GloPoWriMo Day 7 - counting-in rhyme

 

Each day the folks at NaPoWriMo are offering a prompt, and I'll start there and see what happens. I'm using my daily drafts to work on a middle grade book with the working title of TREEOGRAPHY, so there will be a lot of tree drafts this month. 

APR 7 In her poem, “Front Yard Rhyme,” Cecily Parks evokes the sing-songy beats that accompany girls’ clapping games, and jump-rope and skipping rhymes. Today, we challenge you to write your own poem that emulates these songs – something to snap, clap, and jump around to.

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Tree Rounds

one tree, two tree, three tree, four

follow the path that starts at your door

beech tree, maple tree, willow tree, oak

pedal your bike, spin your spokes

magnolia, laburnum, tulip, yew

leaf, twig, branch, trunk, rumpled roots

find something, take something, acorn, nut

give something, anything–you’ll know what

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