Hello and Happy Poetry Friday! Be sure to visit Cathy at Merely Day by Day for Roundup.
Perhaps, you, like me, would enjoy a bit of whimsy today? Check out my post over at Smack Dab in the Middle, which features the whimsical world of poetry and nature and THIS POEM IS A NEST.
Also, here is a graphic with my NCTE details! I am looking forward to connecting with poetry peeps IN PERSON! (The last NCTE conference I attended in person was Baltimore in 2019.)
Today's ArtSpeak: FOLK ART is a fun one! As soon as I saw Bill Traylor's yellow chicken, I knew I had to write a poem about him! And no surprise, turns out Yellow Chicken has understandable motivation for his antics. Read on!
Yellow Chicken Has Pluck
Whenever Black Duck
wades out of the muck,
Yellow Chicken struts and clucks—
a showman
in a yellow tux.
Could it be?
Yes! Yellow Chicken
is LOVEstruck!
Let's all wish him
Cockadoodle—Good Luck!
- Irene Latham
In related news, I am currently casting about for my ArtSpeak theme for 2025. So. Much. Art. It's hard to choose!! I welcome your ideas.