Day 34 4.16.20

Dance and Sing Along

Stay At Home

Stay, stay, stay at home

Exercise that’s fun

Hop-along, Swing-along, Twirl-along, Sing-along,

Dance beneath the sun.

 

Dance, dance, dance at home

Dancing to a tune

Hop-along, Swing-along, Twirl-along, Sing-along,

Dance beneath the moon.

 

Stay, stay, stay at home

Write yourself a song

Hop-along, Swing-along, Twirl-along, Dance-along,

Come on and sing along.

Prompt:

Write new lyrics to a familiar song.

Can you guess the tune of this song?  Try singing along:

Row, row, row your boat

Gently down the stream

Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily

Life is but a dream.

Staying at home is a challenge — and there are lots of challenges asking for ideas and input and poetry and songs to help remind us and to help get us through.

What familiar song could you write new lyrics to — and perhaps even remind others to stay safe and stay home?

About this post:

Be safe out there. Find ways to help yourself, your family, and others keep going! We can do this together!

April is time for NaPoWriMo — National Poetry Writing Month, try a bit of poetry and art to encourage others to be safe with each other. Something short. Something inclusive. Something of spring and hope. #NaPoWriMo/#GloPoWriMo

The Academy of Poets encourages us to write #shelterinpoems. Get some ideas there and share your own.

Tons of information can be found at Poets.org: National Poetry Month and here: Virtual Programs.

National Council of Teachers of English also offers suggestions here.