Tweet! Tweet! Happy National Bird Day (May 4)! Why? It’s the middle of migration for many bird species. If you look closely, you may find a bird you’ve never seen in a tree or bush. Or you might hear an unfamiliar song.

Poetry Challenge #244

This One’s For the Birds!

Find a bird to watch for a few minutes. Describe it in a poem using lots of similes (comparison using like or as).

Its color is as __ as a . It moves like a . Its song sounds like _.

(If it doesn’t cooperate and sing for you, you can hear its song by searching on the Cornell website: allaboutbirds.org

You can also watch birds on the feederwatch webcam if you don’t see any near you.

Set Your Timer for 7 Minutes

Start Writing!

Don’t Think About it, just do it!

After poeming, treat the birds to a treat! Don’t worry if you don’t have a bag of bird seed around. Share fruit with them or bread crusts. In the photo below (pinched from Margarita Engel’s instagram: @margaritapoet) orange halves are popped onto a chain-link fence for a tasty feast. These oranges look whole and new, but you can also “share” gently juiced citrus and partially eaten apples. Some for you, some for the birds! They’ll Tweet you for it!

—This one’s for you, Adele Bennett (Oct 5, 1932-May 4, 2022).

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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Poetry Challenge #244-This One's For the Birds