Something tells me that many of you are about to have a lot of empty plastic eggs at your disposal. How about some Guerrilla Poetry Bombs? (Relax...no explosives needed.)
This is an activity I tried out with the Eastern Virginia Writing Project Fellows of 2009. It's simple. Pick some favorite poems. Print them out. Fold them up. Tuck them inside a plastic egg.
Now for the fun part. Where are you going to leave these little bits of magic? It's up to you. You could have a friend ride shotgun with you after sundown and launch these babies in random lawns. I guess it could be called littering, but wouldn't Smokey and Junior enjoy a bit of surprise Shel Silverstein? Who wouldn't?
Don't limit yourself to the canon of lit-tra-ture. Consider songs too. Willie Nelson's "Always on my Mind" strikes me as the kind of lyric that would hit someone just right. Van Morrison. Lennon & McCartney. Otis Redding. Leiber & Stoller. Brian Wilson. Dolly Parton. Robbie Robertson. Bob Dylan. Bruuuuuuuuce. Just be sure to include the names of the poets/ lyricists.
Even a song we've experienced a billion time's before like U2's "Beautiful Day" shows a different kind of beauty in the quiet of reading the words without hearing the tune.
Here's an old classic that would be a lot of fun on paper.
Let's illuminate our little corners of the world with uplifting and lighthearted words. Here's a free, printable bookmark from your old pal, Shel Silverstein, to inspire you.
This is an activity I tried out with the Eastern Virginia Writing Project Fellows of 2009. It's simple. Pick some favorite poems. Print them out. Fold them up. Tuck them inside a plastic egg.
Now for the fun part. Where are you going to leave these little bits of magic? It's up to you. You could have a friend ride shotgun with you after sundown and launch these babies in random lawns. I guess it could be called littering, but wouldn't Smokey and Junior enjoy a bit of surprise Shel Silverstein? Who wouldn't?
Don't limit yourself to the canon of lit-tra-ture. Consider songs too. Willie Nelson's "Always on my Mind" strikes me as the kind of lyric that would hit someone just right. Van Morrison. Lennon & McCartney. Otis Redding. Leiber & Stoller. Brian Wilson. Dolly Parton. Robbie Robertson. Bob Dylan. Bruuuuuuuuce. Just be sure to include the names of the poets/ lyricists.
Even a song we've experienced a billion time's before like U2's "Beautiful Day" shows a different kind of beauty in the quiet of reading the words without hearing the tune.
Here's an old classic that would be a lot of fun on paper.
Let's illuminate our little corners of the world with uplifting and lighthearted words. Here's a free, printable bookmark from your old pal, Shel Silverstein, to inspire you.
