Think of all the dryer lint that would be searched and the laundry rooms cleaned in the hunt for reds in October.įor inspiration you could peruse a list of celebratory and awareness months already in existence. For example, I think October could be National Missing and Presumed Lost Single Scarlet Sock Month. Create a new celebration for any month of the year and explain your choice. If you don’t care to write a limerick or other type of verse, I have another challenge for you. If you are a baseball fan, dig up a copy of “Casey at the Bat” and then try to write a modernized version.
Jack Prelutsky has written some amazingly awesome scary poems, which are too good to be saved for Halloween. Share some of Shel Silverstein’s poems from the book “Where the Sidewalk Ends” with your favorite kiddos. From Emily Dickinson to Nikita Gill, there are poems for every taste. All you have to do is get thee to a library or bookstore and revel in the varied volumes on the shelves. Thousands of folks called poets have done the work for you. The nice thing about poetry is that you can enjoy it without actually writing it.
No “boos” unless you can write a better one in under five minutes.
