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Welcome to the AtoZ Challenge! Today is the letter D...little known or lesser used words, my poem and my quick 5x7 watercolor... I should have a book when I'm done!
I tried to combine the two challenges, but it was taking too much brain power. I needed to remember to take the trash out, and that wouldn't happen if I used all my brain power up.
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Dit's a Poem
Donna found a little lamb;
its fleece was dag and darkled.
She gave the lamb a good dealbation
and glitter till it sparkled!
The lamb is now soft and dumose
With fleece that fairly billows.
She's sure that if she shears it off
She'll fill a dozen pillows!
by Donna JT Smith ©2026
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Progressive Poem is here!
In April, National Poetry month, a poem begins to grow! The Progressive Poem has begun blooming on contributors' websites. The list is below. Each day a new line! We have three lines so far. Today is my day to contribute the fourth line of our poem.
To rhyme or not to rhyme. You have two guesses. You will probably only need one. This is me, right? I've done poems without a rhyme, but that's not the way most of the time... HOWEVER, "building" is NOT an easy word to come up with a true rhyme...gildings...that's what I've got. Either that, or an ear rhyme...I mean a near rhyme.
Tabatha created this lovely map of the Land of Poetry to go with her first line. I just couldn't help it (but I did stop!), I had to start putting place names in...poets for now. Anyone want to add some place names?? There's enough room for all. I put it the map below the poem.
On my first trip to the Land of Poetry,
I saw anthologies of every color, tall as buildings.
A world of words, wonder on wings, waiting just for me
(new line from me)
birding for words shimmering, flecked in golden gilding.
Enjoy the journey! Next up – Janice Scully at Salt City Verse!
Does anyone want to add a place name to the map?
Click on the links below to follow the progress of our April poem!
Thanks, Margaret Simon, for getting us in line!
April 1 Tabatha Yeatts at The Opposite of Indifference
April 2 Cathy Stenquist at A Little Bit of This and That
April 3 Patricia Franz at Reverie
April 4 Donna Smith at Mainely Write
April 5 Janice Scully at Salt City Verse
April 6 Denise Krebs at Dare to Care
April 7 Ruth Hersey at There is no such thing as a God-forsaken town
April 8 Rose Cappelli at Imagine the Possibilities
April 9 Margaret Simon at Reflections on the Teche
April 10 Janet Clare Fagel at Reflections on the Teche
April 11 Diane Davis at Starting Again in Poetry
April 12 Linda Baie at Teacher Dance
April 13 Linda Mitchell at Another Word Edgewise
April 14 Jone MacCulloch at Jone MacCulloch.com
April 15 Joyce Uglow at Storied Ink
April 16 Carol Varsalona at Beyond Literacy Link
April 17 Robyn Hood Black at Life on the Deckle Edge
April 18 Michele Kogan at More Art for All
April 19 Kim Johnson at Common Threads
April 20 Buffy Silverman at Buffy Silverman
April 21 Irene Latham at Live Your Poem
April 22 Karen Edmisten at Karen Edmisten
April 23 Heidi Mordhorst at my juicy little universe
April 24 Mary Lee Hahn at A(nother) Year of Reading
April 25 Tanita Davis at fiction, instead of lies
April 26 Sharon Roy at Pedaling Poet
April 27 Tracey Kiff-Judson at Tangles and Tails
April 28 TBD
April 29 TBD
April 30 TBD
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Donna, wow, what fun! I can't believe all the unknown and little used words you are finding. So many D words here that are new for me. Your poem line is fun. Who knew you could rhyme with building. We've got an ABAB rhyme scheme going here. I wonder if that will persist. I'm coming up in a couple of days, so I'm thinking about where it's going.
ReplyDeleteI was so concerned about "building" that I didn't notice the other two rhyme! We're just getting warmed up – it should be fun to see what's in store!
DeleteYay for your clever rhyme! And adding place names to the map, so clever. I love watching the creativity unfold! Thanks for playing along.
ReplyDeleteIf no one adds any names, you know I won't be able to control myself...Fibonacci Field, Meter Mountains, Footle Path...
DeleteWhere are you getting these words from? I'm going to start a list of them and come up with a game for my book club:)
ReplyDeleteMostly from https://phrontistery.info. I often then look them up elsewhere on the internet for usage or meaning and part of speech; and pronunciation for meter and rhyme. I'm not positive that I've used "darkled" exactly right...but I'm going with it till I know better!
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