Poetry Challenge #239-Scrabble Scramble

The game of Scrabble was invented by unemployed architect Alfred Mosher Butts during the depression. It was first produced and sold in 1948. Now, nearly a third of American homes own a game. And if you need an excuse to pull out and dust off your game—or click over online—every April 13th is National Scrabble Day. (I was so engrossed in a game I forgot to post…sorry…whoops a whole different game entirely.) Moving on:

Pick Your Letters—Any Letters!

Poetry Challenge #239

Scrabble Scramble

In honor of National Scrabble Day, let’s play: Draw 2 letters from a game of Scrabble, or pick the first 2 letters in an online version.

Use these letters as many times as possible in a poem about Scrabble, words, games, or keeping score.

Set Your Timer for 7 Minutes

Start Writing!

Don’t Think About it, just do it!

And now that you have the game out, convince someone to play!

Cindy Faughnan and I began this 7-Minute Poetry Challenge 2000+ days 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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