If you are new to BBAW, you can check out the topic suggestions for the week. I tend to pick and choose what topics I’m going to cover, and this year will be no different. Rest assured, I will be sharing with you an interview with another blogger and the link to her interview with me on Tuesday, Sept. 14.
BBAW is a time to celebrate one another’s achievements and reading through discussion, features, fun activities, and even giveaways and awards.
What can you expect here on Savvy Verse & Wit? Well, a celebration of poetry, a couple of reviews I had prescheduled, and some fun activities for you to participate in.
I hope everyone has a good time, and let’s check out the first fun activity I have for you.
Scholastic has this great little tool for kids to try their hand at several different forms of poems from haiku to free verse. I think the site has a lot of other offerings to help kids learn about and enjoy poetry.
Now, I’d like all of you poets and non-poets out there to create your own poem using the Scholastic Poetry Idea Engine and share it in the comments. It can be silly, intellectual, fun, or anything you want it to be.
Once you have your poem, please leave it in the comments, and I’ll select a winner or two for a gift card to Amazon.com for a U.S./Canada winner and a Better World Books gc for an overseas winner.
Have fun and read blogs!
Deadline for this giveaway, which is worldwide, is Sept. 19, 2010, at 11:59PM EST.
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Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
I’m a lawyer, not a poet,
This lame effort proves that’s true.
JHS
Colloquium
jhsmail at comcast dot net
Fun! I love haikus! Here’s mine:
A single leaf small
As a penny lands upon
An elephant’s back.
Thanks!
truebookaddictATgmailDOTcom
this was fun!
Mine is a Haiku
Bright colored songbird
Calling to me so sweetly
Waiting for the sun
Pam S
pams00 @ aol.com
The Scholastic Poetry Idea Engine was neat!
My Free Verse:
The sky is grey and cloudy forming rain,
And wind is moving swiftly through the night.
For darkness grows and thunder causes pain,
To ears of people scared and struck with fright.
The sky begins to rain and coldness grows,
The rustling leaves are making scary sounds.
In time the windy weather slowly goes,
And thunder heard all night no longer pounds.
Clouds begin to clear and the sky turns blue.
The morning air arrives all fresh and clean.
Now many lawns are greatly filled with dew.
The sun that shines so bright is also seen.
A pretty day arose from angry skies,
For ugly weather gradually dies.
caliblue7 at gmail dot com
Starfish growing legs,
Soon they will be leaping out
Jumping up for hope.
🙂 This was fun! What a great way of entry.
Thanks for the chance to win!
Here’s mine:
A single leaf small
As a penny drops upon
An old turtle’s back.
I quite like it actually:)
spamscape [at] gmail [dot] com
I’m terrible at poetry but here’s my try at it:
Nothings speedier than a cheetah,
In a rush it’d surely beat ya’,
As hard as you’d try
To make your feet fly
By the end of the race it’d eat Velveeta!
Here’s my limerick.
There once was a cranky giraffe
Who hadn’t smiled since he was a calf
But one night a bunny
Said a jest quite funny
So he finally relished a good laugh
What fun, here is my Limerick:
There was a new student named Crocker
Who loved nothing more than socer
All through the mall,
He’d dribble a ball
Zoinks, It wouldn’t fit in his locker!
There once was a knight who wore shorts
While partying or when holding court
Even to romance
He would never wear pants
Now there was a knight I’d support!
that was a cute site.
Here is my Haiku
A white Birch tree stands
Its white hide peels off in strips
Love notes to the earth
What fun! Here’s my Haiku:
Tadpoles growing legs
Soon they will be leaping out
Jumping up for stars
here’s my haiku, although the options they offered were not all that great, it turned into a poem that doesn’t really make any sense!:
“A single leaf small
As a penny falls
Upon an angry man’s back”
I created a Limerick!
Nothings speedier than a cheetah,
In a car it’d surely beat ya’,
As hard as you’d try
To make your feet fly
By the end of the race it’d eat velveeta!
haha. cute!
Thanks, seescootread[at]gmail[dot]com
Children growing legs,
Soon they will be leaping out,
Jumping up for stars.
I’m entering for the international gift card 🙂
Here’s my haiku:
Pages turn slowly
As I start my journey
To worlds far away.
a(dot)long(at)tcu(dot)edu
Free Verse 🙂
There is nothing unnatural about fear
Everyone is afraid at some point
There are perfectly sensible explanations as to why your:
Chest tightens
Breath comes short
Eyes glaze
Heart races
All completely normal reactions
Explained away by science
So why does it still surprise me?
I chose to do a Haiku:
An old birch tree stands
Its white barks peels off in strips
Love note to the Earth
Awesome giveaway idea! 😀
~Briana
Wow. The topic for mind is pretty random.
Cactus.
Spiny and green.
Hoping for rain to drip.
Reaching spiny arms to the sky.
Ready.
How fun! Here’s my haiku:
Bright-colored songbird
Singing to me so sweetly
Happy for the sun.
Haiku:
The day disappears
And a ray of light
Lightens the pink sky
I’m international
spav05(at)gmail(dot)com
I created a limmerick using the Scholastic Poetry Idea engine. That was fun!
There was a young poet from Nepal
Who dreamed every night of broomball:
He would step up to tat a tat
Wearing his cape and a hat
And hit a home run past the hall.
I am from the Philippines so I am entering for the Better World books gc.
That was really fun!
Here’s my haiku:
Bright-colored songbird
Singing to me so sweetly
Smiling for the sun.
That is a really cute site! I did a couple of them, but here is my haiku using the “machine.”
Starfish growing legs
Soon they will be rising out
Jumping up for stars
Hmmm…not sure that works really but it was neat way to learn about poetry. I didn’t know what a cinquain was! Thanks for sharing. Cute idea.
Here’s my cinquain:
Hamster
Gathering speed
Cheeks puffed with lots of food
Kids are always laughing
Nibbler
As I was scrolling down to the comment box, I noticed someone else came up with the exact same haiku I did, using the Idea Engine! Maybe I’ll try another one here:
A puppy just came
From the groomer’s, home again
Coifed, soft and clean
That was way more fun than I thought it would be (I was intimidated when I saw that we were going to have to write poetry). I love the engine they have.
Here’s my cinquain:
Sandbox
Intensely stark
Sand dunes shift daily
To elude the sun, but at night
Beautiful
Fun site. I did a limerick.
There once was a prince who wore shorts
When playing or when holding court
Even to dance
He would rarely wear pants
Now there was a prince I’d support!
bacchus76 at myself dot com
Just stopping by to let you know this is posted on win a book!
http://winabook.westofmars.com/2010/09/13/amazon-or-better-world-books-gift-card/
i wrote this haiku with the site:
A dry birch tree stands
Its white skin peels off in strips
Love note to the earth
Here’s the cinquain I wrote after being inspired by the poetry writing engine:
Reading
Worlds open up
Laughter, tears, adventure
What could possibly be better?
Book blogs!
OK, this is fun…here’s my exciting haiku::
Bright colored creature
Singing to me so sweetly
Waiting for the sun
Thanks for the giveway!
Amy S.
artsyrockerchick at aim dot com
Here’s my limerick:
Nothing speedier than a cheetah
In a rush it’d surely beat ya
As hard as you try
To make your feet fly
By the end of the race it’d eat Velveeta
I tried a haiku:
Bright-colored songbird
Chirping to me so sweetly
Singing for the sun.
What a great site I love writing poems, heres what I got from the site:
The sun disappears
And a flock of birds
Crosses the pink sky
Thank you for this giveaway and for making an international one too:-)
I created a limerick:
There was a new student named Crocker
Who loved nothing more than soccer.
All through the hall –
He’d dribble a ball
Jeesh, it wouldn’t fit in his locker.
Lol – love this one!
A single leaf small
As a penny lands
Upon an old turtles back
I’ve never written Haiku so easily before 😀
That was fun! Here’s my haiku:
A butterfly small
As a penny drops upon
An old turtle’s back.
Slim pickin’s at that site so I changed the last line and here goes
There once was a young poet from Nepal
who dreamed every night of the mall
he would step up to the cat
hearing his cape and a hat
and toss little kittle a ball
Fun one, Serena! Thanks for hosting.
I started with the poetry creation engine — then made it BBAW appropriate!
A book blogger writes
Her thoughts peeling off in strips
Posting to the earth
Thanks for the generous giveaway!
Quite a fun thing to play with!
This is my limerick:
There was a young man from Nepal
Who dreamed every night of St Paul:
He would step up to tat a tat
Wearing his tights and a hat
And hit a home run past y’all.
and this is my cinquain.
Squirrel
Furry mammal
Hungting the fridge for food
Loving sunshine every journey
Jumper
thank you for the chance.
Book Blogs
or, what to read
Bad for your credit card
Great for living life to the full
Just Read!
What a fun way to start the week 🙂 I’m in the UK, so Better World Books if my lucky number comes up. Thanks!
Oh, that was fun! I was thinking, “There’s no way I can compose a poem on cue” but the engine made it easy. I’m feeling very poetic now.
Here’s my haiku:
A single leaf small
As a penny falls upon
An orange whale’s back.
Thanks for the giveaway! I’m in the U.S. so I’m entering for the Amazon GC.
I created a little limerick using the site
There was a young swine from Nepal
Who dreamed every night of baseball:
He would step up to the bat
Wearing his robe and a hat
And hit a home run past ya’all.