{"id":814,"date":"2018-05-24T10:08:36","date_gmt":"2018-05-24T14:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cindyfaughnan.com\/faughnan\/?p=814"},"modified":"2019-10-23T12:36:47","modified_gmt":"2019-10-23T16:36:47","slug":"poetry-challenge-36","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/24\/poetry-challenge-36\/","title":{"rendered":"Poetry Challenge #36"},"content":{"rendered":"

Memories of…Bees<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Today as I was walking through the field, I noticed bees drunk with happiness, rolling on the golden yellow dandelions. So many flowers! So much nectar! So many bees!<\/p>\n

I was about ten years old when I experienced my first bee sting. I stepped (barefoot) on a bee in the driveway, jumped with the surprise and ouch of the sting on my toe, and my leg swelled up above my knee! I remember earlier bees than that, too: the bees that chased my next door neighbor when she poked a stick into their ground nest, the little boy from down the street who rode his bike through a swarm of bees and ran into our house to get away from them. So many memories, so many stories, all from one word: BEES.<\/p>\n

Now it\u2019s your turn. What do you think of when you think of bees? Is it an experience you had with them? A lazy, buzzing, summer day? A fascination with the way they live? Write a poem\/story about bees. You might try to write a paragraph first, and then cut it the way we did in Challenge #26. Maybe cut it by half the words. Then another half. Add so it makes sense. Play with rhythm and maybe rhyme.<\/p>\n

Get buzzzzzzzy!<\/p>\n

Set the timer for 7 minutes.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Start writing!
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Don\u2019t think about it too much; just do it. <\/strong><\/h3>\n

*Kelly Bennett <\/a>and I began this 7-Minute Poetry Challenge over 750 days ago. We now take turns creating our own prompts to share with you. If you join us in the 7-Minute Poetry Challenge let us know by posting the title, a note, or if you want, the whole poem. Scroll down and click on the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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