Hello, and welcome! This is 15 Words or Less Poems, a low-pressure way to wake up your poetry brain (guidelines here), and I’m very glad you’re here.
When I went to my WW meeting a couple of weeks ago, there was an art display throughout the mall. I love this bunny version of hopscotch!
This image makes me think of several things:
- a giant floor puzzle for babies
- lawn chess or checkers
- color-by-number sheets from kindergarten
And here’s my first draft.
Friends, I’m flying down to visit my dad today, so I won’t be able to comment. I’ll be reading your poems, though, when family gets to be too much ;>)
It’s your turn! Have fun and stick to 15 WORDS OR LESS! (Title doesn’t count toward word count.)
18 Responses
Good Morning Poetry Brains! It’s so nice to get to Thursday. I must admit to being eager for the end of this school year…a HS graduation in my family has raised the emotions to high tide around here.
Here is my “to the rule” draft. I hate going outside the rule of 15. I love the challenge of making it work.
Roygbiv
for rainbow
Bobbbrrfor bunny
sidewalk funny
hopscotch row
And, here’s the draft I like better but over 15 words. Thanks for the fun, Laura. I so enjoy these prompts on Thursday mornings.
One blue
two black
three orange and brown
four purple
Blue repeats
six to eight
rosesin my crown
Linda, I love the roygbiv acronym. The colors put me in a playful mood. I, too, love the challenge of “write tight.”
eeeek! I forgot to comment on Laura’s draft! Sorry about that. The idea of the sky being numberless is brilliant. You take simple things and elevate them–in a way that makes it look so easy.
Safe travels Laura. What a memory you have uncovered for me. The sidewalk from the front porch out to the street in front of the home in which I grew up had cracked, over time, to make the perfect hopscotch for hours and hours of fun. That memory has nothing to do with my verse!! lol
A Bunny’s Nightmare
Oh the shame
can’t show my face
cotton tail black
such a disgrace.
Ha! Ha! Sharp eyes and mind to pick up on that!
“Hop“scotch on a bunny! How fun!
The New Girl
Breathe deep.
There’s no shame
if I mess up.
It’s just a game.
I hope.
Cindy, been there, trying to console myself!
Love the depth of your poem, Laura. And Linda, the “roses in my crown” feeling after a successful hopscotch challenge–Yes! Martha, I felt for your poor bunny with the dirty tail! Cindy, boy, you captured the hopeful, anxious state of being the new girl.
Coloring
Outside lines
my colors loud
Happy Bunny?
Hungry Alien?
Speedy Sports Car?
All stand proud!
So many images Suzanne. Good call.
You’ve got me thinking about a whole slew of animals playing kids games.…
Field Day for the Animals
Who can hop from square to square?
The hopscotch champ is hopping hare!
very cute, Buffy!!
Love the hopping hare Buffy.
Playing Hopscotch
by Dianne Moritz
Playing hopscotch
HOP, HOP, HOP!
Springtime’s fun, then…
ICE-COLD POP!
Poem by Jessica Bigi
May Day Games
fly’s and spiders
too many eyes
dizzy
spinning
doubled vision
color blind
buzzing
spinning
double digit days
poem by Jessica Bigi
when spider and fly rolled dice
double numbers
tripped colors
buzzing
Dizzy
spinning
too many eyes
too many dice
I Love everyones poems have a wonderful viset
Laura you’re poem is just lovely I love the “sky is numberless.”
Throw the rock
Land on one.
Hip-hop-scotch
So much fun!
Like your hip-hop-scotch!