Poetry Challenge #188-Bulldogs Are Beautiful!
I was walking down the street the other morning (no joke) and was almost bowled over by a wrinkly, short, squatty, bowlegged creature so ugly it was cute…make that flipping adorable! His name was Hamilton, and as his proud human announced while straightening Hamilton’s cravat, “It’s his day!”
And while that was Hamilton’s day—because evidently it needed to be proclaimed— today (April 21st) is Bulldogs Are Beautiful Day!
Poetry Challenge #188
Bulldogs Are Beautiful
Think of the ugliest dog you’ve ever seen. Somebody loves that face. Somebody thinks the noises it makes are beautiful. Somebody loves the way it walks.
Write a poem from two points of view. One line from a person who thinks something (it can be a dog or something else) is beautiful and one line from a person who thinks it is the ugliest thing ever. You can make the two people speak to each other or one can speak and the other can be thinking.
Imagine the ugliest thing you can and get writing!
Set Your Timer for 7 Minutes
Start Writing!
Don’t Think About it, just do it!
Get into the ugly mood with the Bulldogs Are Beautiful Playlist:
She Was Hot to Go by Lyle Lovett, if only to sing “She was ugly from the front” and call out: “You Ugly Too!”
Bob Wills’ Roly Poly sung by the Dixie Chicks: “Roly Poly, Daddy’s little fatty, fatty’s gonna be a man some day...”
Cindy Faughnan and I began this 7-Minute Poetry Challenge more than 4 years ago. Now we take turns creating prompts to share with you. Our hope is that creatives—children & adults—will use our prompts as springboards to word play time. 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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