Friday, May 22, 2015

Poetry Night

The 21st of May found all our SNAP friends gathered at the Locust Lane building for a rip-roaring poetry night. It turns out that everyone loves poetry of some sort and everyone was engaged and entertained -- almost rolling on the floor in some cases. Brother Burns gave us an introduction to poetry and basic poetry forms. Brother and Sister Taylor read some nursery rhymes and told the sometimes horrifying stories behind them. Brother and Sister Santiago and Brother and Sister Wride shared some poetry.  And the Leishmans, the Geurts, and Sister Burns also entertained us with some more poetry. And at the end of the evening, we each got to write poems of our own and some of us read them to the group in our "poetry cafe."

 An evening of poetry

 Brother Burns makes us laugh

 Everyone wanted to talk about poems the liked; this particular story involved jelly beans in the nose

 The Taylors told us about the plague and rosy-ring rashes

 Mary Mary was quite contrary so she killed the English Protestants

 Sister Wride shared a patriotic poem

 Momma doesn't want a dog

 Cinderella isn't so interested in the prince and will just give the glass slipper back

 Sister Leishman is being eaten by boa constrictor

 Pretty darned funny

 Sister Geurts is pushing a swing in her poem

 In this poem someone got kissed!

 I don't know why she swallowed a fly

 Perhaps she'll die!

 Now you repeat your part

No writers block here

 Pick up those pencils and let the words just flow

 Posers!

 Poets at work, do not disturb!

These are going to be good!

 These lovely ladies are seeing who all is present

A Titanic-themed poem was first up in our Poetry Cafe

 A poem about a SNAP buddy

 Some poems were of the romantic kind

 Some of these could be for Valentines

 A poem about a friend who just happens to be a boy

 One more about a guy

 Some of the poems were more spiritual in nature

 This was spiritual, too

 Such excitement

 We were poets and we didn't even know it

 This one included some wild animal sounds

 An impromptu tribute to mom

 An ode to dolls

The final poem of the evening

This was an absolutely great activity! Thanks to all the adult leaders and SNAP poets for making it so much fun.