Friday, November 8, 2024

Yellow Chicken poem

 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. 

16 comments:

  1. Irene, your whimsy and joy is a welcomed respite today! Thank goodness for chicken-crush!

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  2. Thanks for the funny rhymes today. I needed this!

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  3. Thanks for the smile today, Irene. Bawk bawk!

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  4. Hehe. Thanks for the humor and exuberance, Irene. See you soon!

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  5. This chicken is just what I needed today! What a riot. (and I'm afraid of chickens). :)

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  6. Te he, Irene. Chickens are so funny! They really do strut as you so funnily showed dear Yellow Chicken! Have fun at NCTE. I so enjoyed going when I taught!

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  7. I LOVE Yellow Chicken and the motivation you've given him!

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  8. Your poem allows the reader quite some latitude when it comes to interpretation, Irene. That yellow chicken certainly struts.

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  9. Such fun, Irene! Thank you for the smile this morning.

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  10. Cockadoodle do is exactly the word I needed today. Just home from a great librarian conference...still processing the news and so glad that I'm welcomed by a yellow chicken poem. It's joyful and funful! I look forward to what you select for your ArtSpeak! theme. Suggestions? Anything that can send out positive vibes.

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  11. Love your yellow chicken! I'm SOOOOOOooooo bummed that I will miss the poets' gathering at NCTE! The CLA board meeting is that night 6-9:00. Sigh. I'll have to find all my people in the hallways and poetry sessions. Sigh.

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  12. Irene, I also have not been to NCTE since 2019. I have fond memories of that convention, especially our poet dinner. Enjoy your presentations and meet-ups. Yellow chicken brought a chuckle.

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  13. Irene, I will be at NCTE too. I look forward to going to the panel and your book signing. I'm making a note of it! Yellow Chicken is too cute in his yellow tux. Fun artwork and poem.

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  14. Yay for Yellow Chicken! Such fun, Irene.

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  15. Love your yellow chicken who struts and clucks in a yellow tux! Just the kind of whimsey we need this week. Enjoy your time at NCTE!

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  16. Yellow Chicken is quite a character. Enjoy NCTE!

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