Norman T. Goldfish answers: What's Your Favorite Dino?
This is the skeleton put together. See how long it is compared to a human diver? Look at that neck!
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Poetry Challenge #165-Dino Romp-Pom
It’s said a picture is worth a thousand words, and so by way of sparing you reading 983 more:
Poetry Challenge #165
Dino Romp-Pom
Write a poem inspired by this image (borrowed from @visualverseanthology).
Set your time for 7 minutes
Set your intentions to POEM
Start writing! Don’t think too much—just do it!
And when you’re finished, click over to @visualverseanthology to post—it might be published in the Visual Verse Anthology.
Cindy Faughnan and I began this 7-Minute Poetry Challenge more than 1680 days ago! (without a miss!!!) We now take turns creating our own prompts to share with you. If you join us in the Challenge, let us know by posting the title, a note, or if you want, the whole poem in the comments. And scroll down for my happy news:
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Norman T. Goldfish Answers: Why Were You So Shy?
Look at all those humans…gluuuu
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Ask Norman: Do You Have Super Powers?
Norman T. Goldfish answers questions from readers. Scroll down to read his responses.
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Scroll down to read Norman’s answer to Gianni . . .
Glug
Glug
Glug . . .
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Super Norman!
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Poetry Challenge #164-Candy Anadilosis
Not sure who’s brilliant idea it was—maybe Milton Hershey’s —but it’s official: November 4th, four gluttonous days past “Trick or Treat” comes the sweetest day of all: National Candy Day!
Note the absence of chocolate…
I have it a half-hearted search but couldn’t find the origin story of the holiday. So here, I’m thinking, is the logic behind the day: everyone with access has had four whole days to cherry pick through the Halloween stash. Really all that’s left is the dregs, so let’s get it over with ripping-off-the-Band-Aid style: Dump whatever is left into a pile, pluck out the odd pencils, toothbrushes & stickers, unwrap the rest, and go for it!
Yoda “Dylan” & Ewok “Aiden”
Stuff as much will fit into our mouths and chew, chew, chew, chew, chew . . .
or maybe safer: join us for the 7-Minute Challenge!
Poetry Challenge #164
Candy Anadiplosis aka the Illusion of Logic
Anadiplosis is a repeated word or phrase. This repetition adds emphasis. It makes your words sound strong and sure. It adds music to your poem. Many poets and politicians use anadiplosis when they’re making a point. Yoda used anadiplosis in Star Wars when he said,
“Fear leads to anger; anger leads to hatred; hatred leads to suffering.”
In honor of National candy day, write a poem using anadiplosis. Make the first line end with the word candy or the name of a particular candy. The second line will begin with the last word and so on.
Try to use strong words—usually nouns—for the last word of each line. Write at least five lines.
Read it aloud to hear the sweet if illogical music!
Set Your Timer for 7 Minutes
Start Writing
Don’t Think Too Much About it; just do it!
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Poetry Challenge #163-The Answer is always Chocolate!
Now, what’s your question?
As if we need an excuse It’s National Chocolate Day. Yep! An entire 24 hours, 1440 minutes, not to mention seconds! At 1 chocolatey nibble per second that’s 86,400 nibbles! That’s my kind of day!
Like Willie Wonka, I think of the chocolate factory with chocolate trees and rivers. I imagine everything you can dip in chocolate.
My VCFA class, “Unreliable Narrators” splurged on a chocolate fountain, gobbled obscene quantities of chocolate dipped strawberries, marshmallows, cake, grahams, carrots, celery, radish . . . after donated it to the school. Writers require chocolate PRN!
Poetry Challenge #163
The Answer is Always Chocolate
Write an acrostic poem, using the letters
C-H-O-C-O-L-A-T-E as the first letter in each line.
Your poem can be about chocolate or candy or anything else you want it to be—as long as it’s ooey, gooey delicious!
Set Your Timer for 7 Minutes
Start Writing
Don’t Think Too Much About it; just indulge!
Chocolate as good to read as it is to nibble! & If you like yours chocolate dark, dip into Robert Cormier’s The Chocolate War
Post a review, I’ll give you a glug!
Cindy Faughnan and I began this 7-Minute Poetry Challenge more than SIXTEEN HUNDRED days ago! (without a miss!!!) We now take turns creating our own prompts to share with you. If you join us in the Challenge, let us know by posting the title, a note, or if you want, the whole poem in the comments. And scroll down for my happy news:
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Ask Norman: Do Goldfish Toot?
Norman T. Goldfish answers questions from readers. Scroll down to read his responses.
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Scroll down to read Norman’s answer to Jude . . .
Glug
Glug
Glug . . .
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Poetry Challenge #162-Be Kind to Your Cold-Blooded Friends
This is a tuatara. Who knew?
Be kind to your cold-blooded friends, for that gecko maybe some critter’s mo-ther/Be kind to snakes, crocs, turtles, tuatara, too/And don’t just stick them all in the zoo…
There are approximately 10,700 species of reptile, that is four-limbed (or like snakes, related to four-limbed) cold-blooded, egg-laying, creatures that have been walking-climbing-crawling-slithering over this planet for more than 312 million years, including turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodiles, turtles, and tortoises. Besides staring in horror films, what exactly do you know about them?
It’s said knowledge is the best way to raise awareness, so, since today (Oct 21) is National Reptile Awareness Day, that’s what we’ll do with poetry—in the form of a lantern poem!
Snakes, snakes…them too!
Poetry Challenge #162
Be Kind to Your Cold-Blooded Friends
A Lantern Poem is a type of descriptive poetry that originates from Japan.
The Lantern poem uses five lines with a structure of one, two, three, four and one syllables (or words) per line.
It’s called a Lantern poem because, when finished, the shape resembles a Japanese lantern.
Begin by choosing a one-reptile as the subject of your poem. Now, with that reptile in mind, follow these instructions to craft your lantern poem
Line #1: 1 word noun
Line #2: 2 words to describe appearance
Line #3: 3 words to describe action
Line #4: 2 words simile or metaphor
Line #5: 1 synonym
Set Your Timer for 7 Minutes
Start Writing
Don’t Think Too Much About it; Just slither, creep, crawl into it!
Post a review, I’ll give you a glug!
Cindy Faughnan and I began this 7-Minute Poetry Challenge more than SIXTEEN HUNDRED days ago! (without a miss!!!) We now take turns creating our own prompts to share with you. If you join us in the Challenge, let us know by posting the title, a note, or if you want, the whole poem in the comments. And scroll down for my happy news: