Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!
Poets need a play day
If they're here to make headway
Right now they need a holiday
So what's the word of the day?
The (optional) prompt or the sway
Bon, de quoi veux-tu parler?
It's Friday, Fri-yay!
Who am I to disobey
No sir, not today
I wanna dance to some reggae
Or try to catch a matinee
Been feelin' the seams tearing away
Like I need me some strong vitamin K
So from workstation staying away
Opening a good Cabernet
Or should we go for a Beaujolais?
And my amig@, let me say
Today you may overstay
Together with me come away
And paint it red for a day
Before we each hit the hay
Let's explore while we may
Seize the day without delay
Tomorrow we rhyme away.
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© 2021 selmamartin.com
And last but not least, our (optional) prompt. Because it’s Friday, today I’d like you to relax with the rather silly form called Skeltonic, or tumbling, verse. In this form, there’s no specific number of syllables per line, but each line should be short, and should aim to have two or three stressed syllables. And the lines should rhyme. You just rhyme the same sound until you get tired of it, and then move on to another sound. Skeltonic verse is a fun way to get some words on the page without racking your brains for deep meaning. It’s a form that lends itself particularly well to poems for children, satirical verse, and just plain nonsense. Happy writing!
Perfect timing, NaPoWriMo— I needed this today.
I hope you enjoyed this as much as I enjoyed coming up with the nonsense.
Happy weekend everyone, and as always I wish you miracles.
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I’m a simple woman who dares to see the beauty in ordinary. I’d love to connect with you and like pen pals, I want something beautiful to blossom between us. Will you join me? Selma is my middle name. Its meaning—peaceful, complete, are euphoric affirmations I like to think of myself as having. They compliment the joy I feel when I write. I sincerely hope you decide to join me on my writing journey. I Wish You Miracles.
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A big yes to dancing to Reggae
Glad. Now I have a partner to dance with. Yay! Thanks for this note. Be well. I wish you miracles.
Brilliant opening stanza. Loved it. Hope you had a fun play day 🙂
Wow…such a jolly and gay one
Yup, A bonus day! Glad for the comment. Thanks Sangbad. Be well. I wish you miracles.
Woot! A TGIF anthem. I think you make every poetry day a play day. Amazing how many on-point rhymes you managed without switching once. Though you do switch languages to expand the rhyming possibilities. And to that I say YAY!
Hurray Hurray!
I know, right… forgive the tardiness. Too much on my plate. But I still love you best. Let me know how I can help. You are one of my faves. Be well. Di. I wish you miracles