Tick-Tock Day—another one of those quirky days is today, December 29th, and is a fun and gentle reminder that time never stops. As the minutes tick-tock away, they remind us of those to-do lists and of the flight of time. Time flies, indeed!

Whether it’s a list of errands, goals, or resolutions, it seems like there’s always something – well – to simply do! So as we reach the end of the year, and Tick-tock day comes around to remind us playfully and seriously of that, what can we do but gracefully bid goodbye to the year that is ending and joyfully welcome the new year! And make those goals all over again 🙂

And what if we could capture the essence of time itself in a more creative way? Which is why I bring you the Minute Poetic Form, a 60-syllable structure that mirrors the passing of each second, making the most of every tick and tock. Read on to learn more about this fun form that can help us reflect on the busy, beautiful moments of life.

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Poetic Sundays: The Minute as the Moments Go Tick-Tock-ing By

The Minute poem seemed perfect to feature this Sunday – being Tick-Tock Day (and I do have fun with these quirky days, some more than others, of course).

I have written about this poetic form earlier, so do check out this post for more details and a poem I attempted then. But here is a quick overview.

The minute is a sixty-syllable, twelve-line narrative verse poem written in three quatrains, one syllable for each second in a minute. It has a syllabic structure of 8/4/4/4 across each quatrain and rhyme scheme of aabb/ccdd/eeff across the three quatrains. It is normally used to describe a completed event, and keeping in theme with the name, something done/completed in a minute!

But you can use it in anyway you wish – from profound to whimsical, from humorous to deep. From completed tasks to the nature of time, or anything else that strikes your fancy or whimsy…

My Minute Attempt As I Find Myself on Tick-Tock Day

Just a Minute…What?
Didn’t I just say Happy New Year?
To near and dear?
But now I find
The year’s behind!

Didn’t I just make goals galore?
Not less, no more…
Goldilocks-right,
Dreams within sight.

Oh well…let me then bid a goodbye..
Too late to try
Will start a new,
a fresh to-do..
~ Vidya @ LadyInReadWrites

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• Cozy Reads and More: The Heartwarming Escapes We All Need Now
• 13 Words We Loved in 2024: A Look Back
• Gifting Great Reads: Books with ‘Gift’ in the Title
• Sunday Scribblings #206: How to Celebrate a Most Delightful Bookmas

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A week I spent just relaxing with family.

Upcoming

On My Blog and Home Front

A couple of posts for sure, and we will welcome the new year together.

This Week’s Celebrations

Literary Celebrations (close-to-it also!)

• Literary birthdays this week include: Rudyard Kipling on the 30th of December; Holbrook Jackson, Junot Díaz, and Nicholas Sparks on the 31st of December; E.M. Forster, J.D. Salinger, Olivia Goldsmith on January 1st; Isaac Asimov on January 2nd; J.R.R. Tolkien and Cicero on January 3rd; Natalie Goldberg, Gao Xingjian, Harlan Coben, and Isaac Newton on the 4th of January; Umberto Eco, W. D. Snodgrass, on the 5th
• January 2nd is National Science Fiction Day (for it is Isaac Asimov’s birthday!)
• Followed by JRR Tolkien Day on the 3rd of January
• Then it is World Braille Day on the 4th. Did you also know that it is National Trivia Day as well?!!
• Followed by National Screenwriters Day and National Take a Poet to Lunch Day  on Jan 5th

Foodie Celebrations

• National Bicarbonate of Soda Day on the 30th
• 31st is National Champagne Day
• It is National Cream Puff Day  on the 2nd of January
• January 3rd is National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day
• National Spaghetti Day is celebrated on the 4th of January
• followed by National Whipped Cream Day on the 5th

Other Celebrations

• It is another quirky made-up holiday on the 30th (makes sense after Tick-tock day on the 29th) with the Festival of Enormous Changes at the Last Minute! (👍🏻, that is the full name) and if you are up for it, it is also National Resolution Planning Day which helps you plan for enormous changes to make in the new year!
• December 31st is Make Up Your Mind Day, and of course, New Years Eve
• January 1st is, along with being New Year’s Day, also World Day of Peace
• While the 2nd is Motivation and Inspiration Day
• And Jan 3rd is International Mind-Body Wellness Day
• Followed by National CanDo Day on the 4th
• The 5th of January celebrates National Bird Day

Multi-Day Events

• Christmas Bird Count Week: December 14-January 5
• The first week of January is Celebration of Life Week, as well as the obvious New Year’s Resolutions Week!
• January is National Hot Tea Month, National Oatmeal Month, National Soup Month
• It is also National Hobby Month and National Braille Literacy Month

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