Thursday, July 10, 2014

Teachers Write '14: Word Hoard Response

7/9/14 Response to Teacher’sWrite prompt. Guest author: Megan Frazer Blakemore
Alice May
Frank
Delia
Fun
Lucky
Alls-well-that-ends-well
Dusty
Weekend
fashionable
“I”
Compel
polite
Sunday
Gotta-get-back
Right now
Sunshine
Hide
flowers
Laugh
Reserve
smile
Sing
Mouth-the-words
harmonize
Purse
Pocket
Hankerchief
Starch white
Undershirt
Sunday dress
Cucumber sandwich
Buttered bread
Berries off the vine
Saddle shoes
Polished black tie-ups
Black leather mary janes
Cashmere bouquet dusting powder
Shaving soap
Ivory soap and water
Stockings with garter and girdle
Socks with garter
Cotton socks
Hello
Good afternoon
Well hello there
Daisy
chicory
primrose
Rent
Own
Farm homestead
Collier’s magazine
Newspaper
psalms
Silver
Gold
pearl
Sponge bath
Wash basin
Wash tub
Tea
Bourbon
coffee


Tuesday, July 8, 2014

What I call a copy/write from my first day of Teachers Write 2014! In the lingo of TW....this is a WIP ( with huge, gigantic apologies to Robert Frost).

I'm going out back
with the dog to the swing
carrying coffee and my notebook.
I'll just write a note to morning
seeing how she's new.

I'll join the receiving line
of color shaking off the dew
petals in the garden widening smiles
for serious shoppers
and sleepy browsers
touching sleeves and hems
on the way to mid-day.

My pen answers early doves
between sips and sighs with squiggles
jabbering with the robins of
rushing sprinklers
shushing tires turning toward highways
not yet wavy with heat.

You come too.