, so this is a great option if you want to write a funny rhyming poem. The Limerick structure includes 2 couplets followed by 1 line that ends on the same rhyme as the first couplet. For example, you could structure your poem ...
Pick a topic or theme that interests you, or brainstorm ideas by writing to a prompt like “what water feels like” or “how it feels to get bad news.” Read famous poems and choose a poem format that you like. For example, you could try a playful structure like a limerick or a ...