“This week is filled with quirky ‘name holidays,’ so I bring a namely spin to some simple poetic forms for the Poetic Sunday section —’all in the name of’ this ‘name week!’ In addition, I bring you extras! From playful wordplay to rhythmic verses, each piece draws inspiration from the “name celebrations” sprinkled throughout the days. Whether it’s the poetic twists or fun games or activities, this week’s scribblings are all about having fun with names! After all, it’s all in the name!

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Poetic Sundays: It’s All in the Name!

Acrostic

• Simply have the first letter of each line spells out a name.

ABCderian Poem

• Can be written with names for each alphabet, following sequential letters. Make it more challenging by having each line be a mini-tautogram in itself (that is all the words of the line start with the same letter)
• Example:
  Anna adores apricots,
  Bina bakes banana bread,
  Cara crafts cute cards. and so on, as long as you can go on!!

You can create an abcderian poem using names of people you know, or not..

“An_a_Gram and …. Words Within” Poetry

• A poem using words formed from the letters of a person’s name as key elements in the verse.
• Example (for “Alice” → “Lace, Lie, Ail, Lice, Ice, Ace, Lac”): Use as many of these words in a poem (in any form of your choice)
• And/or if you can find anagrams for the name, like Celia for Alice, you could use those as well within the poem.

The Rest of the Alphabet Poems

(links will take you to my post about the form)

Of course, you can write a bio poem or a Clerihew too.. A form that includes the name of the poet within is the doha. An epistolary addressed to someone (or yourself) will fit in here as well. Maybe your namesake! Other forms that could work – an ode to the person. You can always pick any form of your choice and include the name within!!

Recently

On My Blog & at Home

It has been a quiet book overall both at home and on blog, which is my list below of recent posts since and including my last Sunday Scribblings is short and dates back to a Sunday ages ago!

• Beautiful Shining Stars: The Power of Song and Dance and More
• The Magic of Moth Trees and Magic Rocks of Kindness
• Sunday Scribblings #212: The Wonderful World of Edward Gorey: Witty and Weird

Upcoming

On My Blog & Homefront

Rains in the forecast! And hopefully at least one post here on the blog.

This Week’s Celebrations

Literary Celebrations (close-to-it also!)

• Literary birthdays this week of March include: James Merrill and Patricia MacLachlan on March 3rd; James Ellroy, Julia Cameron, Khaled Hosseini on March 4th; Sarah J. Maas on the 5th of March; Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Gabriel García Márquez on March 6th; Andrea Levy and William Boyd on the 7th; Sahir Ludhianvi, John Angus McPhee, Kenneth Grahame, and Kenneth Douglas Stewart Anderson on the 8th; Shashi Tharoor, Rochelle Potkar, and Elizabeth Sewell on the 9th; Johanna Lindsey on the 10th
• The week of March 1sth through 7th observes National Ghostwriters Week as well as National Write a Letter of Appreciation Week annually.
• The 4th is National Grammar Day
• March 8th is National Proofreading Day
• Newspapers in Education Week, Read an E-Book Week, and Words Matter Week – the first full week in March 
• It is also Return the Borrowed Books Week, so a reminder to head to the library or to your friends’ places if you have borrowed from them!

Foodie Celebrations

• It is 33 Flavors Day on March 3rd (3/3!!), as well as National Moscow Mule Day and National Mulled Wine Day.
• Followed by National Pound Cake Day and National Snack Day on March 4th
• While the 5th is National Cheese Doodle Day
• It is Chocolate Chip Cookie Week – from March 2nd to 8th – the first full week of March!!
• The 6th of March observes National White Chocolate Cheesecake Day and National Oreo Cookie Day
• Followed by National Cereal Day and National Flapjack Day on March 7th
• Then the 8th of March is National Peanut Cluster Day
• While March 9th marks the start of National Bubble Gum Week

Other Celebrations

• March 3rd seems to be full of fun celebrations and observations that I would love to observe!
  • This is one celebration for everyday – National I Want You to Be Happy Day 
  • A quirky holiday to observe – it is Talk In Third Person Day.
  • And it is also Hinamatsuri (the Dolls festival of Japan that is so very similar to the Golu I celebrate in fall each year)
  • Then there is World Wildlife Day and  Simplify Your Life Day, where, on the third day of the third month, you choose three ways to make your life simple.
  • And it is also World Tennis Day (celebrated on the first Monday in March).
• March Forth is on March fourth! A fun day to encourage everyone to work towards achieving their dreams. The 4th also celebrates sons with National Sons Day.
• National Be Heard  Day and Alexander Graham Bell Day on the 7th of March
• March 8th is of course International Women’s Day
• While the 9th is National Barbie Day

Multi-day events

• This week of International Women’s Day (March 8th) celebrates Women of Aviation Worldwide Week, No More Week and International Women’s Week 
• And it is Celebrate Your Name Week with quirky name-based observations for each day of the week, including Namesake Day, Name Tag Day, Unique Names Day, Name Fun Facts Day, Learn What Your Name Means Day, Genealogy Day, and Middle Name Pride Day.

Wrapping up my Sunday Scribblings

So dear reader, you have reached the end of this Sunday Scribblings! As always, I welcome your thoughts, comments, and suggestions about this post. And do let me know if you plan to celebrate any of these mentioned celebrations this coming week/month?

Linking this to the Sunday Post over at the Caffeinated Reviewer and the Sunday Salon