Hello and Happy Poetry Friday! Be sure to visit Sarah Grace Tuttle for Roundup.
First and foremost: THANK YOU, poets, for your support of the Poetry & Punctuation webinar earlier this week through Inked Voices. (Isn't Brooke fabulous?) I loved our time together and appreciate the opportunity to learn with all of you!
Also: if you have other topics you'd be interested in learning with me, would you please let me know in comments or email? irene (at) irenelatham (dot) com. Thank you!
In celebration of Mother's Day, I offer everyone a video of Great Horned owl Athena feeding her owlets. Y'all, it is the sweetest!
Today's ArtSpeak: PICASSO is after a pretty stunning and memorable piece. Watch this 8-minute video about it, and your life will be changed!
I guess I've got fishing on my mind. Spring is a great time for it!
And not just fishing for fish. How 'bout fishing for poems?
I hope this poem feels relevant, whatever your metaphorical "fish." Thanks so much for reading.
Night Fishing at Antibes
and I would give youa boat to anchor
your heart
a lantern
to illuminate
your courage
a blade to sharpen
your purpose
and a red-swirl
galaxy of gratitude
when your spear
pierces
its first fish
oooooh, that "red-swirl galaxy" What a gift! Some fishing imagery bubbled up for me this week too. Athena, what a good mummy owl she is. Her babies are so cute! And, even though I'm not a fan of seeing how the rodent is eaten...everybody gets dinner!
ReplyDeleteSo interesting, Irene! Thanks for that video, and for the video of Athena and her babies. :) I love these lines:
ReplyDeleteand a red-swirl
galaxy of gratitude
Happy Mother's Day!
Thank you for both of the videos, Irene! I love "and I would give you
ReplyDeletea boat to anchor your heart." Starting the poem with "and" is an interesting choice. It's like piercing the fish is the most important thing, and everything else follows.
I agree with Rose about starting this poem with "and." It feels like I've tuned in mid-prayer, and it's so powerful. Love this imagery, Irene.
ReplyDeleteYour poem feels wonderfully supportive of its readers Irene... I love it! The first three stanzas especially resonate with me right now. Thank you for sharing! Your Picasso poem project has been an utter delight.
ReplyDeleteI love your opening line..."and I would give you." It invites me into the poem with generosity and love.
ReplyDeleteThe way Athena turns and looks directly at the camera!!!
ReplyDeleteBut also, that informational video about the painting (AND your poem)!!
You have enriched both my brain and my heart. Thanks!
Loved the videos! I saw Guernica last year and now want to return to it again. A blade to sharpen our purpose seems so relevant. Xo
ReplyDeleteIrene, thank you for all the links. They were wonderful. I'll take "a boat to anchor my heart". I send you back a galaxy of gratitude for making me smile.
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