Anybody out there addicted to Wordle or Waffle? I assume that more than a few of you who like to play around with words might have climbed aboard one or more of the current word game crazes! That’s why my challenge for the Inklings this month was to write a Wordy 30 Poem. A Wordy 30 is a poem using exactly 30 letters. Each line should have the same number of letters. Each line should use one word. You might have 6 lines with 5 letters in each line (like Wordle), or 5 x 6, 3 x 10, 10 x 3, 15 x 2, 2 x 15, 30 x 1, or (most unlikely) 1 x 30. Here are mine — a 5×6 and a 6×5.
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Here’s how the rest of the crew met my challenge:
Linda@A Word Edgewise
Heidi @my juicy little universe
Molly@Nix the Comfort Zone
Catherine@Reading to the Core
Margaret@Reflections on the Teche
Sarah Grace has this week’s Poetry Friday roundup.
And if you want to join in with the Poetry Sisters’ challenge this month, we’re writing Dansas, described here by Cousin Tanita: Its opening quintrain (5 lines) is followed by quatrains (4 lines), with a quintrain rhyme scheme of AbbaA and the quatrain bbaA. You’ll note that A repeats because the opening line of the first stanza is the final line of every stanza, including the first.
A(nother) Year of Reading 
You combined the perfect poems and images. That second one is a ringing indictment. Thanks so much for a great challenge. I’m pretty sure I’ll be writing some more of these.
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That turtle is adorable. I plan to try this with my kiddos tomorrow with all of our poems as models. They are going to love the turtle. I can hear them already. But the second one will make them think. I like to make them think. Thanks for the challenge.
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This is my kind of challenge, Mary Lee, wee in its words! Love both of your poems – turtle-rific and trash talk. 🙂
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Love both of these! I did this with my poetry group back in August and it was lots of fun. I also really like the photos you included. Someday I’ll figure out how to use Canva.
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What fun poems — love how you presented them with the perfect images. I haven’t dabbled in Wordle or Waffle yet (no time)!
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My husband is crazy about Wordle and I will show him your post. Love your turtle pic and poem and the second poem is thoughtful about our circumstances. Now I have two new forms to consider writing to.
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Mary Lee, I love how your trash poem especially is brought to a whole new level with the photograph illustration. And, that punctuation! 🙂 Thank you so much for sharing.
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What a fun challenge. I love Wordle.
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What a great challenge–I’m loving seeing all the possibilities, punctuation included! I love your turtle so much and the idea that the turtle most captures the spirit of the forest, long and slow, and how the abstracts of the waste poem are anchored by the image. Collection? Anthology?
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Image and poetry really give some extra pop to meaning.
These 30 letter poems will be fun to try. I think I’ll have to give a few Dansas a try as well. Thanks, Mary Lee.
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I see the spirit of the forest is ready for your challenge, Mary Lee. The second poem is a call to action! Thanks for including this challenge so I can play with Wordy 30.
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Ooh, I love these, Mary Lee. Especially your spirit animal! Thanks for the intro to a new form. So fun!
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Yay “spirit animal! We ought to follow their lead —thanks for both 👁 catching poems Mary Lee!
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Thank you for this challenging challenge, Mary Lee. What a great turtle and poem to match! That overflowing garbage bin is such an indictment of our society. It’s hard to see how my recycling efforts stand a chance against waste like that.
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Love the turtle and what you did with the form(s). I like that you included the photos.
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Outstanding!
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I’m loving reading your WORDY 30s – and all the photos too!
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What a fun challenge, Mary! Thank you for sharing the details of the crafting of these poems.
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Love the challenge and love the results, Mary Lee.
And I’m a daily Wordler, but haven’t checked out Waffle. I need to do that!
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