Poetry Challenge #183-Get Your Green On!

Along with corned beef & cabbage, Irish coffee(s), crazy green hats-socks-ties-googly glasses, and talking with fake brogues (that usually ends up sounding more Pirate, than Leprechaun), St. Paddy’s Day is all about green. So, in the spirit of the day, let’s play with green poetry.

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Poetry Challenge #183

Get Your Green On!

Think of as many shades of green as you can, and green things, and meanings of the word green. YourDictionary.com listed 48.

With one or many of these to mine, write a “Green” poem. The subject of your poem might be St. Paddy’s day, but it might not. It might rhyme or it might not. It might follow a form, it might not. For this poem, there is only one rule and one challenge:

Rule: DO NOT USE the word “green”.

Challenge: How many shades of green—color or meanings—you can use?

Set Your Timer for 7 Minutes

Start Writing!

Don’t Think About it, just do it!

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May your words swirl free and green as the water in a leprechaun’s bowl!

Just for fun, here are 42 St. Patrick’s Day Jokes for Kids

Cindy Faughnan and I began this 7-Minute Poetry Challenge 4 years ago today (March 17th)! We now take turns creating our own prompts to share with you. If you join us in the Challenge, let us know by posting the title, a note, or if you want, the whole poem in the comments.

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