Hello and Happy Poetry Friday! Be sure to visit Linda at TeacherDance for Roundup.
Holy September, it's football season. That's a pretty big deal 'round these parts! On Friday nights we really enjoy supporting our local team—a small 1A K-12 school with a stadium perched atop gorgeous Straight Mountain. Lupita's ice cream truck is usually there, too, which is always a treat.
I'm continuing my ArtSpeak: Animals Picasso mini-series with an owl! Owls are one of those subjects well covered by poets, so it feels like quite a challenge to write something fresh about them...but how could I NOT tackle it, when Picasso's art is so dang adorable?! Thanks so much for reading.
the mystery is
how owl so round and ruffled
learned to drink moonlight
- Irene Latham
How does he do it, and you, too, Irene, both with few lines, evoking that night treat, an owl? It seems you brought something new to the poetry of owls! Thanks for the link, too. Enjoy those Friday night lights!
ReplyDeleteI am impressed with Picasso's simple owl picture and your simple poem to match. I think we sometimes just overdo things. Overthink. Overwrite. Overdraw. Overwhelm. I could go on. But this image begs for your amazing talent at just the right words in just the right order.
ReplyDeleteIrene - this is just perfection! The mystery is how you can write such perfect responses to Picasso's art! Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThat IS a mystery. I love a short poem that makes me think--this is it!
ReplyDeleteowl egg moon eye light round mystery...just so.
ReplyDeleteLove all of those o sounds. Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWow an owl drinking Moonlight, makes me smile! I like all the o's in there too, thanks Irene and for the owl poem link too!
ReplyDeleteMmm...drinking moonlight... You nailed the originality, Irene.
ReplyDeleteA mystery, indeed.
ReplyDeleteLove the simplicity of both. I am definitely an over-thinker and probably an over writer, too. I need to simplify. Thanks for the inspiration.
ReplyDeleteOh, wow, Irene. That is a fresh take on the owl. I love that mystery you have identified "how owl...learned to drink moonlight." Lovely!
ReplyDeleteI think this one is one of your best. The art sketch is simplistic but fabulous and your accompanying small poem holds a world of wonder.
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