Three\nRibbits for National Frog Jumping Day! Ribbit! Ribbit! Ribbit!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As long as toads have been croaking, frogs (and kids) have been jump-jump-jumping, and, every May 13th<\/sup>, in honor of Mark Twain\u2019s first published short story, Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog<\/em> (better known as The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County<\/em> or The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County<\/em>) folks have been celebrating frog jumping day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the Guinness Book of Records, the longest frog jump on\nrecord is 1.21 m (3 ft 11.64 in)\u2014compared to the frog jumps recorded at the Calaveras\nCounty Frog Jumping Jubilee, a mere hop. \nThe 2019 Calaveras Country winner \u201cThe Webbed One\u201d jumped 18 feet 6\ninches! Seeing a frog jump that far is surely the stuff of poetry!<\/p>\n\n\n\n It Jumped How Far?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Let\u2019s invoke the spirit of Mark Twain by writing a hyperbolic poem about a long-high-far jumping frog, or a person who jumps like a frog, or a frog-jumping contest\u2014creator\u2019s choice. See how many words for jump you can include in the poem. And don\u2019t forget to add a ribbit<\/em> or three: <\/p>\n\n\n\n April Pulley Sayer\u2019s book: Being Frog http:\/\/www.aprilsayre.com\/2020\/01\/31\/being-frog\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Calveras Country Frog\nJumping Jubilee: http:\/\/lace23.wixsite.com\/frogjump\/history<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n *According to the\nGuiness Book of World\u2019s Record, that 1.21 meter frog jump was achieved by Noa\nM\u00f6ller (Sweden) at Palatset in Stockhom, Sweden, on 19 November 2011. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Guiness\nWorld Record: https:\/\/www.guinnessworldrecords.com\/world-records\/longest-frog-jump<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Longest Frog\nJump: https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/40480-biggest-frog-jumps-calaveras.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIn 1865, Mark Twain published his first short story, Jim Smiley and His\nJumping Frog<\/em>. Later, he changed the name and published it as The\nCelebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County<\/em>. This same story also\nhad a third title, The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMark Twain\u2019s story about a pet frog named Dan\u2019l Webster and a casual competition between two men betting on whose frog jumps higher, is the origin of National Frog Jumping Day. \u00a0The annual Frog Jumping Contest, which began in 1849 in Calaveras County, California, is also an origin of this\u00a0holiday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Use #FrogJumpingDay to post on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n National Frog Jumping Day: https:\/\/nationaldaycalendar.com\/days-2\/national-frog-jumping-day-may-13\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Kelly Bennett <\/a>and I began\n this 7-Minute Poetry Challenge over 1400 days ago. We now take turns \ncreating our own prompts to share with you. If you join us in the \n7-Minute Poetry Challenge, let us know by posting the title, a note, or \n if you want, the whole poem in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" National Frog Jumping Day Three Ribbits for National Frog Jumping Day! Ribbit! Ribbit! Ribbit! As long as toads have been croaking, frogs (and kids) have been jump-jump-jumping, and, every May 13th, in honor of Mark Twain\u2019s first published short story, Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog (better known as The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras … Continue reading “Poetry Prompt #139”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1342"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1342"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1343,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1342\/revisions\/1343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Set your timer for 7 minutes<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Don\u2019t think about it too much; just do it!<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Start writing! <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n