#WaterPoemProject: Day 9, Kathryn Apel
Can you believe it's already Day 9 of our month-long #WaterPoemProject?I hope that writing poetry is brightening your day during this challenging time. [My home state, Maryland, has been instructed to shelter in place.]If you’re 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 am so pleased to welcome my dear friend Kathryn Apel to give us a poetry prompt today. Kat is a children's poet and verse novelist who lives on a farm in Australia!Kat's poetry prompt is: Silly Solage
Developed by Australian poet Cameron Semmens, a solage is a short, witty poem that plays with words. Lines one and two rhyme. Line three is a single word that adds a twist. Write a water-related solage.You can read more about solage poems at Kat's blog, Kat's Whiskers.
Kat says: My tip is to start with a homograph (same spelling/pronunciation, different meaning) or heteronym (same spelling, different pronunciation/meaning) for your last line, then work backwards.
Some homographs/heteronyms to get you thinking:
- stream: of water / to run – like your eyes
- bore: drill into underground water / a dull person / make somebody uninterested
- desert: arid region / leave
***Your task is to draft a silly water solage before the end of the day tomorrow, Tuesday, March 31, 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.
Kathryn Apel is a born-and-bred farm girl who’s scared of cows. She lives among the gum trees, kangaroos and cattle on a Queensland grazing property. A trained teacher and literacy consultant, Kat shares her passion for words at schools and festivals. Kathryn specialises in poetry workshops for kids and adults – and staff professional development sessions across grades and curriculum area. Read about Kat’s Books, with links to reviews & activities, or to Buy Books. Download Kids’ Stuff activities for home & classroom use.***#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 Connections
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