A Poetry Challenge to Start Your Day

This is a 30-day poetry challenge to read aloud a poem a day for 30 days. My sister loves doing challenges. Most of the time I fall off of them early. I've completed some - 30 day abs, 30 day squats, 30 days doing nice things - but this challenge - 30 days of speaking poetry - is my absolute favourite.

I started writing poems at the age of ten and have continued writing them all my life. None are published. When I was little, my Grandma would read me Robert Louis Stevenson. My favourite of his was My Shadow. I can still recite it by heart. My Dad also wrote a few poems himself. In Grade Four, I had to memorize The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner, and recite it to the Teacher. It was fun even back then to do this.

My sister is also doing this challenge and says it is the hardest one she's done yet. She recites the poems to her long-distance boyfriend over the phone. I think that's so romantic.

So, here is my 30 Day Poetry Challenge. I really enjoy this and if you stumble across this, I hope you enjoy it too. Maybe it will inspire you to do your own challenge. :)