For the rest of National Poetry Month, I want to focus on writing poems.
How about a "How-To Poem?"
We all know how to do things. Some of us know how to bake chocolate chip cookies. Others know how to put on a pair of skis (I don't). Still others know how to take the subway. If someone asks us, we can explain how to do those things.
That's what a "How-To Poem" does. It explains how to do something, only we use our imaginations instead of explaining how to do something from real life.
For example: How to give a giraffe a bath. Or how to find buried treasure. Or how to put a bathing suit on a four-ton hippo. (Don't try that at home.)
What would you like to explain in your "how-to poem?" Use your imagination: the sillier the better. Here's my "how-to-poem" about putting a cat to bed.
HOW TO PUT A CAT TO BED
First, find a cat.
He may not cooperate.
Tuck him in with blankets.
Sing lullabies until he purrs.
Then turn away and wait
for the sound of
little
cat
paws.
