Well now. I'd forgotten how bent out of shape I can get trying to write poetry "on command". Why, why do I do this to myself?
Today's prompt does allow for a bit of silly, though, so I should be able to come up with something. We are to write a charm, " a simple rhyming poem, in the style of a recipe-slash-nursery rhyme."
So here goes. Given my recent experience while sneaking into the ocean for a pee, I have a charm that is dedicated to the shy, gentle (unless accidentally stepped on) stingray. Here we go:
How to Take the Sting out of a Stingray
Take two small steps and in you go
(ocean so much better than snow)
put your feet down with command
let the waves wash over your hands
visualize a sandy floor
where sleepy stingrays hide no more
so screams you'll never have to muffle
when you do the stingray shuffle
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| This one's dead, FYI |
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| The business end of the stinger |
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| Gotcha! |
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| About that big |
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2 comments:
Love it Linda! Which prompts are you following this year?
Thanks, C. So far, the NaPoWriMo ones, although I'll likely stray off the path from time to time. Last year I sometimes wrote about poetry books I was reading, as well.
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