Celebrate Turn #10 - Anaphora

April is National Poetry Month, and I am celebrating with many other bloggers by writing and sharing poetry.  Please check out the hashtag #digipoetry on Twitter to find more poems written by  writers in our blogging community. 

My post today is serving double duty because I am also celebrating with Ruth Ayres.

Last year I tried the technique called anaphora which according to Margaret Simon is the repetition of a word or a group of words at the beginning of successive phrases.  This may be breaking the rules a little, but I liked this layout better with my repetition of verbs.

I celebrate 31 days of writing 

           ~ sharing stories, sharing words

I celebrate caps and gowns 

           ~ looking back, moving on

I celebrate new life

           ~ sprouting green, shining sun

I celebrate 145 days of teaching 

           ~ building relationships, learning with others

I celebrate reflection 

            ~ making changes, growing along the way

Have a wonderful week filled with poetry and celebrations!