Today I was sent the rhyme below promoting a map business. A reminder that today is rhyme day. You could write a rhyme about a destination you are in. I have also heard a prize winning poem about every country the author had visited, and the mini-dramas in each place.
It's quite easy to to do, because lots of countries end in a. Australia, Austria, America, Malaysia, Canada. Then there's passport, thought, waterfall, baseball. Map and mishap. River and shiver. Fountain and mountain. Sea and Be and Free, degree, see, dee, fee, glee, he, she, Lee, me, pea, pee, tea, tee, wee (small), zee.
Many poets' lines are used to promote destinations and to encourage travellers on their journeys. One of the best lines is from Robert Frost's poem, The Road Not Taken.
It ends
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I
I took the one less travelled by
And that has made all the difference.
I have written a poem about travelling
The Happy Traveller
A comic poem by Angela Lansbury
I'm the world's most happy traveller
I've travelled far and near
To the kitchen and the bathroom
Around the world with you, my dear
I've travelled to Australia
Austria, America, Malaysia
To places grander, and seedier
All through Wikipedia
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The rest of the poem is on my blog on comic poetry.
Useful Websites
rhyming dictionary
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.myarx.placesbeen&hl=en_GB&gl=US
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Hi , it's Rhyme Day!
Today we celebrate buying things
When nobody knows what the future even brings
Three years ago, the world was great and
yet we complained and quite a bit
Then by sh*t, the fan was hit
But that brings us to today - a special day
A day for you to make some serious hay
We’re giving you 30% off
But only for the next two days
But wait - for a map, is this the right time and place?
Well, I say yes and yes, I’m biased,
But soon again you'll be the flyest,
But until then just grab your pen
30% off but just for two days
To get inspired and bring someone joy, our maps are one of the best ways
So stop what you're doing and just go to our page
and enter the code that makes you sage
the code is “SHARE” and this is a dare
to get a map for you and someone that you really care – about
this is your German map maker and I am out
Happy Rhyme Day!
Simon & the Awesome Maps Team
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Angela Lansbury, travel expert and language teacher, comic and ironic writing, specialist in travel to see the quirky and unusual, and homes of famous authors and personalities. Food, fashion and fun with languages. With an eye for the unusual, and a bargain.
