Poetry Challenge #246-Live Your Color!

Let’s talk nails:  Chipped or groomed? Hands, feet or both? Painted or not painted? 4. Sassy or nasty?

If you fessed up to number 4. Then get with the program. Why? It’s National Nail Polish Day!

“Madge” soaked her client’s hands in green Palmolive dish soap, so when playing “beauty salon” we did, too.

Poetry Challenge #245

Live Your Color!

Nail Polish comes in so many colors. Take a look at some of their names:

She’s a Rocket

All Oar Nothing

Bloom Service

Tapped Out

You Crack Me Up

Peggy Sunburn

Artist Garden

Semi-Charmed

Sorry I’m Late

Cosmic Glitter

Just for Kicks

Find nail polish color names that inspire you, or use some of the above names to write a poem. Can you make your poem tell a story? How many colors can you use?

Set Your Timer for 7 Minutes

Start Writing!

Don’t Think About it, just do it!

As they say at Essie, “LIVE YOUR COLOR!”

The Origin Story: National Nail Polish Day was created by the brand Essie ostensibly to celebrate the nail-care season. But really to boost flagging sales. Essie polish has been around for 40 years as a favorite (so they say) of nail pros because they create “surprising shades.” The first National Nail Polish Day was celebrated in 2017 with the hashtag #EssieLove

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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