Day 10: Pick a one-line song lyric to serve as an epigraph to your poem. Then, write the poem to accompany it. The poem need not be directly related to the song.
…my words, like silent raindrops fell
And echoed
In the wells of silence.
—Paul Simon
In silence, our poems liveIn sharing, our poems grow.
Today was my first day to introduce the poetry challenge to my gifted students. Their challenge: Using ABCs of poetry forms, write a poem each day. We started with Acrostics. Tomorrow…Bio-poems. I shared my acrostic poem from Day 1 of the 30 Day Poetry Challenge.
I enjoyed the results. I told them that the poem should not be about them, but should use the initial letters from their names. This was part of the 30 Day Challenge, and I was surprised at how well they did. Here are a few:
BrooklynBatting at home place
Racing base to base
Outfield players catching pop-ups
“Out” yells the umpire when the batter has three strikes
Keeping your eye on the ball
Letting the time run from you
Yelling coming from the bleachers
Never getting defeated
KaylieKindling the fire
Ablaze in the midnight sky
Yawns bounce with the light breeze
Locusts chirping
In a sweet melody
Entrancing
Reflections on the Teche 
Thanks for sharing ALL of it. Poetry is so cool. 🙂 I love seeing the many ways poetry spreads its wings!
Your students have a great mentor in you. These poems are incredible! Check out the book Silver Seeds for some fun acrostics.
Thanks for the book recommendation. I realized this morning the only model I had was my own.
I just love these lines…
tehy sum up poetry so well
In silence, our poems live
In sharing, our poems grow.
Thanks for posting Margaret! I LOVE IT! 🙂
I love your writing prompt idea. I used to do something similar with song lyrics to get my students writing. And thanks for sharing your students’ writing. It’s always wonderful to read new writers!