tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post3187157516926648134..comments2024-03-24T11:00:49.738-05:00Comments on Live Your Poem...: Identity Poem after THE CREATIVITY PROJECT, edited by Colby SharpIrene Lathamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04905936104127707762noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-42719006830993802092019-06-06T05:14:42.688-05:002019-06-06T05:14:42.688-05:00Yes! dear Irene. Peace is you. Your poem is exquis...Yes! dear Irene. Peace is you. Your poem is exquisite. I love "knotted." So interesting that NSN's "not" prompt, which at first sounds like school-hall negative talk (I'm not a good speller, I'm not a good reader...) can actually be path to feeling bouyant & full of verve. As luck would have it, I'm off to listen & share at a Young Author's Conference here today & I'm going to carry all this with me. Appreciations!jan godown anninohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00091996699597066230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-34983541656017705052019-06-05T08:43:20.333-05:002019-06-05T08:43:20.333-05:00Fabulous poem...and thanks for the reminder to pur...Fabulous poem...and thanks for the reminder to purchase this book, Irene!Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13626451110946889157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-45315242808072212602019-06-04T09:21:27.664-05:002019-06-04T09:21:27.664-05:00I don't know how I missed The Creativity Proje...I don't know how I missed The Creativity Project when it first arrived on the scene, but I'll be remedying that. :) Love your NOT poem. Karen Edmisten https://www.blogger.com/profile/04446214835142625161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-63669901172321079522019-06-02T07:51:11.154-05:002019-06-02T07:51:11.154-05:00I've got to order Colby's book. I've b...I've got to order Colby's book. I've been meaning to. Carpe diem! xx Christie @ https://wonderingandwondering.wordpress.comMrs. Wymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601071678011498746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-22650779982588542522019-06-01T11:52:01.596-05:002019-06-01T11:52:01.596-05:00I love this poem and appreciate your sharing it...I love this poem and appreciate your sharing it's beginnings. I especially appreciate your sharing this prompt here today. I have a rowdy group of grade 6 and 7's. I always looking for activities to engage them. I might try these I am not poems with them. <br />I've just ordered The Creativity Project. I anticipate learning so much from it. Cheriee Weichelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15662398117320256935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-70041132823348876622019-05-31T21:01:59.871-05:002019-05-31T21:01:59.871-05:00Must use this book this summer.Must use this book this summer.Jonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04299647754479967070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-10431940387324200382019-05-31T19:40:50.152-05:002019-05-31T19:40:50.152-05:00Fun to read through your post again Irene. I espec...Fun to read through your post again Irene. I especially like the last 4 lines in "My Name is Peace:"<br />"No procrastinating –<br />what's the point of waiting?"<br />(totally agree)<br /><br />"Not fragile or feathery;<br /><br />--><br />more like a knotted olive tree."<br />(your both filled with peace)<br /><br />Thanks again, xo<br />Michelle Koganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02575814872372518994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-63391107885162920092019-05-31T09:58:32.528-05:002019-05-31T09:58:32.528-05:00I am so glad to learn of this book, and I want to ...I am so glad to learn of this book, and I want to try the NOT identity poem, too. Your poem is as lovely as you are!Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08210045352610490115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-80184767396802285122019-05-31T06:08:12.044-05:002019-05-31T06:08:12.044-05:00And what a lovely person you are, Irene. Thank you...And what a lovely person you are, Irene. Thank you for sharing from this book. I think I might find it useful as I enter my summer extra writing time season.Kimberly Hutmacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17481478199892532599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-28824553440605364672019-05-30T23:32:24.362-05:002019-05-30T23:32:24.362-05:00The Creativity Project is a wonderful book of &quo...The Creativity Project is a wonderful book of "creative" activities. I really like your not list poem and then your identity image poem. You revealed a little bit more about you that I did not know, Irene. Carol Varsalonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02589714711155938528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-53467564767576461212019-05-30T18:55:52.810-05:002019-05-30T18:55:52.810-05:00Loving this post again! You inspire, again!Loving this post again! You inspire, again!Linda Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00833034575304594924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-15249949954933461302019-05-30T11:51:29.861-05:002019-05-30T11:51:29.861-05:00Well, lookie there! I had forgotten that you were ...Well, lookie there! I had forgotten that you were my inspiration for today's poem!!Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-88680955682071014202018-05-13T08:55:20.486-05:002018-05-13T08:55:20.486-05:00Love this poem!
I've been curious about this...Love this poem! <br /><br />I've been curious about this book for a long while, but YOU are the one who sold it to me! Thanks!Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-46336477028172154842018-05-12T17:25:43.340-05:002018-05-12T17:25:43.340-05:00The Creativity Project arrived in my mailbox not l...The Creativity Project arrived in my mailbox not long ago and now you have me even more eager to dive into it. I love your "not" poem and how it evolved. I'm going to have to try this as well. Thanks for sharing the inspiration!mbhmainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12368641525885104669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-6915915935538870992018-05-12T17:07:01.949-05:002018-05-12T17:07:01.949-05:00Such an amazingly rich post, Irene-- your book rev...Such an amazingly rich post, Irene-- your book review, your poem and the side stories about it. And "knotted" is so perfect. Thank you for the inspiration.Alice Ninehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05302512837699702430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-36426940555914675682018-05-12T14:59:14.388-05:002018-05-12T14:59:14.388-05:00I've been saving this book for summer - your p...I've been saving this book for summer - your post makes me want to reach for it now, Irene. What a wonderful poem you created!Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13626451110946889157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-82843279225807116892018-05-12T07:13:22.016-05:002018-05-12T07:13:22.016-05:00Not only do I love your poem, I love how it tells ...Not only do I love your poem, I love how it tells me more about who you are. I can also use this whole process you have shared to inform my own writing. That's what Poetry Friday does for me, fills the well. Margaret Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04434866104385187658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-50912849484261132362018-05-12T04:51:08.139-05:002018-05-12T04:51:08.139-05:00Wow! What an incredible poem....I love the Greek v...Wow! What an incredible poem....I love the Greek version of Irene ... Irini. This is such a rich post that I am going to have to dive into The Creativity Project which I just brought home from my school library. Thanks for the review and the inspiration. I love how your poem really shows but doesn't "tell" the title. I"m off to dabble. Although, my name means pretty in Spanish....and I've always had a uncomfortable relationship with that -- more so that I live in an area with a large Spanish speaking population. Maybe I can work out some of that awkwardness in a poem.Linda Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00833034575304594924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-63556334882341716242018-05-11T19:22:08.575-05:002018-05-11T19:22:08.575-05:00Wow! So much creativity packed between the covers ...Wow! So much creativity packed between the covers and in your post. I want to play! Your peace poem is just perfect. Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08210045352610490115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-32404936432172647232018-05-11T18:54:42.125-05:002018-05-11T18:54:42.125-05:00Cool "not" poem, Irene! Now I'm wond...Cool "not" poem, Irene! Now I'm wondering about if you had written 20-30 things! What would you have said...?Tabathahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367572663591077922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-1226578027634407972018-05-11T17:39:57.018-05:002018-05-11T17:39:57.018-05:00I love identity prompts too - I will have to try t...I love identity prompts too - I will have to try this one! This sounds like such a great book. Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12463332371535167975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-81002717101135575662018-05-11T15:36:06.006-05:002018-05-11T15:36:06.006-05:00What an interesting book -- hadn't heard about...What an interesting book -- hadn't heard about it. Love the responses you shared by Lisa Brown and Java Steptoe, and of course your own peace poem is just lovely. I didn't realize "Irene" means peace. Perfect!jamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07859083373087448194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-30171067519005549512018-05-11T12:51:07.021-05:002018-05-11T12:51:07.021-05:00I wasn't familiar with this book, thanks for s...I wasn't familiar with this book, thanks for sharing it Irene, looks like it's bubbling over with "Creativity!" Wonderful "not" poem, and fun to find out "Irene means peace." Have a Happy Mother's Day with perhaps a wee bit of fanfare too!Michelle Koganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02575814872372518994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-20193626533881739922018-05-11T11:36:37.501-05:002018-05-11T11:36:37.501-05:00I have the book, need to delve into it a bit farth...I have the book, need to delve into it a bit farther, Irene. You, and those examples, have inspired me. I love your "not" poem, love that it pushed into new discoveriers like the new "knot". Happy Mother's Day!Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-3091446786754402802018-05-11T10:38:25.448-05:002018-05-11T10:38:25.448-05:00One more "not" for you: you are not one ...One more "not" for you: you are not one to shy away from a challenge. :) An interesting entryway into discovering who you are by exploring who you are not. I've been hoping to have a peek inside this book, so thanks for hearing my wishes, Irene. xoMichelle Heidenrich Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02051827857519159837noreply@blogger.com