PAD Day 23: Ode to the Letter E

Today's prompts from Poetic Asides and NaPoWriMo: (1) Write a poem with the title "Social______", and (2) "write a poem about a particular letter of the alphabet, or perhaps, the letters that form a short word.... Think about the shape of the letter(s), and use that as the take-off point for your poem. " So today's light verse was an ode to a particular letter (the "shape" part of the prompt comes in at verse 3). It's a little silly, but maybe it could be used for a grade-school reading or spelling lesson. 

Social E

"Extroverted", "ebullient",

describes our good friend E.

"Effervescent", "omnipresent",

all fit him to a tee.

He shows up in most every word,

as common as cream cheese.

He's everywhere in "everywhere",

"beekeeper", "beveled", "breeze".

And you can tell E's friendly -

that honest, open face.

His little brother's charming, too,

in smiling lower case.

And even when they're silent,

they liven other vowels -

 they crash the party at the end,

jazz up their letter pals:

from "mat" to "mate" and "fat" to "fate",

they've got the magic touch.

From "hop" to "hope" and "cop" to "cope",

they brighten words so much.

In summary, let's all shout "Whee!

Three cheers for letter E!"

The big and little brothers who've

succeeded social-E!

(If I counted correctly, there are 98 E's in that poem.)


P.S.: Here is a related poem I wrote that was published in the Community Room blog of the Newark (NY) Public Library. (They also published a poem of mine last fall in their literary journal, Mason Street, and will publish three more in a special summer issue this year.) It's an abecaderian called "How a Toddler Learns the Alphabet."