The month of changing leaves (if you don't live in Texas) or beginning school (if you haven't graduated or were crazy enough to go back) or a new poetry type (if you read my blog, which you clearly do).
Seriously though, September is a great month! Lots of people vacation in August so people are generally still relaxed in September. Moms get some extra "me" time when their kids go back to school. The weather becomes less devastatingly hot (again, particularly for Texans). There is some good fall food, particularly fruits, that I find delicious.
So on to the announcement: The official poetry type of September is (virtual drum roll please) "Roses are Red" poems! Ok let me explain, these poems will be based on the basic poem:
Roses are red.
Violets are blue.
Sugar is sweet,
And so are you.
In plogging* this month, I am going to follow 3 rules:
1. My poems will be four lines.
2. My poems will have the rhyme scheme ABCB. (So the end of the second and fourth lines will rhyme.)
3. The first two lines will have to follow the "Something is/are something" format.
An optional fourth, I am going to try and stay within the basic cadence of the original. No promises there. First September poem:
August is great,
September is better.
Because sunburns are red,
But apples are redder.
* Plogging = Poetry blogging. If you didn't know that you are clearly behind on reading my plog.
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