Some of you have already written me to ask “what in the world is 31 Days in Seuss?!” Well, it’s like the 30 Day Song Challenge that I did last month (in June), only it’s done in verse, like Dr. Seuss. Each day, I will have to answer the Seuss prompt with as much cleverness, wit and rhyme as I can muster, and with a healthy dose of neologisms.
I’ll just say at the outset that I’m no poet. I didn’t even know what anapestic tetrameter or amphibrach tetrameter or trochaic tetrameter was until I looked up Dr. Suess on Wikipedia. But, then again, not many people of Theodor Geisel as a “great poet” either, so I’ll just try to slip in like he did. I’m not as confident about making it all the way through this challenge as I was about the music challenge, but I’m certainly going to give it a shot.
Here’s how the Seuss Challenge will proceed for July. Please let me know if you’re playing along on your own blog. And extra points for comments in Seuss-ese!
THE RULES:
Day 1- My job
Day 2- My love
Day 3- My music
Day 4- My books
Day 5- My hate
Day 6- My biggest hope
Day 7- My best idea
Day 8- My best friend
Day 9- My family
Day 10- My hometown
Day 11- My excellent adventure
Day 12- My scariest moment
Day 13- My saddest day
Day 14- My country
Day 15- My politics
Day 16- My religion
Day 17- My lost cause
Day 18- My embarrassment
Day 19- My parents
Day 20- My death
Day 21- My baggage
Day 22- My pet
Day 23- My most random moment
Day 24- My style
Day 25- My home
Day 26- My delusion
Day 27- My talent
Day 28- My principles
Day 29- My philosophy
Day 30- My worst moment
Day 31- Why you should know me
This is a hard challenge but I've started my foray. Day one at:
http://doctorideas.blogspot.com/2011/07/31-doctor-seuss-challenge-day-one.html