Why should we devote an entire month to honor words written in verse? Because poetry is the language of the soul. When life drowns us with its dark moments, poetry throws us a raft – a verbal sanctuary of healing and beauty.
So I urge you to release your inner poet and succumb to the sensory language, rhythm, flavor, call and response of poetry. Feel the human spirit and universality of life's shared stories in a stanza. Read or write a poem this month. Restore your spirit. Restore your soul.
Ten Favorite Poems
- “Sick” – Shel Silverstein
- “Phenomenal Woman” – Maya Angelou
- “Annabel Lee” – Edgar Allan Poe
- “Oranges” – Gary Soto
- “The Road Not Taken” – Robert Frost
- Sonnet 130 – William Shakespeare
- “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time” – Robert Herrick
- “The Kiss” – Sara Teasdale
- “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” – Dylan Thomas
- Fragment 31 – Sappho
April Challenge: Write a Cinquain
A cinquain is five line poem that follows this lyrical pattern:
1) a word for the title
2) two adjectives
3) three verbs
4) a phrase
5) the title again – or synonym
Example:
Chocolate
Dark or milk
Smooth, silky, sweet
Best thing ever
Yum!
Eyes
Large, mysterious
Watching, rolling, blinking
Tell more than words
Soul-windows
Cinquain
Short, sweet
Five, simple steps
Maybe not so easy…
Voila!
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