Hello and Happy Poetry Friday! Be sure to visit Suzy at The Poetry Garden for Roundup.
Quickly, for my #NCTE20 peeps, here again is my schedule. I am excited to be learning from so many this weekend!
And here's an update for those of you who submitted to our IF anthology: we have our final contributor's list and are in the process of contacting all who submitted work. If you haven't heard from us already, you will very soon! Truly, it was an honor to read so many wonderful poems. I wanted to hug them (and you) all!
In other news, this pandemic year has meant lots of home improvement projects for us (and for many!)... this week we painted our kitchen cabinets! Well we didn't do it—Bruce & Mike did. Even if you're not putting in the brushstrokes, it can be kinda chaotic when you're kitchen is out of order! So I am feeling behind on pretty much everything. We're very much looking forward to a quiet Thanksgiving here at the lake. I wasn't going to cook, then I was... and then I decided to go half-n-half: we ordered a turkey and a dessert, and I will make a few sides... including a new one called "Irene's Cranberry Salad," which my mom clipped for me from Guideposts magazine. I'll let you know how if it makes this Irene's tastebuds sing!
And now I'm pleased to offer you another red poem inspired by art created by Richard Jones. Thank you so much for reading this little love poem... are you the bee, the apple... or something else?? xo
Once Upon a Time
by Irene Latham
Bee spied something red—
Home is where the apple is, she said.
You are the heart of my desiring,
Red said, admiring each intricate wing.
Bee danced until the sky turned dizzy.
To think yesterday she'd been in such a tizzy!
Buzzily buzzily buzzily, Bee sighed.
Life is but a dream, Red replied,
for she knew bees could be capricious.
Still her cheeks blushed crimson delicious.
And so the day wept rain and laughter
as Bee + Red lived apple-y ever after.
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