#WaterPoemProject: Day 17, Susan Tan
It’s Day 17 of our #WaterPoemProject — 30 days of water-themed poetry prompts from your favorite children’s authors.If you’re looking for National Poetry Month writing prompts, we’ve got you covered. Start with Day 1 and you’ll have poetry prompts from now through the end of April.New to this project? Please read the Introduction and FAQ. Or you can watch this video of me describing how to participate. It’s on the YouTube channel Authors Everywhere.I'm excited to welcome middle grade author Susan Tan to write with us today!Susan's poetry prompt is: The Sound of Water
The sound of water can be the soothing rush of a stream, the strangely loud "plop!" of a drip in a broken tap, the gentle patter of rain on a window, and so much more. Imagine a sound that water makes, in any form, and write a poem about what these sounds are saying. Bonus points if the rhythm of your poem matches or evokes the rhythm of the water you're giving voice to.***What's that sound I hear? Is it the scritch-scratch of pencils moving? I hope you're feeling inspired to incorporate sounds into your poem today. Aim to have a rough draft by the end of the day tomorrow, Wednesday, April 8, 2020.If you’re doing the #WaterPoemProject with a group, be sure to share or post your rough draft, read other people’s poems, and cheer for their efforts. Or leave your poem here, in the comments.
Susan Tan is the author of Cilla Lee-Jenkins: Future Author Extraordinaire (winner of the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association Children’s Honor Award), Cilla Lee-Jenkins: This Book is A Classic, and Cilla Lee-Jenkins: The Epic Story (Shortlisted for the New England Book Award). She loves reading, crocheting, and eating cookies whenever possible. Susan also recently began a YouTube channel called Authors Everywhere, which collects and creates videos from children's book authors and illustrators to offer kids creative and emotional outlets during this time out of school. Authors Everywhere has activities, read alouds, writing workshops, and more!***#WaterPoemProject Series Posts:Project IntroductionFAQPrompt 1: Irene Latham, The Language of WaterPrompt 2: Elizabeth Steinglass, What Would a Raindrop Say?Prompt 3: Linda Mitchell, Found HaikuPrompt 4: Shari Green, Fogbow FibonacciPrompt 5: Margaret Simon, The Taste of WaterPrompt 6: Heather Meloche, The Shape of a WavePrompt 7: Amy Ludwig VanDerwater, A Water MemoryPrompt 8: Laura Shovan, Rainy Day OppositesPrompt 9: Kathryn Apel, Silly SolagePrompt 10: Buffy Silverman, A Watery HomePrompt 11: Kara Laughlin, Frozen FogPrompt 12: Debbie Levy, Jump into a LimerickPrompt 13: Joy McCullough, What Are Water Bears?Prompt 14: Linda Baie, Frozen Water SkinnyPrompt 15: Chris Baron, The Hidden World of WaterPrompt 16: Michelle Heidenrich Barnes, Water WordplayPrompt 17: Susan Tan, The Sound of WaterPrompt 18: Mike Grosso, Waterplay!Prompt 19: R. L. Toalson, Wishing WellPrompt 20: Margarita Engle, Ode to the ShorePrompt 21: Faye McCray, Poem in a BubblePrompt 22: Meg Eden, Surprising ConnectionsPlease support the #WaterPoemProject authors by buying their books from your favorite independent bookstore.