a cartoon rat is saying `` pure poetry '' in a kitchen . ALT: a cartoon rat is saying `` pure poetry '' in a kitchen .

April: National Poetry Month!

#rhymers #poetry #poet #haiku

🙄🎵'The Night may be Dark
But the Sun always rises
Courage comes in all shapes and all sizes'*🎵

credit to IGG wherever she may be
A Caring Ghost, dear friend of many including me...🐸🐦‍⬛👻💚💚💚

#BeTheFrog
#Ribbity
#Ribbitstance
#FrogSquad
#Hop
#Poetry
#Rhymers
#Inflatifa
#amphifa

a woman is sitting at a table with her eyes closed and says `` this is the worst vacation ever '' . ALT: a woman is sitting at a table with her eyes closed and says `` this is the worst vacation ever '' .

This week’s prompt from my Rhyme Time group:
Write a rhyme with the title: The Worst Vacation Ever.

#childrenspoetry #poetrycommunity #poets #rhymers

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LAST week’s prompt from my Rhyme Time group:
Good Vibes . . . something positive. Try to include a compound or multisyllabic rhyme.

I was too busy (at an epic class reunion) to post last week.
#childrenspoetry #poetrycommunity #poets #rhymers

THEME | Little Thoughts

This week’s prompt from my Rhyme Time group:
Use Little Thoughts Press's theme prompt to write a poem.
www.littlethoughtspress.com/theme

#poets #rhymers

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This week’s prompt from my Rhyme Time group:
Write a rhyme about a color (that the reader can feel, hear, taste, and see),

#poets #rhymers

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This week’s prompt from my Rhyme Time group:
Write a poem about a treehouse or a poem that includes a treehouse (in rhyme or in verse).

#poets #rhymers

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This week’s prompt from my Rhyme Time group:
Write a rhyme using spoonerisms.
#poets #poetry #rhymers

P. S. This happened to me: While waiting for takeoff on a delayed flight, to pass the time, the attendant told the entire Cinderella story using spoonerisms. He didn't miss a beat.

My Rhyme Time group's prompt for this week:
Write an acrostic poem about something to do with summer (and it needs to rhyme!).

Shh. I won't tell anyone if your poem doesn't rhyme.
#poets #poetry #rhymers

BABY’S OPPOSITES
by Nancy Raines Day (& Rebecca Evans)
Baby. Parents. Brother. Opposites.

A delightful view of opposites - in rhyme!
(2021, Charlesbridge)
#PB #kidlit #librarians #teachers #rhymers

My Rhyme Time group's Friday poem prompt:
Write a rhyme from the perspective of a kid character (describing who they are)
#poets #rhymers

Rhyme Time poetry group's July 11th prompt: a bug or a bigger beast causing lots of trouble in a garden
#poetry #poets #rhymers #gardeners

ROSIE REVERE ENGINEER by Andrea Beaty [& David Roberts]
Attention all rhymers . . . Read. This. Book!
(Abrams BYR, 2013)
@andreabeatyauthor.bsky.social
#PB #kidlit #librarians #teachers #rhymers

What fun to spend a morning teaching the joys (and pitfalls) of writing in rhyme with the fab @lynnbbooks.bsky.social Thanks to Penrose House in CO Springs and @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social for sponsoring the event.
And thanks to all the creative #kidlit #rhymers who attended!