Poetry Challenge #316-Come Together
John Lennon probably doesn’t need an introduction. As a co-founder of The Beatles with Paul McCartney, he (and the group) became famous in the 1960’s. He wrote many, many songs for the group, and many more after The Beatles broke up.
Born as John Winston Lennon on October 9th, 1940*, in Liverpool, England, little did his parents know that their son would become one of the most famous musicians of the era. John spent his childhood in a suburb of Liverpool with his aunt, as his parents had separated when he was five years old.
*Full Disclosure: when we decided on featuring John Lennon in this week’s prompt, we thought his birthday was Oct 6th, because that’s what some Internet Search brought up. That info was incorrect. John Lennon’s birthday is Oct. 9th. (Maybe whomever wrote it first read it upside down) Moral: check your sources!
Anyhow…Lennon’s work is worth celebrating for more than one day—why not Lennon all week?!
Anyone who says songwriters are not poets read on. Below are partial lyrics for Imagine. Listen to Imagine-click!
John & Yoko’s Honeymoon, Bed in for Peace, from March 25 to March 31, 1969.
Poetry Challenge #316
Come Together
This prompt may find you humming and tapping your foot! Listed below are titles of some of the songs Lennon wrote. Choose 3-5 titles and incorporate them into a poem of your own. Extra credit if you create a catchy rhythm or rhyme.
Set Your Timer for 7 Minutes
Start Writing!
Don’t Think About it, Write It!
And whenever you’re in NYC, take a stroll up Central Park West to visit Strawberry Fields, listen for the music!
Cindy Faughnan and I began this 7-Minute Poetry Challenge 2700+ days ago. Now we take turns creating prompts to share with you. Our hope is that creatives—children & adults—will use our prompts as springboards to word play time. If you join us in the Challenge, let us know by posting the title, a note, or if you want, the whole poem in the comments.
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