Day 205:
Jan 21- Martin Luther King Day, here’s a poem honoring this day

MLK is the day

To celebrate the way
Racism is not right
All people have the right
To live so choose your fight
The constitution’s way
Happy MLK Day!

 Day 204:
Jan 20- ERASURE POETRY is a form of found poetry created by erasing words from an existing text in prose or verse and framing the result on the page as a poem. The results can be allowed to stand in situ or they can be arranged into lines and/or stanzas. Take the Qasida earlier, and used the form, and here is the consequence.

Consequence

Nostalgia
Passage
Community
Engage
Forward
Humor
Fun!

Day 203:

Jan 19- Robert E. Lee’s Birthday, A Celebrated hero of the Mexican-American War, and the American South during the Civil War, he was honored by even his enemy, General Grant, and by Abraham Lincoln, and Andrew Johnson. Mistreated by Northern Extremists, he presented himself as always a gentleman, and worked tirelessly for the reconciliation of both sides. In his honor, this poem.

Title: The southern gentleman

Who would oppose such things in the south?

Who would help his troops with deed and mouth?

The Southern Gentleman.

A hero of many wars it’s said

He mourned the loss of so many dead.

The Southern Gentleman.

Presidents thus called on him to lead

In war and peace in honor and deed

The Southern Gentleman.

Reconciling, the tasked peacekeeper

His land was taken by hate seekers

The Southern Gentleman.

His land, Arlington Cemetery

Washington-Lee University

A teacher, leader, his legacy

I remember Robert Edward Lee

The Southern Gentleman.

Day 202:

Jan 18- alternating Aknot, similar to the haiku-like Choka, 5,7,5,7,5.

Move the syllables

Five, seven, five, seven, five

Try out a new form

An alternating aknot

See what you can do.

Day 201:
Jan 17- back to the modified forms. Remember the Tonka? There is an alternating Tonka, where the seven and five syllabled lined are mixed up. 7,5,7,5,7.

Move the syllables around

Seven, five, seven
Then five and seven again
Try this out for size
An alternating Tonka.

Day 200:

Jan 16-A landmark number! Title: bicentennial

The number is here!

Two hundred is not minor.
Bicentennial!

Day 199:

Jan 15-World Religion Day, Interesting concept, where people can celebrate polytheism and atheism at the same time. Here is a poem about the holiday. Title World Religions

The world is huge

A rounded size
Religions’ a treasure
A precious prize
Where did this all come from?
There’s truth and lies
Go search for God.