Where do you live?
Is it a big city or a tiny town? Do you live on a farm or in a high-rise building? Do you live on a busy corner or high up a hill?
To continue celebrating National Poetry Month, let's write about our place.
Think about where you live. What do you like about it? What don't you like? What makes it different from any other place? How do you get there? By train, car, boat, bus, or elevator?
First write down some images that come to mind. Use all your 5 senses: what do you see, hear, smell, taste, touch in your mind when you think about the place where you live?
Include details that make your place unique.
Now take those details and images and put them into your poem, telling the reader--as only you can--about the place where you live.
I live on an island. Here's my poem.
An Island in the Morning
The ferry honks three times:
I'm coming in!
The heron lifts its wings:
I'm hungry!
The salt air stings the nose:
I smell like fish!
The dock stretches into the harbor:
Tie your boats up here!
The mountain shows off:
I'm a giant ice-cream cone!
The rocky beach makes walking hard:
I'm slippery and wet!
The grocery store opens its doors:
I hear the morning gossip!
A bus rumbles down the main street:
I take commuters to the ferry!
The ferry honks one time:
I'm going out!
What do you want to say about your place?
