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Hooray, it's May!
I have A LOT going on this month, including traveling today to Atlanta to hang out with my good buddy Charles at Little Shop of Stories' Children's Book Festival.
We'll be schmoozing with the other authors (Katherine Applegate! Dave Eggers!) and presenting to kids and families about If I Could Choose a Best Day. YAY!
Last call for the Poetry & Punctuation workshop through Inked Voices!
Today's ArtSpeak: PICASSO was no doubt partly shaped by a few recent things:
1. The Dangerous Old Woman: Myths and Stories of the Wise Woman Archetype audio series byClarissa Pinkola Estes (Soundstrue)
2. Beastly Beauty by Jennifer Donnelly ( a retelling of Beauty of the Beast in which the boy is the beauty and the girl is the beast!)
And...I can't title a poem "Mirror, Mirror" without thinking of Marilyn Singer and her marvelous reverso poem collections! Thanks so much for reading.
Mirror, Mirror
by Irene Latham
Mirror, Mirror on the wall,
you don’t know me at all!
My heart beats red
inside its cage,
my lungs are purple balloons.
Beneath my skin swells
an ocean of orange experience.
Even my eyes—
those soul windows—
cannot show you
my ten thousand skies
pulsing with stars, birdstorm
and great flashes of lightning.
Mirror, Mirror on the wall
you don't know me at all.
Yes, hooray it's May! Your Mirror, Mirror poem is fascinating, Irene. I love the heart beating red inside its cage and the ten thousand skies. Love that "you don't know me at all" spirit!
ReplyDeleteThe mirror may not fully know you, but there is evidence abounding as to your abundance of inner essence and self awareness. Thanks, Irene, this poem stands up striaght and tall and announces itslef proudly.
ReplyDeleteHave fun with Charles and authors and readers. That gathering sounds wonderful! That swelling orange experience...I want to know more. Fabulous post. You give me lots of fun new thoughts. Thank you! ((. ))
ReplyDeleteI love your mirror poem with all my (hidden) beating heart. YES we are all WAY more than what can be seen on the outside!!
ReplyDeleteLots of layers here that our shallow mirrors refuse to unveil, thanks for your moving poem Irene! Wishing you well on all your happenings!
ReplyDeleteReally looking forward to your workshop!!!
ReplyDeleteI like how you used color in your poem, Irene. Very effective. Looking forward to your workshop!
ReplyDeleteI love the...vastness of your poem, Irene. "my ten thousand skies
ReplyDeletepulsing with stars, birdstorm
and great flashes of lightning."
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That book festival sounds amazing! What company to be in! I wish it wasn't so far away!
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