Greetings, Poetry People, and Happy New Year to all educators, parents and students who know that September 1st or so is the beginning of the new year, not January 1st. (I'm sorry for you folks whose school year starts somewhere in in the first half of August; that must be so confusing.)
It's the first Poetry Friday of the month and thus the Inklings face a new challenge, a sweet one from Molly:
Write a love note to something or someone or some place. Go big or go small! You might be inspired by JosĂ© A. Alcántara’s "Love Note to Silence" (Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer shared it during the class Margaret and I are taking, and you can read it here: https://askatknits.com/tag/jose-a-alacantara/– and I JUST NOTICED A TYPO IN HER TEXT–HANDHELD CRANES=SANDHILL CRANES!!) or by an idea from Georgia Heard’s June Small Letters calendar.
Well, folks, I tried. I tried to take it seriously, and succeeded, for about 90 seconds---but it's been a big week of completing all the necessaries for fall WHISPERshout afterschool workshops plus 2 enormous schoolday residency grant applications, and my brain had no discipline to spare. And also...the intrigue of that typo!
So here you have it, "Love Note to Handheld Cranes", by me, which took a lot longer than 90 seconds to write, in the end. (Click the image to see it larger.)
Mary Lee is not joining us this week--she's exploring NORWAY--but you can see what else (or who else) the Inklings wrote love notes to at these links, and thanks to Margaret for hosting us!
Catherine @Reading to the Core
Molly Hogan @ Nix the Comfort Zone
Linda Mitchell @ A Word Edgewise
Margaret Simon @ Reflections on the Teche