#DaffyCrappyRhymingDraftThrowDown

My dear friend and talented MoJo Writer Woman critique partner Pam Courtney came up with a fun writers' challenge for those of us who are "rhyme-impaired." That's me, straight, no chaser! It had to be a first draft and you know what we call those . . . right?

So here are the rules and my "poem" of sorts.

Rules 

Storyteller Academy's #DaffyCrappyRhymingDraftThrowDown is underway. Everyone is invited to join in on the fun. Newbies to pb rhyming are STRONGLY encouraged to participate .This writing sprint extravaganza goes from June 1st to July 6th. Here's what'cha do:

Choose a writing prompt: All Things Ninja, That's When I Noticed It, Something Wasn't Quite Right, When the Sun Shines, or I Didn't want To . . . 

Post completed 200 word crappy draft on your blog. Link it back here ONLY on this thread for eager SA readers of your masterpiece.

Rhyme Time: The Meta Poem

by Kathy Halsey

I didn’t want to write this poem because . . .

I don’t rhyme naturally so . . .

naturally I knew that

somehow  

something 

wasn’t

quite

right.

I tried to write it right.

I tried the William Carlos Williams route but . . .

I had no plums or icebox and there was . . . 

nothing 

delicious or

sweet or

cold 

about this poem that I tried to write.

That’s when I noticed a new idea that snuck stealthily

into my mind. It whispered . . .

“All things ninja.”

It wanted to fight me

right 

            down 

                        to

                                    the

                                                last

                                                            word!

Absurd? 

No! 

It was quite e e cummings-like.

When the sun shines or

the clouds shroud 

my words

I carry on with this Herculean task.

I carry them on my back 

with a slant rhyme.

I let them know, I’m doing fine because . . .

I did not decline

 to rhyme; rather

I had to find 
the words that spoke to me 

and maybe now to you.

The prompts prompted me, 

gave me clues to 

share a silly,

willy-nilly

slappy,

crappy, 

drafty draft. 

(I must be daft!)