I'm just back from a glorious few days with loved ones at the beach. We also visited Bamahenge, a partial full-size replica of Stonehenge in Elberta, Alabama. Cool! Also, new life goal: create something funky and cool and worthy of Atlas Obscura notice. :)
This weeks ArtSpeak: PICASSO features another of his b&w line drawings. I decided to write a trinet. Another resource I visited while writing this poem include this list of movement words...though I ended up using the element of repetition instead!
The poem is titled " A Dream of Rabbits." I've written a few other animal-dream poems:
A Dream of SheepWhat Tiger Dreams
Dream with Three Hearts
I Dream of Roosters
And now for the new one. Thank you so much for reading!
A Dream of Rabbits
by Irene Latham
Rabbits dance
by starlight—
Are they leaping for the Moon,
or kissing the Earth? I'd like
to be
a rabbit
dancing, dancing.
Irene -- such delight in squiggled lines unleashed. Yes, I imagine rabbits secretly enjoy dancing beneath stars when no one is looking. :)
ReplyDeleteI love your “A Dream of …” series, Irene. What a great way to access the flights of fancy of a character!
ReplyDeleteHave a great time at Highlights! I wish I could join you there!
Yes to rabbits dancing, dancing! When I was younger, I pictured rabbits as being shy and easily frightened, but the ones who live near me are daring and seem to find us merely interruptions in their (dancing?) activities. xo
ReplyDeleteLove your dancing rabbits, Irene! The rhythm created in the trinet is like music.
ReplyDeleteSo charming!!! Rabbits dancing by starlight definitely make me happy. And that Stonehenge replica looks cool -- had no idea!
ReplyDeleteI must laugh, Irene. I see rabbits leaping around my home, mostly in the green space, now I know they are "dancing by starlight". I also love your 'dream' poems! Have fun at Highlights!
ReplyDeletePicasso captured that lower rabbit so succinctly. Fun poem. Perhaps they’re “leaping for the Moon.”🌕 Serendipitously, I just lectured on Stonehenge this week… Thanks for all!
ReplyDeletePerfect. And now, I need to see Bamahenge.
ReplyDeleteOoh, I love the sense of wonder, Irene...
ReplyDeleteWe have a replica of Stonehenge up in the Columbia River gorge. So cool to see another. And those rabbits, so joyful.
ReplyDeleteBAMAHENGE? Wild. Makes me wonder who this wealthy eccentric George Barber is! (New life goal: be a wealthy eccentric who makes opportunities for creators to make enormous installations of genius that appear in Atlas Obscura.) I wonder what it is that connects rabbits and the Moon--the trinet lends itself to this dancing motion. I'll be tri-ing a trinet today.
ReplyDeleteI learned so much from you today! Bamahenge ! That long list of verbs. I recently watched a Picasso documentary on YouTube and am so fascinated by his long life and variety of his work. I have to watch it again. You poem was perfect repetition for a prancing, dancing rabbit.?
ReplyDeleteThis reminds me of the time we created (with equally silly friends) FUDGEHENGE -- a platter-sized scale model that we consumed after creating it.
ReplyDeleteHa, Mary Lee — love the FudgeHenge idea. :D In Nebrasksa there's CarHenge (just what it sounds like: www.carhenge.com) Irene, your trinet makes me feel like I'm tripping the (moon)light fantastic with those marvelous rabbits!
ReplyDeleteIrene, I've been enjoying reading about Atlas Obscura sites near me. I have no doubt that you will someday meet the goal of "creating something funky and cool and worthy." A great goal, I might add. Your dream of dancing rabbits poem is a delight! Thanks for the fun post.
ReplyDeleteI luv "Bez'from the emile.blog of lyon! Feels like me :)
ReplyDeleteIrene, some time on said Atlas Obscura, look up the Lichgate Oak/Lichgate Cottage/ Laura Jepson -Tallahassee, where I volunteered when our gal was young. This lovely small & green magical site that we were thrilled caught Atlas Obscura's vote of wonderfulness is lovely.
You can do all things, Irene :) your fan, JAN
So much happier than Aileen Fisher’s Listen, Rabbit. Art rather than life for inspiration! Beautiful!
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