One of my favorite things about the Slice of Life writing challenge is reading and taking inspiration from others.
As I was browsing posts yesterday, I came across Ona’s post toying with different kinds of poems, many of which I hadn’t seen before. Of course I followed this link to a site about lesser-known poetic forms, and that got my creative juices flowing! Unlike Ona, who wrote of soaking up the last moments of Spring Break, I have another week of school to go. So I’ll write my poems on the theme of the Slice of Life Challenge.
Here’s some of my ragged verse:
The March Challenge: A than-bauk
Each March I write
All my bright thoughts.
It’s quite the task.
On Writing: An elfchen
Writing
is easy
when it’s someone
else who’s doing the
work
Why I Write: A Fibonacci poem
I
write
because
it makes me
clearer to myself,
closer to the rest of the world
Thanks, as always, for the Two Writing Teachers March Slice of Life Story Challenge. Check ’em out!
Soapbox: The Way I see Things 
Lanie,
I always love learning new poem forms. I don’t know the first form but do know the other two. I love the way you capture why you write in poetry.
Ooooh! That last poem about why you write is giving me all the feels!! Excellent poetry, Lainie. In love with these lines- “clearer to myself,
closer to the rest of the world”
One of the best things about this challenge is that we learn so many new things to try with our writing. I need to keep these in mind for later on this month when I need a topic.
So glad you experimented! I want to try some more. I think it’s addictive to start trying out poetry forms. Love the Fibonacci one… might need to try that soon!
Lainie, I love those small poems. Some new forms to me too. I love in the why you write poem about being “clearer” and “closer” Beautiful juxtaposition of those words and how you used them. I’m going to go check out the link to the poetry site now.
Lainie, I love dabbling with forms – usually, that is, as a villanelle almost made me run for the hills today (posting tomorrow). Although you call your verse “ragged,” I find natural fluidity, plus wit and to-the-point succinctness, trademarks of yours even when forms don’t require it of you. Ever the master of craft. I love every one of these poems – those lines in the last about making one “clearer to myself” and “closer to the rest of the world” are exactly why I write, too. And… it’s freeing.