It is Poetry Friday and our host is Amy Ludwig VanDerwater at The Poetry Farm. Find lots of links to more poetry there today!
It has been so long....incredibly long between posts here. I've found
it easier to pop onto FB lately, but I don't want to give up my writing
blog for FB minis. I've been so busy with homeschooling, my daughter's upcoming wedding, getting the house ready to put on the market, and a move back to Maine in June.
But I must squeeze in time today to promote two new anthologies. I happen to have a poem in each, and I am so excited and thrilled and happy and....but that is beside the point!
Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong have a new anthology that has just been released that is an A to Z book of poems called Things We Eat. You will recognize most of the names in it! Of course, besides the most delicious poems, there are also helpful ideas for use in the classroom.
Then Tabatha Yeatts has compiled a second anthology of Imperfect poems, Imperfect II (not that the poems are imperfect) with poems about perspectives. How we look at our mistakes makes a big difference in how we move along in life! I hope you won't make the mistake of not checking it out!
I hope you have a wonderfully poetic day. I'm in the middle of homeschooling as I write this, so it is an "off and on again" process. I won't be a eloquent as I'd like to be.
I'm Going to Miss School
I'm going to miss soils
with humus and sand;
Going to miss history
in distant, past lands;
Anto- and syno-nyms;
the metaphoring chores...
the sound of the dog's
silly sighs and her snores;
the grinding of pencils
being sharpened precisely;
the cozy of reading
in pillows puffed nicely.
Once back to "real" school
I'll miss them so dearly,
Though they'll think it cool
and resume it as merely
a hiccup in time that
had no friends at recess;
While I will go on
with hiccups relentless.
by Donna JT Smith ©2022
Have a splendid day!
There is so much goodness, and that's where the poetry hides, isn't it? Many congratulations on your two new published poems. I adore picking berries, and your poem with its bouncy and tasty rhythm has me thinking about making jam in just a few months. I am always grateful, too, for reminders of the truth and importance of recognizing imperfection. Thank you for your sharing today and all best with rounding out the homeschooling year, the wedding, the house, and the move! xo
ReplyDeleteNice to visit you here again. Love your Jam poem (it's 3/4 of my name, after all). :) Thanks for the school poem too. Hiccups relentless, oh dear . . .
ReplyDeleteThere really was a lot to love about not being in "real" school...
ReplyDeleteDonna! How good to see you here. You are fitting so much in, we're honored to have you choose PoFri as one of your commitments. <3 And CONGRATS on your forthcomings!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on the anthologies! I was homeschooling last year and my student started a bricks-and-mortar school this year, so your poem really resonates with me. Thanks for sharing it!
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