Writing a Small Poem
What is the story? According to Dictionary.com, “November derives from the Latin root novem- meaning “nine,” because in the Roman calendar there were only 10 months in the year, and November was indeed the ninth month.”
Konstantin Bikos and Vigdis Hocken explain, “According to tradition, Romulus, the legendary first king of Rome, oversaw an overhaul of the Roman calendar system around 738 BCE. The resulting calendar, whose structure borrowed heavily from the ancient Greek calendar system, had only 10 months, with March (Martius) being the first month of the year. The winter season was not assigned to any month, so the year only lasted 304 days, with 61 days unaccounted for in the winter.”
Now we have 12 months in a year and November is the 11th month — but the name was never changed! That’s my NOVEMBER story — and my first November #smallpoem.
Now it’s your turn! All this month, I’ll be writing November poems — and you’re invited to join me! Choose any poetic form you like and share your NOVEMBER story poem in the comments of this November 2023 #smallpoem Challenge post. I look forward to reading it!
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