Hello and Happy Poetry Friday! Be sure to visit Karen Edmisten for Roundup.
I taught a high school poetry workshop this week on writing poems about WATER. I mean, those young poets were flowing with words and ideas and goodness...so much fun!
Today's ArtSpeak: FOLK ART poem features another colored animal...our creative brains are constantly seeking patterns, aren't they? Sometimes they snag on certain topics or ways of expressing...Apparently, I am in a color-animal loop!
And as I was writing this one I could feel a William Carlos Williams "This is Just to Say" vibe sneaking in...thanks so much for reading! Be sure to check out more art by Jodi Queenan at her website. Love!
Yellow Dog Explains
I dug
the tulips
because
your voice
was full
of raindrops
and I couldn't
fetch
the stars.
- Irene Latham
Irene, you’ve done it again – found perfect words for a perfect picture. I want to frame this!
ReplyDeleteThis week, my pup ate an entire pad of blue post-it notes. When it dawned on me that that is what happened, I think she heard "a voice full of raindrops." And had there been tulips nearby, I'm certain she'd have carried one to me in apology. - xoxo I love those hanging stars, too.
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