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Friday, January 20, 2012
SHIPWRECK POEM
In a week when the 'net has been full of shipwreck news, it seems sort of appropriate that I am finally able to share my poem "Ship Spies a Light" as it appears in Scholastic's Storyworks magazine! It's the first poem I sold in the children's market (though not the first to appear in print), so it's a wee bit special to me. :) Thanks so much to editor/author Lauren Tarshis for selecting it!
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For more poetry visit Elaine at Wild Rose Reader for Roundup!
Hi Irene! Thank you for sharing with us an original poem. I have just recently attended the Titanic Artifact Exhibition here at the Science and Art Museum in Singapore, and I still have a hangover from the glorious sights and sounds in the museum - they have literally transformed the place. As I read through your poem, I just felt that it's a perfect backdrop to the entire thing. Very lovely.
ReplyDeleteThe poem captures the eeriness of the poem: 'empty, endless night', and some so poignant, as in 'say I'm like a message bottle'. You've captured that feeling well. I always think of the people, too, who were there, and now lost. Congratulations on your publishing!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for sharing this, and Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteA bounty of treasure waiting to be discovered -- really sets the mind to wondering . . .
i have a fondness for the voices of the inanimate, and i love the idea of the shipwreck getting excited as it sees a light approaching. sad news for the victims of shipwrecks, but a wonderful poem for lost ships.
ReplyDeleteAmazing poem Irene. Who isn't fascinated by ship wrecks? I saw the same Titanic exhibit that Myra did when it was here in Denver, and was blown away.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!
I love that it's from the ship's point of view and the olde, pirate-y language.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing!
Wonderful!
ReplyDeleteSuch a neat perspective! Glad to see it in print with a fitting photo backdrop.
ReplyDeleteLove it. Thanks
ReplyDeleteA poetic connection to current events! Love it! (am jotting the idea in my idea file for poem-a-day month!)
ReplyDeleteI think this lovely poem really resonated all the more because of the shipwreck in the news...thanks for sharing it, Irene!
ReplyDeleteThis is really wonderful. Thanks for sharing it!
ReplyDeleteVery nice poem, Irene. I'll file this one at my blog under "Empathy". Congrats on the Storyworks sale, too. To many more! -Ed
ReplyDelete"Brush away my shroud of silt"
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! This poem sounds (and looks!) great. I, too, am fascinated by shipwrecks. There is an downed ship in the Niagara River here near Niagara Falls, and each time we drive by it, I'm nearly haunted. It must get kind of lonely for those old guys.... a.
great what can I say... it's more than great... it's moving, sad, I feel the invite to learn more..
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the publication of the wonderful poem! It is timely! I have been fascinated by the Italian shipwreck this past week. Today's newspaper article addressed all the pollutants on board besides the fuel. There are all sorts of chemicals that went down with the ship that are required for cleaning, cooking, and personal hygiene. We tend to overlook that.
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I love how they displayed your lovely poem, with its evocative theme, which moves to beautifully to the line of offering a story. I love how shipwrecks, paintings, ordinary things offer you such stories, and you dig.
ReplyDeleteFound you through Poetry Friday, and so glad I did! What a wonderful concept and haunting voice. Congrats on your publication. I'll be back! :)
ReplyDeleteSorry, my name is linked to an unrelated site and I can't seem to change it. My kidlit site is at www.NoWaterRiver.com :)
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