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Head on over to Molly's Nix the Comfort Zone for the rest of this week's Poetry Friday round-up!
I received the nicest card and original poem from Emily Young in our summer poem swap. Three cheers for Emily for sharing what looks to be an awesome experience in poetic form. I think if you look at just her first lines in each stanza...there is another hidden poem. Isn't she clever?
Here's a little fun I had with scissors and some magazines
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Emily's 2-for-1 poem is wonderful. It was such fun to read it each way, and I actually thought it could be a great mentor text for elaboration. Lucky for us, your scissor-clicking hands were also busy creating again, and your resulting found poem is filled with positive energy. Thanks for a dose of optimism.
ReplyDeleteLove the poem Emily gifted you. It's beautiful. And what a lovely magazine collage you created! You and I chose the same Lee poem to share. I have a feeling we won't be the only ones. It perfectly captures all the GOOD he brought into this world.
ReplyDeleteyes, it's the poem he chose as an invitation to the rest of his website. It feels like an invitation to him. Gosh, I will miss him.
DeleteLinda, you know I love your found poem of magazine clippings. Nature's place matters!- Yes, indeed. Emily's gift is such a wonderful compilation of mountain climbing feat. What a great swap treat. Lastly, it saddens me to lose such an amazing giant in our literary field.
ReplyDeleteI love Emily's 'two for one' poem, very clever. And it looks as if you are ready for the school year to begin, to 'play over the top'. Love the clipped art, Linda, & thank you for the dear poem by Lee. It is just like his personality, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing all, Linda, and glad you are still creating with images and scissors as well as words! Born in Knoxville, I certainly appreciate Emily's wonderful poem, as the Smokies were our playground when we visited grandparents. Love the play of those first lines making another poem, too.
ReplyDeleteRe. Lee's poem, there's a delightful bit at the end of a short home interview with him from a year ago (link at end of my post today), where he reads this poem and declares something like, "It has 32 words and 16 of them are 'good'!" Oh, how we will miss him.
Loved Emily's poem, as well as your creative response. Reading Robyn's comment above makes me want to go looking for the interview she mentions with Lee - what a gift he has been to poetry!
ReplyDeleteLove your collaged poem Linda, it reminds me of a Broadside Poem–there was an exhibit of Broadsides this last February at the Poetry Foundation. And the traveling swap poem you received from Emily fits so well with your yearn for journeying… Thanks for sharing Lee's poem–he's given us so many "good books" and "good times." He's another favorite poet of mine who I thought would go on and on, always.
ReplyDeleteOh, I know....of course he was human....but I felt that we had more time.
DeleteEmily’s poem reminds me of paddling on a boast with grandgirl this week and the need to pace myself. I love the poem wishing the poem.
ReplyDeleteAnd your response, love! I have a difficult time with cutting out words and making poetry and I admire those who make it look easy. My heart goes out to this poetry community where we lost such a dear one this week.
Love your collage, Linda! I thought of you again and again as I wrote my post this week. I think playing with photos and quotes is my own version of the "creative cross-training" you do with paper crafting. It gives me a similar sense of creating without overthinking. Thanks for sharing Lee's poem, too. It always makes me smile. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun poem from Emily! Your collage poem is kind of the opposite of a blackout poem, isn't it? More of a lift-out poem!
ReplyDeleteSo much goodness in the world today/so much badness. I'm exhausted and exhilarated. Thanks for sharing so much of the goodness.
ReplyDeleteEmily's poem is lovely and clever! I love that collage and the poem from Lee. Thank you for offering a bright spot in this week's sadness.
ReplyDeleteYour post is rich with poetic goodness. Emily's poem makes me want to go hiking in the mountains, and your collages always inspire me, Linda. Although we are all sad about Lee's passing, his passion for poetry lives on and will bring us joy for years to come.
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