Poetry Reading Challenge 2017

Another favorite  challenge of mine is up for 2017. I will be doing the highest level.

• Haiku Level: read 1 book of poetry or 20 poems
• Cinquain Level: Read 2 books of poetry, 40 poems
• Sonnet Level: Read 3 books of poetry, 60 poems
• Rondeau Level: Read 4 books of poetry, 80 poems
• Villanelle Level: Read 5-10 books of poetry, 100 poems

If you want to challenge yourself this year, feel free to try a new form of poetry — Sonnets, Haiku, Pastoral, Limerick, Elegy, Tanka, Ghazal, Epic, and others.

My books:

1. The Epic of Gilgamesh
2. Owl Moon--JaneYolen
3. The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens
4. I Got the Rhythm--Connie Schofield-Morrison
5. Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer--Carole Boston Weatherford
6. Once There Were Giants--Martin Waddell
7. The Giving Tree--Shel Silverstein
8. Topsy Turvy--Monika Meisner
9. Out of the Dust--Karen Hesse
10. Nothing--Robin Friedman
11. Letters of Wallace Stevens
12. Beautiful, Brilliant, Borderline--Angelo H. Hudson, Jr.

Challenge completed on July 21