SOLSC 10/31: "The Writer" by Cathy Mere

Today I join my fellow bloggers in "serving up a slice" 

to the Slice of Life (SOL) community.

Thanks to Stacey, Betsy, Beth, Kathleen,
Deb, Lisa, Melanie, and Lanny

for hosting this meeting place each day in March

and for nurturing our writing lives.

On Fridays I frequently join my friends at Poetry Friday to read poetry, to talk about poetry, to listen to poetry, and sometimes to even write poetry.  I had a poem all lined up to share last week.  But then Billy Collins birthday came along and I was off to find a favorite BC poem.  

So today I share a favorite poem, "The Writer," written by fellow slicer Cathy Mere during the Slice of Life challenge in 2013.  It's one that I chose to share with my students (after getting the author's permission) early in our writing year.  I loved seeing it pasted into the writer's notebook and knowing that it was there to inspire my writers.  It captures so much that is beautiful about the writer's life.   Every time I read Cathy's poem, I have a different favorite stanza.  Today's favorite stanza is the last one:

"The writer 

holds the stories tightly

shaping them with her heart, 

until the page speaks,

the story unfolds, 
the world is changed."

When you read the entire poem, don't miss the comments.  You'll see many familiar faces still slicing with us four years later.  

Today I send a giant thank you to my Poetry Friday friends who bring poetry joy into my life every week!

Head over to Michelle H. Barne's blog, 

Today's Little Ditty, for this week's

round-up of poetic goodness.  

Thanks, Michelle, for hosting this week!