#WaterPoemProject: Day 3, Linda Mitchell
Welcome back to our month-long WaterPoemProject. It’s Day 3. If you’re new to this project, please read the Introduction and FAQ.Children's poet and school librarian Linda Mitchell is sharing the writing prompt today.Linda's poetry prompt is a Found Haiku using WonderopolisYou may have tried writing a haiku before. (Check out children's poet Kenn Nesbitt's haiku instructions here.) But today's haiku challenge has an extra layer: Create your haiku from words you find in a Wonderopolis article about water.Linda has provided some printables for us to use as we construct our poems.
Click here for Linda's slides on how to create your Found Haiku.***Your task is to draft a found haiku about water before the end of the day tomorrow, Wednesday, March 25, 2020. If you're not in the mood for haiku, any found poem using words taken from a water-related article is a good alternative.What exactly is a found poem? Find out at Facing History.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.
Linda Mitchell is a family girl, middle school librarian (public school), creative, curious, geeky and loves to learn! Her weekly Poetry Friday posts can be found at A Word Edgewise: A Word Edgewise.***#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.