This month has flown by, and I've enjoyed following our progressive poem. Today it's my turn to add a line.
I decided to have the speakers of our poem follow a moonlit path.
Open an April window
let sunlight paint the air
stippling every dogwood
dappling daffodils with flair
Race to the garden
where woodpeckers drum
as hummingbirds thrum
in the blossoming Sweetgum
Sing as you set up the easels
dabble in the paints
echo the colors of lilac and phlox
commune without constraints
Breathe deeply the gifts of lilacs
rejoice in earth’s sweet offerings
feel renewed-give thanks at day’s end
remember long-ago springs
Bask in a royal spring meadow
romp like a golden-doodle pup!
startle the sleeping grasshoppers
delight in each flowering shrub…
Drinking in orange-blossom twilight
relax to the rhythm of stars dotting sky
as a passing Whip-poor-will gulps bugs
We follow a moonlit path that calls us
I can't wait to see where Heidi takes our poem next!
April 25 Heidi Mordhorst at My Juicy Little Universe
April 26 Michelle Kogan at: https://moreart4all.wordpress.com/
April 27 Linda Baie at Teacher Dance
April 28 Pamela Ross at Words in Flight
April 29 Diane Davis at Starting Again in Poetry
April 30 April Halprin Wayland at Teaching Authors
For those of you new to the process: this NPM children’s poetry celebration was originally begun by Irene Latham, and the mantle taken up by Margaret Simon, who wrangled this year’s distracted poets into a cohesive whole. Linda M. started us off with a gloriously open April window…
A turn near the end to something mysterious. Interesting move. I wondered if the graphic I made would influence the poem's direction. Hm.
ReplyDeleteMargaret, I didn't really think about it, but there IS a moon so...
DeleteOh, nice, Linda! Now, to know where that path leads?
ReplyDeleteLinda, I can't wait to see where Heidi takes us next!
DeleteA moonlit path might just lead to something or somewhere or someone interesting.
ReplyDeleteJanice, I'm sure Heidi will come up with something amazing!
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