Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Writer WORDshop again

Having fun meeting with my local writing friends to study and share poetry. We are gathering every other week for a short lesson, and today we wrote some Minute Poems. The structure is thus: first line has 8 syllables and rhymes with line #2 which has 4 syllables then comes line #3 and #4 both with 4 syllables and they rhyme. Etc. A challenge but fun-first we clustered or brainstormed a topic SUMMER HEAT. It's only 108 degrees right now. Then we proceeded to write a poem to share with each other. Here's mine:

SUMMERTIME

Hot desert heat, never ending.
We are dripping
sweat like water,
drying faster.


Will relief ever come to us?
Monsoon-like gusts
promise showers
for dry flowers.


But no delivery's in sight
even at night.
Day follows day,
then RAIN. Oh yah!

7 comments:

  1. Cute, I like it. I've never been able to write a poem. Tried several times and they all stink.

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  2. The poem is perfect for this time of year! We are still experiencing humidity, going into its third week. But its getting less and less each day.

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  3. Oh that sounds confusing! I used to write poetry in schook and for some reason fell away from it.

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  4. Bring, bring, bring on the rain!

    These are great, Lin!

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  5. We've got a whole lot of Kona weather headed our way... hot and humid. I'm not looking forward to it.

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  6. Perfect for the weather we have been having especially the drippy part...

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