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We are over halfway through November so that means that I must have hit the halfway mark of 25k on my NaNoWriMo book! Cue laughter and knee slapping. Yeah, I have fallen so far behind, that it's not even funny. BUT I will continue to write and get those words on the page. Now on to Poetry Friday!
Monster Museum
poems by Marilyn Singer
illustrations by Gris Grimly
I am a huge fan of of Gris Grimly's illustrations, and that is what drew me to this book. It is a complete coincidence that the poems were written by Marilyn Singer (I reviewed another one of her poetry books last week.) I guess I must really enjoy her poems!
I like all things monsters, so I knew I was going to enjoy this book, but I was surprised by what I learned. I liked the overarching story that ties all of the poems together; it follow a group of kids through a museum and the tour guide is the narrator in the poems.
I often approach poetry where I just sit down and try to come up with an idea on the spot, and rarely is there any theme/continuity from poem to poem. Last month, I wrote a poem a day, using a set of prompt words that I came up with. My Inktober poems, along with Singer's Monster Museum, made me realize that I could approach my own poetry this way. I think it could help me have more focus, and less anxiety when writing. That's not to say that I always have to stick with a theme if the mood strikes, but I think it could help.
While all the poems in the book were fun, I think my favorite was about a dancing zombie because I wrote a poem about a cha-cha-ing zombie for Madness Poetry.
The Zombie
Have you seen a zombie samba?
Have you seen it bunny-hop?
Have you seen it do a polka
Or that old dance called "the slop"?
Have you seen a zombie hustle?
Would it tap-dance while you gawk?
Uh-uh, all a zombie ever does
is do the zombie walk!
© Marilyn Singer, 2001
This looks like a fun collection of poems! I've considered trying to write poems along a theme, but haven't jumped in yet. Maybe this will be the inspiration I need. Christmas is coming, so there's an idea.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun poem. Thanks for sharing it, and good like with best of NaNo!
ReplyDeleteLooks like a fun book and I like the lively poem you shared Rebecca! Good luck with writing this month wherever it takes you, thanks!
ReplyDeleteA fun poem. I write poems from photographs, and I'm endlessly inspired through that synergy. I have a lot of other poetry, too, that isn't for my blog. Never sure what to do with it. I'd like to do a collection some day, but there seem to be so many good ones on so many topics. Hard to see where another is needed. But then, we all need new books. :-)
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