Thursday, April 4, 2024

Day 4 2024 ~ How to write a “Repetition Poem” for #NationalPoetryMonth ~ "30 poems in 30 days"


Okay – Nice job for the first three days. How about a curve ball? Let’s LEARN a brand new poetry form? This is one I have never tried writing before and I have never shared it during the Poetry Month Challenge ~ a “Repetition Poem.”

Sounds easy enough. Here are the instructions:

Make a statement and follow it with the line that you will repeat after each line. Make another statement. Follow it with your same repeating line. The poem can be as long or as short as you wish, but you must use the same repeating line after each new sentence. (Or list, as in my example). This poem can rhyme or be free verse, without a rhyming pattern.

It kind of reminds me of the old song, And the Band Played On.

Casey would waltz with a strawberry blonde
And the Band played on
He'd glide cross the floor with the girl he adored
And the Band played on . . .

(Excerpt from And the Band Played On, written by John F. Palmer © 1895)

 

Here are my two examples:

 









Daughter, sister, cousin, friend, wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother.

         I wear so many different hats.

Student, teacher, leader, organizer, homemaker, photographer, family cheerleader.

         I wear so many different hats.

Cook, laundress, taxi-driver, multi-tasker, professional shopper, caregiver, nutritionist.

         I wear so many different hats.

Supporter, comforter, listener, communicator, empathizer, problem-solver.

         I wear so many different hats.

Missing shoe finder, snack maker, room mother, political activist, silly games player.

         I wear so many different hats.

Negotiator, advocate, mentor, motivator, event planner, researcher, public speaker.

         I wear so many different hats.

Project manager, writer, painter, decorator, music maker, investigator, researcher.

         I wear so many different hats.

Believer, church member, daughter of God.

         I wear so many different hats.

 

                              © Stephanie Abney 2024

 

 

Family life, growing up carefree in the 50s and 60s.

Who knew it would be this hard and yet so beautiful?

Marriage to someone I’d known less than a year.

Who knew it would be this hard and yet so beautiful?

Making love, having kids, creating a home.

Who knew it would be this hard and yet so beautiful?

Illness strikes, our youngest with leukemia.

Who knew it would be this hard and yet so beautiful?

Raising kids, getting an education in more ways than one.

Who knew it would be this hard and yet so beautiful?

Losing our parents, best friends, and loved ones.

Who knew it would be this hard and yet so beautiful?

Finding and keeping the faith and seeing Christ again one day.

Who knew it would be this hard and yet so beautiful?

 

                              © Stephanie Abney 2024 

 

PLEASE REMEMBER ~ any poetry found on this blog, written by me, is my personal property and may not be used without my permission, other than sharing it as an example in a lesson or to read it to someone. The same goes for any poems that are shared in the comments of this blog or elsewhere online as a result of this challenge. They are the creative property of the person who writes them. These poems are their original work and no one may use them without their permission. It is understood that they own the copyright to them as soon as they create them and especially once they post them. Thanks so much!

*** Also, if you choose to post your poems on your own blog or elsewhere on social media ~ that’s awesome. But PLEASE don’t just copy and paste my daily instructions, but rather post your poem on your blog or your FB wall or wherever AND LINK BACK TO EACH DAY’S SPECIFIC BLOG POST for others to come here to read the instructions. I’ve spent considerable time researching the poetry forms and writing them up to share with you. Thanks for respecting my work.

 

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