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.
Head over to Amy Ludwig VanDerwater's blog,
The Poem Farm, for this week's
round-up of poetic goodness.
Thanks, Amy, for hosting this week!
I love the 31 day writing streak badge! And since it's Friday, I'm joining a delightful group of bloggers for Poetry Friday, a weekly group that celebrates all things poetic all year round. However during April the fun ramps up with a month long festival of poetic goodness.
Amy Ludwig VanDerwater is hosting this week. If you've never explored her site, The Poem Farm, stop now and go there. It's such a delightful poetic playground. She speaks directly to students, shares wonderful writing prompts, and each year selects a theme that she writes around for the month of April. My favorite was 2014 (my last year of teaching) when all her poems were written about objects in the thrift store. These poems are no longer on her site since she's trying to sell them as a collection. Oh, how I hope to someday hold this tribute to thrift store items in my hand. And if you ever get the chance to hear Amy speak at a conference, you're in for an exceptional treat! I first heard her speak at an All Write conference and then at NCTE. I'm still sad that she was unable to attend last year's Poetry Camp at Western Washington University.
Here's a book spine poem of some favorite poetry books that I've played around with and rearranged over and over this week. I'm sure some of my mathematically inclined friends could tell me the number of ways that a stack of six book titles could be arranged. I'm sure I've tried at least half of them. Here's my favorite arrangement (so far)!
She walks in beauty
A jar of tiny stars
Awakening the heart
Open the door
House of light
Pass the poetry, please!
I think you've done a wonderful job arranging the titles! Awakening the heart is what poetry does for the reader.
ReplyDeleteGreat books! Great poem! Love the enthusiasm for poetry.
ReplyDeleteI still, in all of my years of writing poetry, have never written a book spine poem. This one is very clever. And it really is a a "house of light" for me. My hoped for plan for Poetry Month sort of fell apart yesterday. Have to try to figure out something new, and do my taxes, today.
ReplyDeleteI must try this! What a lovely arrangement, Ramona.
ReplyDeleteLovely! I'm thinking I'll do book spine poems on Monday with my class. They are a great way to dive into poetry.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite was Amy's "thrift" poems too! What a journey this month has been, and now onto the next path! I see what you mean about arranging, but your ending line/title is just perfect! See you on April Fool's Day!
ReplyDeleteSuch a perfect poem. I keep seeing spine poems pop up here and there. I must start mining my bookcases. I always enjoy reading your posts and this month was no exception. Wear your badge proudly.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, Ramona! I have your beautiful envelope here on my desk. And I will be writing back to you in the goodness that is April. Thank you for your kind words about The Poem Farm. I do love those Thrift Stores, and much that I wear comes from them! :) This is a lovely book spine poem, and I am off to investigate OPEN THE DOOR, a book I do not have or know. Thank you so much! Happy National Poetry month! Allow yourself a breath too! xx
ReplyDeleteLovely poem to end this months work and begin the April poetry month.
ReplyDeleteSee you on Tuesdays!
I love this, Ramona! I'll have to try one of these book spine poems!
ReplyDeleteYour poem has a strong backbone, Ramona! Hee-hee! I need to try some spine poems, too. Thanks for the inspiration! =)
ReplyDeleteYes! Here's to a month of poetry now that we've had a month of writing slices!
ReplyDeleteThere may be a number of ways to arrange those book spines....but none so perfect as THAT arrangement. I love it! Congrats on your accomplishment and I"m looking forward to sharing the joy of poetry with you next month. Pass the poems, indeed!
ReplyDeleteBook spine poems are so challenging! You do a great job. Looks like you have some very appealing books!
ReplyDeleteHow beautiful!! Yes, please, pass me that poetry! :-)
ReplyDeleteThis poem is a welcome mat for this month!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on a month of slicing! I wrote every day, but wasn't able to visit as many blogs as I would have liked. Book spine poetry is so much fun, and yours is wonderful. Pass the Poetry, Please is the perfect final line. Happy Poetry Month, Ramona!
ReplyDeleteBook spine poetry is such fun! This one is a playful invitation to more poetry!
ReplyDeletePerfect books --> perfect poem to start our gloriously poetic month!
ReplyDeleteAh, lovely. Great to see Pass the Poetry, Please! from LBH.
ReplyDeleteI've enjoyed reading some of these & just rearranged a few of mine.
Appreciations!