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

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.