Some people are taking recycling to a whole new level! Watch this video about schools built out of plastic bottles, and then imagine sitting inside a school like that. Write a poem describing what you see, hear, and feel around you. How is it different than a regular school?
Or... imagine building a school out of something else that usually gets thrown away, like tires or old washing machines or cardboard boxes. Maybe your poem will sound like an engineer's structural drawing or an architect's blueprint or a TV commercial advertising your new recycled school!
Thanks to Laura Shovan and the other members of Authors Take Action for inviting us all to play along!
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And now, I'm playing along with the Poetry Sisters, who are writing etherees this month. I've combined the 1-10 syllable etheree with my own creation, the definito. Enjoy the layers of form; I certainly had fun with them, and came up with something that is kind of the opposite of a school built out of plastic bottles!
barely there
a definito
air.
either
fog or mist.
a ghost. a hint
of something that fleets
away as you reach it.
disappearing atmosphere.
transparent. neither solid nor stiff.
something here and yet not here. feels as
real as air, as ether. ethereal.
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Finally, next Wednesday I'll start my National Poetry Month project. Assuming that I can get to grips with Squarespace's blogging platform, I'll be adding kids' poems weekly on Wednesdays to the new WHISPERshout Magazine, publishing poetry and art by kids ages 4-12. The link is here: https://whispershoutpoetry414.blogspot.com/
And THANKS to Mary Lee for hosting us today at A(nother) Year of Reading, where she'll also be kicking off this year's Progressive Poem. She's one of my favorite trailblazers!
*Yes, I know Maurice wrote "start," but the rhythm is so much better with "begin," don't you think? 😊
