picture + form = Optimism

 (i)*National Poetry Month 2021

To celebrate I am sharing a picture and poetic form - everyday in April!

1 April: Lizard Toe

2 April: Open Wide

3 April: Who Am I?

4 April: Cone-y Island Dog

5 April: Happy Birthday, Colleen!

6 April: Watermark Moon

7 April: GOTCHA!

8 April: Snow Kidding

9 April: I 'der' to Learn German

10 April: Labyrinth Enlightenment

11 April: Hoverbird

12 April:Lucky Ducky

13 April: Stone Faced

14 April: Let's Dance

14 April 2021 picture + form: Optimism

 

picture: pixabay

poetic form: Opposites

• form plays with idea of defining opposites
• written in couplets
• two to eight lines long
  

picture + form = Let's Dance!

 (i)*National Poetry Month 2021

To celebrate I am sharing a picture and poetic form - everyday in April!

1 April: Lizard Toe

2 April: Open Wide

3 April: Who Am I?

4 April: Cone-y Island Dog

5 April: Happy Birthday, Colleen!

6 April: Watermark Moon

7 April: GOTCHA!

8 April: Snow Kidding

9 April: I 'der' to Learn German

10 April: Labyrinth Enlightenment

11 April: Hoverbird

12 April: Lucky Ducky

13 April: Stone Face

14 April 2021 picture + form: Let's Dance!

 

 

a middle age white woman bippity-bops around the house

her arms thrust, knees bend, hips swing to the BOOMBAYAH beat while sweat drips

K-Pop transcends age and culture - once you K-Pop you can't K-Stop

©2021, Bridget Magee. All Rights Reserved.

 

picture: me flailing to EmkFit K-Pop video in the living room

poetic form: Sijo

• Korean poetic form
• 3 lines long
• each line is 14-16 syllables:
• line 1 introduces theme of poem
• line 2 develops theme with more detail
• line 3 presents a twist and conclusion
  

picture + form = Stone Faced

 (i)*National Poetry Month 2021

To celebrate I am sharing a picture and poetic form - everyday in April!

1 April: Lizard Toe

2 April: Open Wide

3 April: Who Am I?

4 April: Cone-y Island Dog

5 April: Happy Birthday, Colleen!

6 April: Watermark Moon

7 April: GOTCHA!

8 April: Snow Kidding

9 April: I 'der' to Learn German

10 April: Labyrinth Enlightenment

11 April: Hoverbird

12 April:Lucky Ducky

13 April 2021 picture + form: Stone Faced

picture: from Colleen's recent travels in Utah

poetic form: Mask Poem (with bonus puns!)

• the POV of poem is from perspective of an inanimate object or some other character that normally is not able to talk
  

picture + form = Lucky Ducky

 (i)*National Poetry Month 2021

To celebrate I am sharing a picture and poetic form - everyday in April!

1 April: Lizard Toe

2 April: Open Wide

3 April: Who Am I?

4 April: Cone-y Island Dog

5 April: Happy Birthday, Colleen!

6 April: Watermark Moon

7 April: GOTCHA!

8 April: Snow Kidding

9 April: I 'der' to Learn German

10 April: Labyrinth Enlightenment

11 April: Hoverbird

12 April 2021 picture + form: Lucky Ducky

picture: Colleen's dog, Loki and his trusty Ducky

poetic form: List Poem

• lists words and/or phrases
• can rhyme, but doesn't have to
  

picture + form = Hoverbird

 (i)*National Poetry Month 2021

To celebrate I am sharing a picture and poetic form - everyday in April!

1 April: Lizard Toe

2 April: Open Wide

3 April: Who Am I?

4 April: Cone-y Island

5 April: Happy Birthday, Colleen!

6 April: Watermark Moon

7 April: GOTCHA!

8 April: Snow Kidding

9 April: I 'der' to Learn German

10 April: Labyrinth Enlightenment

11 April 2021 picture + form: hoverbird

picture: pixabay

poetic form: Didactic Cinquain

• first line is one word that is subject of poem
• second line is two adjectives that describe the subject
• third line is three gerunds (-ing words) showing action of subject
• fourth line is four individual words or four word phrase to describe another aspect of subject
• fifth line is one word that is synonym to first line or very similar to it
  

picture + form = Labyrinth Enlightenment

 (i)*National Poetry Month 2021

To celebrate I am sharing a picture and poetic form - everyday in April!

1 April: Lizard Toe

2 April: Open Wide

3 April: Who Am I?

4 April: Cone-y Island

5 April: Happy Birthday, Colleen!

6 April: Watermark Moon

7 April: GOTCHA!

8 April: Snow Kidding

9 April: I 'der' to Learn German

10 April 2021 picture + form: Labyrinth Enlightenment

picture: photo I took of labyrinth in Los Osos, California

poetic form: (short) Free Verse

• open form of poetry
• doesn't use consistent meter pattern or rhyme
  

picture + form = I 'der' to Learn German

 (i)*National Poetry Month 2021

To celebrate I am sharing a picture and poetic form - everyday in April!

1 April: Lizard Toe

2 April: Open Wide

3 April: Who Am I?

4 April: Cone-y Island Dog

5 April: Happy Birthday, Colleen!

6 April: Watermark Moon

7 April: GOTCHA!

8 April: Snow Kidding

9 April 2021 picture + form: I 'der' to Learn German

I lege meine Schlüssel

in die Schüssel,

nicht mein Eis oder

mein Ei.

 

Ich esse meine Kirschen

in der Küche,

nicht in der Kirche

mit meinem Koch.

 

Deutsch learnen macht

sehr viel spass

und is super einfach!

Nicht für mich!

©2021, Bridget Magee. All Rights Reserved.

 

Translation by Me:

I put my keys

in the bowl,

not my ice cream or

my egg.

 

I eat my cherries

in the kitchen,

not in the church

with my cook.

 

Learning German

is very much fun

and super easy!

Not for me!   

picture: screenshot from one of my Duolingo German lessons - 713 day streak!

poetic form: Poem in Two Languages

• poem written in one language
• translated in another 

 The inspiration for my attempt at a Poem in Two Languages is Tabatha at the Opposite of Indifference. She also happens to be this week's host for Poetry Friday! Check out the NPM goodness!

 

picture + form = Snow Kidding

 (i)*National Poetry Month 2021

To celebrate I am sharing a picture and poetic form - everyday in April!

1 April: Lizard Toe

2 April: Open Wide

3 April: Who Am I?

4 April: Cone-y Island Dog

5 April: Happy Birthday, Colleen!

6 April: Watermark Moon

7 April: GOTCHA!

 

 

And a few hours later....

 

8 April 2021 picture + form:Snow Kidding

 

flurries + flowers = snow thank you

©2021, Bridget Magee. All Rights Reserved.

 

picture (or in this case, videos): outside our back balcony

 

poetic form: Equation Poem (with pun!)

• something + something else = something new (in this case, a pun)

 

picture + form = GOTCHA!

 (i)*National Poetry Month 2021

To celebrate I am sharing a picture and poetic form - everyday in April.

1 April: Lizard Toe

2 April: Open Wide

3 April: Who Am I?

4 April: Cone-y Island Dog

5 April: Happy Birthday, Colleen!

6 April: Watermark Moon

7 April 2021 picture + form: GOTCHA!

picture: Colleen and Loki (and unknown photo bomber) in Canyonlands National Park

poetry form: Acrostic

• a poem where certain letters in each line spell out a word or phrase
• can be at beginning, middle or end of lines
  

picture + form = Watermark Moon

 (i)*National Poetry Month 2021

To celebrate I am sharing a picture and poetic form - everyday in April.

1 April: Lizard Toe

2 April: Open Wide

3 April: Who Am I?

4 April: Cone-y Island Dog

5 April: Happy Birthday Colleen!

6 April 2021 picture + form: Watermark Moon

picture: pixabay

poetic form: Concrete Poem

• also known as shape poetry
• poem's shape visually matches poems topic
  

picture + form = Happy Birthday Colleen!

 (i)* National Poetry Month 2021

To celebrate I am sharing a picture + poetic form - everyday in April.

Today is a special Birthday edition for my Colleen! 

1 April: Lizard Toe

2 April: Open Wide

3 April: Who Am I?

4 April: Cone-y Island Dog

5 April 2021 picture + form: Happy Birthday, Colleen!

picture: Screenshot by Colleen of family Zoom Call - Switzerland and San Diego 

poetic form: Golden Shovel

• take a line from a poem or quote you admire
• use the words as the end words in the lines of your poem
• keep the end words in order
• give credit to whomever wrote or said original line

picture + form = Cone-y Island Dog

 (i)*National Poetry Month 2021

To celebrate I am sharing a picture + a poetic form - everyday in April.

1 April: Lizard Toe

2 April: Open Wide

3 April: Who Am I?

4 April 2021 picture + form: Cone-y Island Dog

picture: Smidgey on her big pillow island

poetic form: Etheree

• consists of 10 lines
• each line has 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 syllables 

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picture + form = Who Am I?

 (i)*National Poetry Month 2021

  To celebrate I am sharing a picture + poetic form - everyday in April!

1 April: Lizard Toe

2 April: Open Wide

3 April 2021 picture + form: Who am I?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

picture: pixabay

poetic form: Riddle Poem

• indirectly describes a person, place, thing or idea
• reader must figure out subject of poem
• can be any length, rhymed or unrhymed
  

 

picture + form = Open Wide

 (i)*National Poetry Month 2021

*in my case international, hence the i

To celebrate I am sharing a picture + poetic form - everyday in April!

1 April: Lizard Toe

2 April 2021 picture + form: Open Wide

picture: Pixabay

poetic form: Haiga

•  haiku coupled with painting (traditional) 
• or coupled with digital media (contemporary) 

Join the Poetry Friday fun at A Year of Reading, hosted by poet teacher extraordinaire Mary Lee

 

picture+form = Lizard Toe

Welcome to April! Welcome to (i)*National Poetry Month 2021

*in my case international, hence the i

To celebrate I am sharing a picture + poetic form -  everyday in April

1 April 2021 picture + form: Lizard Toe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

picture: Maureen's toe and random lizard

poetic form: 

Quatrain 

• must have four lines

• must have a rhyme scheme