Welcome Poetry Friday friends.
For National Poetry Month this year, I am writing poems generated in some playful manner. I am using metaphor dice, haikubes, Paint Chip Poetry, Mad Libs, words cut from newspapers and magazines, magnetic poetry, an online poem generator, roll-a-poem, and more.
You can read my first two poems at the links below.
April 1 - Paint Chip Poetry - A Villanelle for Adam and Eve
April 2 - MadLib a Poem - Stamp Collecting Dream
Today's poem was generated using a Roll-a-Poem grid created by MissAllenApple.
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Rolling a die directed me to write a poem about the weather that was mysterious, used rhyming couplets, and ended with a question. Here's what I came up with.
The Brewing Storm
The wind disturbs the silence of the trees,
and whispers names it carries on the breeze.
A low, uncertain thunder haunts the sky,
as if some secret stirs but won’t reply.
The clouds like tattered sails in drifting sway,
hang torn and trembling in the ashen gray.
The air grows still, as if it strains to hear
a voice that lingers just beyond the ear.
Now in this hush before the rain is cast—
what sign foretells how long the storm will last?
Poem ©Tricia Stohr-Hunt, 2026. All rights reserved.
I hope you come back tomorrow to read the new poem I have to share. To see what others are offering up this month, check out Jama Rattigan's 2026 National Poetry Month Kidlitosphere Events Roundup.
Please take some time to check out all the wonderful poetic things being shared and collected today by Matt Forrest Esenwine at Radio, Rhythm, & Rhyme. Happy poetry Friday!
Tricia, I had not heard of some of these poem idea generators, and I am looking forward to playing with these new toys! “Hang torn and trembling in the ashen gray.” Striking!
ReplyDeleteAs an aside: I had occasion to go back and read Miss Rumphius last week, and it made me think of you!
I can imagine students would have a ball using some of these generators! I think your response to the Roll-a-Poem challenge was fantastic! Thanks for sharing, Tricia.
ReplyDeleteFabulously atmospheric with great sensory details! Hadn't heard of roll-a-poem challenges before. You nailed it! Favorite stanza is the third -- those clouds like tattered sails are so vivid. :)
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