This week’s #poetryprompt from my kidlit Rhyme Time group:

Write a wordspinner poem.

Thanks, Nikki Grimes @poetnikki.bsky.social & Irene Latham.

Spin: sound & function of a word
1 rule: the 1st line ends with the word "word"

#rhyme #poetry #poet

Examples from this book online
book🎂: 10-20-2026

A #Limerick for #PunctuationDay:

When you #punctuate, please don’t be rash.
Over-use can turn prose into ash.
And a #comma misplaced
Lays your writing to waste.
Mark my words … or your readers shall dash.

#Grammar #Punctuation #Humor #Humour #Limericks #Rhyme #LightVerse #Poetry #MicroPoetry

Trying get a rhyming picture book published? This advice from multi-published picture book author Carrie Finison is for you!

#rhyme #rhymetime #writersofinstagram #amwriting #writingtips

An old woman was feeling discarded
By her husband, her views disregarded:
He had made a huge fuss
When she tried to discuss
Major issues, & called her "retarded."

#Emoetry #Discard #Marriage #Communication #Limerick #Limericks #Rhyme #Poetry #MicroPoetry #LightVerse #Verse #Poems #PoetryCommunity

#ShortBreak #shorts #DoomScrollBreak #poem #verse #literature #poetry #rhyme

#TheDiaryOfDaze

"For mama" a poem by Daze

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A felon was caught and convicted
Of serious acts interdicted.
After serving his time
He arranged for "sublime
Sweet revenge," not the least bit #conflicted.

#vss365 #Conflict #Crime #Prison #Limerick #Limericks #Rhyme #Poetry #MicroPoetry #LightVerse #Verse #Poems #PoetryCommunity #BlueskyPoets

A talkative fellow who'll #jaw
About politics, science, and law,
Mostly has his facts wrong,
But starts arguments, long . . .
Which he "wins" via men made of straw.

#VssDaily #Jaw #LimerickSunday #Limerick #Limericks #Rhyme #Humor #Humour #Poetry #MicroPoetry #LightVerse #Verse #Poems #Arguments

I went shopping for something to eat.
With chicken and fish they’re replete.
They have plenty of peas,
And all manner of cheese,
But they really should beef up their meat.

#VssDaily #Meat #LimerickSunday #Limerick #Limericks #Rhyme #Humor #Humour #Poetry #MicroPoetry #LightVerse #Verse #Poems #Food

COUNTING SHEEP
✍🏻 Pippa Chorley
🎨 Danny Deepdown
2019, Marshal Cavendish International

#PB #rhyme
#bedtime #sheep #sleep #insomnia

bedtime
a wide awake girl
counts sheep 🐑
uh-oh: a tiny sheep & a tall fence
What to do?
❤️

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#kidlit #librarians #teachers #parents

In your query letter, should you mention that your picture book manuscript rhymes? Picture book author Rebecca Gardyn Levington is here with some excellent tips just for you!

Thanks, Rebecca, for such an awesome rhyming webinar!

#author #writersofinstagram #kidlit #amwriting #rhyme

ODD DOG OUT
✍🏻 & 🎨 Rob Biddulph @robbiddulph.bsky.social
2019, HarperCollins

#PB #rhyme
#acceptance

a dog: different than other dogs 🥲
runs away
the dog; just like others 😆
returns home: different than others!!! 😆

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#kidlit #librarians #teachers #parents

The old #rhyme about the number of #magpies you see and its outcome has its origins in #ornithomancy, or bird #divination, which was practiced by #ancient Greeks and Romans. The first version of the rhyme written on paper was in 1780.

#research #folklore #magpie

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Said a fellow, “Alas and alack,
My new pants are too #tight in the back
And the front of the waist.
(They were ordered in haste.)
I need someone to cut me some slack.”

#vssdaily #Tight #Clothing #Limerick #Limericks #Rhyme #Humor #Humour #Poetry #MicroPoetry #LightVerse #Verse #Poems #BlueskyPoets

This week’s #poetryprompt from my kidlit Rhyme Time group:

Write a Run On Poem that makes sense.

#rhyme #poetry #poets

An odd fellow who fell off a ledge,
Had been saved by an overgrown hedge.
"I was stoned. Tried to fly,"
Said the grateful young guy.
"Guess those drugs really are 'bleeding edge.'"

#vssdaily #Ledge #Accident #Limerick #Limericks #Rhyme #Humor #Humour #Poetry #MicroPoetry #LightVerse #Verse #Poems

#sillySeptember #rappincial
#triolet #rhyme
@daveashleypoet.bsky.social

Playing poker, Neil felt like a heel.
But he gambled with passionate zeal,
Using cash that was meant
For the rent — ev’ry cent.
So his win was a very big deal.

#Emoetry #Zealous #Limerick #Limericks #Rhyme #Humor #Humour #Poetry #MicroPoetry #LightVerse #Verse #Poems #PoetryCommunity #Money

Dear deer, you’re adorable, true.
But there’s one thing about you, I rue:
Your habit of munching
And supping and lunching
On fruit my hub’s hoping to chew.

#DailyHaikuPrompt #Deer #Limerick #Limericks #Rhyme #Humor #Poems #Humour #LightVerse #PoetryCommunity #Wildlife #Animals #Poetry #Fruit #Food