Poetry Challenge #49-Poetry Stew

The ground crunches in the morning. My knuckles and knees do too. It’s that time of year. What time? Stew time!

Ingredients for a poem all around you, ready for the plucking. 

If people are nearby, ask them for the words the way you’d ask to borrow a cup of sugar for a favorite recipe.

Poetry Challenge #49

Poetry Stew

You will need two nouns (something you can see or touch, not proper nouns), a color, a place (not capitalized if possible), an adjective (a word that describes), a verb (an action), and an abstract noun (a word that you can’t touch that names an idea: beauty, hope, justice, chance).

Here are some ingredients in case your word cupboard is bare:

milkweed * laughter * mulberry * market * delicious * yearn * hope

Stir the words together, let them simmer a bit as you would a stew, then shape them into a poem. “Season” your poem with a smattering of other words, connectors, modifiers, etc.

Set the timer for 7 minutes.

Start writing!

Don’t think about it too much; just do it.

bon appétit!

Poetry Stew Playlist:

A Little Pinch of This & That by Giara

Les Poisson from Littlest Mermaid

Antevka from The Fiddler on the Roof

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