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waking birds compose
poetry with today's dawn
sunbeams falling as line
breakspoetry with today's dawn
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trees on the hillside
applaud with shivers and snaps
higher praise cannot be found
(c) Linda Mitchell
applaud with shivers and snaps
higher praise cannot be found
(c) Linda Mitchell
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| Utagawa, Tanaka Heijiro. “Japanse Struikzanger Op Pruimentak, Met Haiku - Hiroshige (I) , Utagawa, Tanaka Heijiro - Google Arts & Culture.” |
More metapoems from this month
The skinny below is inspired by a Molly Hogan poem at Nix the Comfort Zone.
Finally...
Selfie Poem
A poem stands
before the light
before the light
of a mirror
first stanza
no, second--
thrust forward
metaphors tucked in,
rhymes arranged
in rhythmic ringlets
A dazzling
bright-as-our-sun
hyperbole
of a smile grins
first stanza
no, second--
thrust forward
metaphors tucked in,
rhymes arranged
in rhythmic ringlets
A dazzling
bright-as-our-sun
hyperbole
of a smile grins
until a quiet
click.
click.
The End
(c) Linda Mitchell
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Sherman, Cindy. “Madonna (Self-Portrait) - Cindy Sherman - Google Arts & Culture.” Google, Google, artsandculture.google.com/asset/madonna-self-portrait/vAHKe_oWiZre3Q.
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Many thanks to Irene Latham for sharing a favorite source of art at Google Arts
& Culture. I've spent time enjoying it. Please visit this week's Poetry Friday
Round-up at Beyond Literacy with Carol Varsalona.
Linda, I also was intrigued by the Sedoko poetry form but had no time to play around it. Your poem works so well with the print and then you finished it with another to compliment the first. The lines that resonated with me: "sunbeams falling like line breaks" and "higher praise cannot be found".I guess this week was your way to push the limits with a skinny and then, a selfie poem. Good work!
ReplyDeleteI love your sedokos, too, Linda, that "higher praise cannot be found" is special. I wrote about trees earlier this week, sharing my wonder at recent articles about trees and their conscious actions more than we realize. And I love your selfie poem, "A dazzling
ReplyDeletebright-as-our-sun
hyperbole
of a smile grins
until a quiet
click." What a lovely surprise there at the end! Have a great weekend!
Love your sedokas - a new form for me. I especially liked the first - and that last sunbeam line. I can almost imagine birdsong notes dripping between the sunbeams. How wonderful to see your diversity of forms.
ReplyDeleteFantastic, Linda! I lovelovelove your "waking birds compose" sedoka. "sunbeams falling as line breaks" Sigh....
ReplyDeleteAlso "Selfie poem"—wonderful! You probably don't even need "The End"—the click says it all. :)
I think I love the sedoka form and yours is inspiring with its bird songs. I wrote a metapoem on my blog today. Once again, we build a community of writers.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading all your poems today, but especially love the sedokas. I have read of these, but not tried one. I wrote a skinny last week after another right wing election victory here in Canada. Your selfie poem made me smile. Love that end.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your lovely sedoka. You've inspired me to hop over to Matt's blog and read more about the form! And your "Selfie Poem" is amazing!
ReplyDeleteWonderful passel of poems here today, Linda. Your sedoka are so beautiful! Love the BLUE skinny, and the selfie poem is clever and brilliant. Wow!
ReplyDeleteThese are wonderful. I love the line break after compose in the first one and the sunbeam line breaks. I love every word of the selfie poem!
ReplyDeleteGlad you liked the form so much you decided to tackle one yourself! Very nice, too - the balance/link between birds and trees is used to great effect.
ReplyDeleteWow! Not one, but THREE poems! Thanks for the riches today! I especially like your sedoka.
ReplyDeleteThis is a neat form! Of course I love the "waking birds!" I can't wait to read more of your poems in this form, Linda!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful collection of poems you shared here! Your sedoka is so lovely--those "sunbeams falling as line breaks" and those composing birds....Ahhhh! I love it more each time I read it. I'm partial to your skinny as well :) and the selfie poem is so clever! "Metaphors tucked in" made me laugh. You have been busy!
ReplyDeleteAll three of these are amazing, but I just love the sedoka. I read about Matt's last week, but now I'm inspired to try one myself. I love how all of your poems build on and enter into conversations with other poems and poems. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful sedoka! 😍
ReplyDelete"Quiet click" is so right.
Glad you have been having fun with your poetic experiments this month!
Thanks for sharing all this! So long, NPM!
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