Slice of Life Day 27. Join the Two Writing Teachers Slice of Life Challenge.
I was suffering with severe “noideaitis,” a term created by my student Magic Matt. So I traveled around the kitlit blogosphere for inspiration. I found some at the site Teaching Authors. I follow Laura Purdis Salas on her blog, and she has just recently joined the Teaching Authors. Her Wednesday Writing Workout post outlined a process for writing a rhyming nonfiction poem. I gave it a shot. Recently I bought some new spring flowers for my deck. One of these is a bougainvillea. I just love saying the name. I looked it up on Wikipedia and learned all I needed to know to write a quick poem. As Laura suggested, I used Rhymezone to find rhyming words. I don’t think the results are brilliant, but they do teach a bit about this mouthful of a plant.
The actual flower of the bougainvillea is a small cluster of three white flowers in the center.
Bougainvillea
Bougainvillea is a thorny, ornamental vine.
From Brazil or Peru, paper petals intertwine.The actual flower will fool ya’
hiding white in the bracts of Bougainvillea.Each heart-shaped leaf steadily climbs.
Don’t you want to say it three times?Bougainvillea
Bougainvillea
Bougainvillea
Red bougainvillea on my deck looking all perky and springy.
Reflections on the Teche 