I'll admit, it was tough to pick just one word for today's Earth Day-inspired Word Nerd Wednesday. We mentioned a few nature words in one of our recent writing prompts, but it just wasn't enough. After some fairly extensive research, I found the perfect Earth Day inspiration.
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Gorgeous, right? Little did I know, there's a word that describes this stunning slice of nature. It's called...
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| source: treehugger.com Thanks for the knowledge! |
Feeling inspired? Go forth and write!
1. Use the Word of the Day (and, of course, the beautiful picture) to inspire you: freewrite for ten minutes, find other descriptions for the photo above, etc. We recommend checking out these 24 Beautiful Words to Describe Nature to get some more ideas. It's Earth Day, people, don't stop after just one nature word!
2. Using your writing from step one, compose a poem that either uses the Word of the Day in the body or in the title. Bonus points if you write outside. Double bonus points if you look up more poetry by Gerard Manley Hopkins. It is National Poetry Month, after all. Go read some poetry!
1. Use the Word of the Day (and, of course, the beautiful picture) to inspire you: freewrite for ten minutes, find other descriptions for the photo above, etc. We recommend checking out these 24 Beautiful Words to Describe Nature to get some more ideas. It's Earth Day, people, don't stop after just one nature word!
2. Using your writing from step one, compose a poem that either uses the Word of the Day in the body or in the title. Bonus points if you write outside. Double bonus points if you look up more poetry by Gerard Manley Hopkins. It is National Poetry Month, after all. Go read some poetry!
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