Time crunCH this morning, folks. Here's my effort for today's word, "sketCH."
[poem]
I think there needs to be some reordering of lines there... And what have YOU sketched out for today?
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Jone has revised an older poem for today--and what a fine portrait of a moment!
Mary Lee's offering is a study in contrasts and blessings (includes patCH, ditCH and perCH along with sketCH!)
FLIGHT
Outside my apartment
is a small patch of grass
and a parking lot.
Beyond that is a ditch
full of dirty snow and trash.
But across the road
are power lines
where a hawk often perches
long enough for me to sketch.
©Mary Lee Hahn, 2015
Again, I'm sorry for throwing a wrenCH into the works with my (probably pointless) last-minute word changes. Here's Diane with the "old" word bleaCH (on my way to look up this verse) and the new word sketCH.
The Biblical Laundry Lesson
Full-strength bleach
eats a hole in fabric.
For whiter clothes mix
one part bleach to
thirty parts water.
2 Corinthians 12:9.
Sketch of a Newbie
She assumed that
talent is enough.
In attempting a leap
from best friend's
praise to stories in
The New Yorker,
she clearly forgot to
practice take-offs
and landings.
--Diane Mayr 2015
A curious and interesting metaphor. Donna will not rest until she gets EVERY poem written! Here are her clever, special sketCH poem and her bleaCH poem, and check out her first round piece at the March Madness Tournament, too.
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Jone has revised an older poem for today--and what a fine portrait of a moment!
Behind the Museum Door
And Charles is back with this love poem to a Momma...A young artist sits on the cold bench
colored pencils, sketchbook in hand
instead of homeworkHer head bobs up and downeyes glance at mentor’s paintingdraft lines, shapes appearclosing time announcedShe crumples her sketch,
tosses it away
the painting speaks, keep at it
She stares and retrieves her tattered draft--Jone MacCulloch
ILLUSTRATION
Dusting charcoal over suntanned
parchment
I begin sketching
Momma, starting
With her rose tinted,
pillow soft cheeks
That I kiss and snuggle
against when
She’s reading me bedtime
stories,
Then turning to those cinnamon
colored
Eyes, which can darken in anger when I
Neglect my chores or burnish
with pride
When I perform at
school recitals.
I zero in on her hair,
braided in rows
Like Grandma’s organic
vegetable garden
Before finishing up with
her lips
Festooned in ruby red
wonder.
After showing Momma my
illustration
I get sheltered in her
rocking arms.
(c) Charles Waters 2015 all rights reserved.
Mary Lee's offering is a study in contrasts and blessings (includes patCH, ditCH and perCH along with sketCH!)
FLIGHT
Outside my apartment
is a small patch of grass
and a parking lot.
Beyond that is a ditch
full of dirty snow and trash.
But across the road
are power lines
where a hawk often perches
long enough for me to sketch.
©Mary Lee Hahn, 2015
Again, I'm sorry for throwing a wrenCH into the works with my (probably pointless) last-minute word changes. Here's Diane with the "old" word bleaCH (on my way to look up this verse) and the new word sketCH.
The Biblical Laundry Lesson
Full-strength bleach
eats a hole in fabric.
For whiter clothes mix
one part bleach to
thirty parts water.
2 Corinthians 12:9.
Sketch of a Newbie
She assumed that
talent is enough.
In attempting a leap
from best friend's
praise to stories in
The New Yorker,
she clearly forgot to
practice take-offs
and landings.
--Diane Mayr 2015
A curious and interesting metaphor. Donna will not rest until she gets EVERY poem written! Here are her clever, special sketCH poem and her bleaCH poem, and check out her first round piece at the March Madness Tournament, too.
A Woman's Work is Never Done
A little bleach, a lot of soap;
So why the dirt and grime again?
I scrubbed it twenty years ago -
Why should it need recleaning then?
A little bleach, a lot of soap;
So why the dirt and grime again?
I scrubbed it twenty years ago -
Why should it need recleaning then?
My child would like the opportunity to visit Jone's child's museum.
ReplyDeleteMy poem is here
http://www.maryleehahn.com/2015/03/flight.html
and here:
FLIGHT
Outside my apartment
is a small patch of grass
and a parking lot.
Beyond that is a ditch
full of dirty snow and trash.
But across the road
are power lines
where a hawk often perches
long enough for me to sketch.
©Mary Lee Hahn, 2015
Sketch it is. What wonderful poems with such imagery are offered today by you, Heidi, Jone, and Charles. I will try to sketch out my thoughts later after I deliver PD today to a group of Long Island teachers.
ReplyDeleteHere are two short ones (sent yesterday, so it's probably in your inbox, Heidi). The first one is using the old word, bleach. The second uses sketch.
ReplyDeleteThe Biblical Laundry Lesson
Full-strength bleach
eats a hole in fabric.
For whiter clothes mix
one part bleach to
thirty parts water.
2 Corinthians 12:9.
Sketch of a Newbie
She assumed that
talent is enough.
In attempting a leap
from best friend's
praise to stories in
The New Yorker,
she clearly forgot to
practice take-offs
and landings.
I sent the "sketch" poem via email just now, so I have the old word "bleach" and the new.
ReplyDeleteHeidi, I love the internal rhyme of "inhale the detail."
ReplyDeleteHeidi, I decided to combing Michelle Barne's ditty challenge on writing a tanka with the word sketch.My offering is included at my blog site, http://beyondliteracylink.blogspot.com/2015/03/listen-to-write.html. Thanks for stretching my limits each day. Your poetry is helping me get inspired each day.
ReplyDeleteacross the sky red
ReplyDeleteribbons sketch in ragged ropes
desert evening art
On my morning walk
ReplyDeletebleached bones in the arroyo
rattle snake long gone
I am leaving a link for some poems from the Wealthy School Poetry Club.
ReplyDeletehttp://doelegrade3poetry.blogspot.com/2015/03/march-challenge-poems-by-poetry-club.html