Ohhhhh!!!! So sorry! With the excitement of woodwork and a handicap shower going in, I forgot my poetic duties! Sorry, sorry, sorry, my poem-minded friends and friends-to-be!
This amazing project was begun by Irene Latham in 2012, and Margaret Simon took over in 2020.
The rules:
Each poet-blogger adds a line, creating a
poem for children by copying the previous lines exactly as written
(unless permission from the previous poet is obtained). Commentary on
the process is welcome but optional.
So far we have grown five lines - mine will be the sixth today. Can I just say (of course I can) that I love the way "like raindrops hitting the soil and sinking in" fits with "suddenly everything fell into place"?
Here's the start:
Suddenly everything fell into place
like raindrops hitting soil and sinking in.
When morning first poked me, I’d wished it away
my mind in the mist, muddled, confused.
Was this a dream, or reality, rousing my response?
I think I chose reality in putting the sun urging...continuing the morning's poke - with both the sun and the "being" rising. No more wishing it away.
My line:
The sun surged, urging me to join in its rising
So here it is all together:
Suddenly everything fell into place
like raindrops hitting soil and sinking in.
When morning first poked me, I’d wished it away
my mind in the mist, muddled, confused.
Was this a dream, or reality, rousing my response?
The sun surged, urging me to join in its rising (pick your own punctuation to fit the next line)
Here is the list of participants and their blogs so you can follow along:
April 1 Mary Lee Hahn, Another Year of Reading
April 2 Heidi Mordhorst, My Juicy Little Universe
April 3 Tabatha, The Opposite of Indifference
April 4 Buffy’s Blog
April 5 Rose Cappelli, Imagine the Possibilities
April 6 Donna Smith, Mainely Write
April 7 Margaret Simon, Reflections on the Teche
April 8 Leigh Anne, A Day in the Life
April 9 Linda Mitchell, A Word Edgewise
April 10 Denise Krebs, Dare to Care
April 11 Emma Roller, Penguins and Poems
April 12 Dave Roller, Leap Of Dave
April 13 Irene Latham Live You Poem
April 14 Janice Scully, Salt City Verse
April 15 Jone Rush MacCulloch
April 16 Linda Baie, TeacherDance
April 17 Carol Varsalona, Beyond Literacy Link
April 18 Marcie Atkins
April 19 Carol Labuzzetta at The Apples in My Orchard
April 20 Cathy Hutter, Poeturescapes
April 21 Sarah Grace Tuttle, Sarah Grace Tuttle’s Blog,
April 22 Marilyn Garcia
April 23 Catherine, Reading to the Core
April 24 Janet Fagal, hosted by Tabatha, The Opposite of Indifference
April 25 Ruth, There is no Such Thing as a God-Forsaken Town
April 26 Patricia J. Franz, Reverie
April 27 Theresa Gaughan, Theresa’s Teaching Tidbits
April 28 Karin Fisher-Golton, Still in Awe Blog
April 29 Karen Eastlund, Karen’s Got a Blog
April 30 Michelle Kogan Illustration, Painting, and Writing
I like the way surge and urge sound together. Nice line!
ReplyDeleteI liked how they sounded, too! Thanks.
DeleteGlad you chose reality! I like how "rising" plays off "rousing." Thanks for bringing the sun in :)
ReplyDeleteThanks! I liked that, too, but didn't know if anyone would notice...of course you would!
DeleteLOVE it! Glad you went with reality and I am crushing on your internal rhyme!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Mary Lee! It's always fun to see where it goes next....it can end up anywhere!
DeleteNice, Donna, I've been at the bookstore most of the day so didn't have a chance to check on your line. I love that that 'waking up' is happening, "urging" action, right? Like every year, I'm so curious to see what's next!
ReplyDeleteDonna, your rhyming words gave a lilt to the PP and the narrator is waking to a glorious day. I wait for the twist in the poem.
ReplyDeleteDonna! So glad to have you in the mix, and wow, what a beauty you came up with. Like others, I'm happy to have the reality over the dream, and the surging urging rousing rising sun is just what a being needs. <3<3<3
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