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If you follow my blog, you know I am a little obsessed with poetry. In the world of words, syllables, and sounds, I find puzzles in making them all fit together into something meaningful. Jane Yolen was recently featured on Michelle Barnes’ Today’s Little Ditty with a challenge to write septercets. This is a form Jane Yolen created with the pattern of seven syllables in three line stanzas.
I challenged my students to write septercets. And I played along.
I Spy
Looking for spinning spiders
hiding between limbs of trees
miraculous thread designsStudying patterns of light
refraction reflecting bows
miraculous sky designsSkipping stones from uncle’s pier
a ripple breaks the surface
miraculous water designs–Margaret Simon
Can you write a septercet about the harvest moon above? Share in the comments and on Ditty of the Month padlet.
Reflections on the Teche 