kidlitosphere progressive poem lands here!

And here in no time at all falls this year's group poem & labor of shared love...I'm pleased to be following on after so many fond friends (and thanks for herding us, Margaret!) and directly behind a new friend, Wendy Taleo.  Thanks for joining this game!

Wendy continued the pattern and gave me two "playing and making" lines to choose from:

OPTION 1:
Just a wide open field, calling 'play, play, play'

OPTION 2:
What could we make, with leaves and litter?
 

Read on to see which one took my fancy!

I’m a case of kindness – come and catch me if you can!
Easily contagious – sharing smiles is my plan.
I’ll spread my joy both far and wide,
As a force of Nature I’ll be undenied.

Words like, “how can I help?” will bloom in the street.
A new girl alone on the playground – let’s meet, let’s meet!
We can jump-skip together in a double-dutch round.
Over, under, jump and wonder, touch the ground.

Friends can be found when you open a door.
Side by side, let’s walk through, there’s a world to explore.
We’ll hike through a forest of towering trees
Find a stream we can follow while we bask in the breeze.

Pull off our shoes and socks, dip our toes in the icy spring water
When you’re with friends, there’s no have to or oughter
What could we make, with leaves and litter?

  

And here's where that line led me...

With acorns and moss could we fashion a critter?

OR

Let's find pine needles, turn into vine knitters!

Et voila, the choices for our next poet in line, the ever-fascinating Tricia Stohr Hunt of The Miss Rumphius Effect--where Tricia will be taking a break from her fascinating found poem series to add the next layer of our collaborative poem. I do hope I've offered her something enticing...

Meanwhile, over at Jama's Alphabet Soup, Jama has prepared her weekly feast of mouth music and eye candy, featuring the Great British Poetry Show known as Carol Ann Duffy and her ars poetica. See you there, and follow along as the Progressive Poem wends its way to April 3oth!