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| Dewolf Family |
With this challenge I have in mind the enormous value of this site as "A poetry playground for the child in all of us." Yes, the child in the adult still likes to play.
— Kate O'Neil
You do know what today is, don't you?
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| Mike Licht |
Nah, I'm not talking about Black Friday. Try again?
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| Steve McFarland |
Why, yes, it IS National Leftovers Day, but that's not what I'm talking about either. Give up?
It's our end-of-month poetry playdate!
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| University of Baltimore Special Collections and Archives |
Now we're talking!
At the beginning of this month, Kate O'Neil challenged us to write a poem based on the sheer delight of words at play: malapropisms, ambiguities, unintended meanings, puns, clichés, etc. Inspiration could be found listening to children, from newspaper headlines, lists of ‘howlers’ on the net, etc.
I'm loving all the different ways this challenge was interpreted! Apparently the Ditty of the Month Club takes wordplay very seriously.
See for yourself—
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| Daniel X. O'Neil |
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| Gabriela B. |
To peruse our fun factory, scroll through the poems below or CLICK HERE to open a new tab.
Many thanks to everyone who contributed to the fun and especially to Kate for inspiring us all with such a lively challenge!
For those of you who haven't yet, there's still time to get your ducks in a row and contribute a ditty... but you better get quackin'!
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| Wendy |
Visit Kate's spotlight interview for instructions and then click on the pink dot with the plus sign to add your poem to the padlet. While there aren't many days left in November, I'll be leaving this padlet open indefinitely, so feel free to add to it at any point in the future.
There is a marvelous variety of poems this month, Michelle. Thank you for the fun post that surrounds the poems. I love those ducks that need to get 'quackin'.
ReplyDeleteSo much fun! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteAll these poems are so much fun to read. I'm looking forward to next month's challenge!
ReplyDeleteI must have had *uite a month, to miss this whole challenge! I hope to rise to the occasion in the last few days and I look forward to see what others have been cooking up. Thanks, Michelle--looking forward to the arrival of my TLD3!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous collection of poetry this challenge has generated! I have been wowed again and again by the creativity and clever wordplay. Well done!!
ReplyDeleteAnother wealth of words shared! I can't wait for the next challenge because I (mostly) have my reading/writing life back!
ReplyDeleteThese poems are so clever! Sorry I missed this fun challenge.
ReplyDeleteYou're so good at being playful, M.! (Love that photo of the kids on the car :-) ) It's been fun.
ReplyDeleteOnce again you have provided an invaluable space for creativity to flourish, Michelle! Thank you to Kate for the inspiration for the amazing creations featured on the Padlet. I never quite got it together this month to contribute, but I'll be looking for the next challenge. =)
ReplyDeleteThese are all such fun! I love all the different ways people approached this challenge--and as usual, your post to wrap it up makes them all shine even brighter!
ReplyDeleteGreat post Michelle, I'm smiling wide from all these tongue-twisting word play poems–what fun–and fun pics too (tried to pull the kids on the car off to save for facial expression–but I don't think it wanted to leave your post)–thanks! xo
ReplyDeleteThanks, Michelle! Can't imagine why the kids wouldn't cooperate with you, but try clicking on the link in the photo caption and downloading it from the original source.
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