The Sun is Shining on my Blog!

A couple of weeks ago, Elizabeth Stevens Omlor awarded me the Sunshine Blog Award!!
Thanks so much, Elizabeth!  I'm glad we got Sundays off from the A to Z Poetry Challenge so I could finally write this post!

According to the Sunshine Blog Award rules, I must:
~ Include the award's logo in a post or on my blog
~ Answer 10 questions about myself
~ Nominate 10-12 other fabulous bloggers
~ Link my nominees to the post and comment on their blogs, letting them know they have been nominated
~ Share the love and link the person who nominated me




Here are the ten questions and my answers:
1. Favorite color: Purple is my favorite color - with orange as a close second.
2. Favorite animal: Dogs are my favorite domestic animal and lions are my favorite wild animal.
3. Favorite number: For some reason, 32 is my favorite number - don't ask why because I don't know.
4. Favorite non-alcoholic drink: Are there any?  Seriously, water is my favorite drink.
5. Facebook or Twitter: Facebook, definitely
6. My passion: This is a hard one!  Laughter is just one of my passions!
7. Prefer giving or getting presents: I love when I find something I know someone will love and it's a gift for no reason!  I also love when I receive a gift for no reason that I know someone put thought into picking it out.
8. Favorite pattern:  Wow, I never really thought about a favorite pattern.  I'm really not sure what that means?!  I guess I'd say patterns found in language.
9. Favorite day of the week: My favorite day is Saturday because you don't have to wake up early and you can go to bed late.
10. Favorite flower: I love Hydrangeas - mostly because they're prominent in my favorite movie, It's a Wonderful Life.


Here are the people I'm giving the Sunshine Blog Award to:
Jenni Bielicki
Michelle L. Brown
Pamela Courtney
Leigh Covington
DL Hammons
Sarah Hardy
Alison Hertz
Cynthia Iannaccone
Penny Klostermann
Suzanne Payne
Rena Traxel
Natalie (I don't know her last name)

Winners - go forth and spread the sunshine!!






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Poetry Month Mash-Up: Day Seven

The challenge for today - to go along with G is for Glee -  is to write a song for sectionals OR a poem that can be sung.  Since my absolute favorite thing to write - after rhyming picture books - is song parodies, that's what I did!  In honor of Passover, I chose to write a song to the tune of Sunrise, Sunset from Fiddler on the Roof.

Slush Pile, Slush Pile
(sung to the tune of Sunrise, Sunset)


Where is the manuscript I sent you?
Written with blood and sweat and tears.
I don't remember when I subbed it -
feels like years!


When will you finally get to read it?
Will you be offering a deal?
I've heard of stories from the slush pile -
are they real?


Slush pile, slush pile,
growing slush pile,
filled with writer's dreams.
Each one is hoping to be published!
Is it as hopeless as it seems?


Here's how to sign GROWING PILE:

Here's how to sign SONG:

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Poetry Month Mash-Up: Day Six

F is for Fractured Fairy Tale

Today, on Rena Traxel's blog, On The Way To Somewhere, she chose the poetry form Free Verse for her 'F' word - not THAT 'F' word :-)  She used it to write a fractured fable.  I chose to accept her challenge to write a fractured fable (fairy tale) but I chose to do it in rhyme, not Free Verse.  It's actually something I've been working on - a collection of fractured tales.  This one is a twisted Little Red Riding Hood.

Little Red

There once was a chick, whose granny was sick.
She wanted to help if she could.

She packed some goodies and picked through her hoodies.
Deciding that red would be good.

When just about there, Red had quite a scare.

She spied a wolf sneaking inside.

She tiptoed behind him and managed to bind him,

And dragged the wolf right back outside.

Moral:

When bringing sweet treats to a granny who's sick,

Be sure that you carry a very big stick!

Here's how to sign RED:

Here's how to sign FABLE:

Poetry Month Mash-Up: Day Five

E is for Epigram

Rena Traxel introduced me to a new form of poetry - Epigrams!  Here's how Rena explains it on her blog:  "An epigram dating back to ancient Greece, "is a short, pithy saying, usually in verse, often with a quick, satirical twist at the end" (Poet's.org). You can often find these types of poems in greeting cards. They can be inspiring, playful, or downright wicked."

About 15 years ago, I came up with (what I thought was) a great greeting card.  I submitted it to a greeting card company and was rejected - of course!  I still think it's really funny!  Last week, when I was shopping for belated birthday cards for my nieces, I thought of another funny greeting card.  So, I'll let you be the judges - here they are:

Here's the first one:

                                  Outside: Congratulations on the birth of your baby.

                                

                                  Inside: We knew you had it in you!

Come on - isn't that funny?

Here's the one I thought of last week:

                                 Outside: You know you're getting older when . . .     

                                 

                                 Inside: You keep forgetting to send birthday cards.  Happy belated  

                                 birthday!

I like this one because it sets you up to think it's one of those "you're getting older" cards but it's really a belated card.


Well - that's all I've got! 

Here's how to sign BABY:

Here's how to sign CARD:

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Poetry Month MashUp: Day Four

I had such a busy day today, I didn't have time to start a poem from scratch - it may be a lame excuse but - oh well!  Instead, I took an old joke and turned it into a poem.  Here it is:

D is for Doctor  

I think I need a doctor 'cause I've got this awful pain.

It hurts no matter where I press - it's driving me insane!

I told him, "Every place I touch, the pain is sharp, then lingers."

He said, "My diagnosis is - you simply broke your finger!"

Here's how to sign DOCTOR:

Here's how to sign DIAGNOSIS: