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I was trying to remember my OLW this week. It took me a few minutes because in all the commotion of 2020 I lost track of it. It's at-ease. Isn't that funny? If I had a crystal ball in December '19 I might have chosen something else.
As we finish May, I am most grateful to Today's Little Ditty for interviewing Margaret Simon who made poems of presence a theme for this month. The theme has grown into #poemsofpresence on social media. And, I find that at the end of each day, I reflect on what I've done, seen, said to write a small poem of presence.
May's poetry challenge has really helped me find some at-ease time. Here are some of my moments from the month:
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| poem by Linda Mitchell photography by Molly Hogan. Find this prompt at: https://reflectionsontheteche.com/ |
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| (c) Linda Mitchell |
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| Poem by Linda Mitchell photo by Blood Moon Ireland on Pixabay |
Please pop over to A Year of Reading to see what fun Mary Lee has got up to. She's sharing some amazing poems by Marilyn Chin and interesting news. Thanks, Mary Lee!
Your reference to auditioning for la Moulin Rouge in your last poem is spot on. Beautiful poems. Thanks for sharing. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm in love with those fairy feather-dusters!!
ReplyDeleteIt's early on Friday, and I'm looking for an idea for my own Poetry Friday post. I haven't kept up with daily poems of presence due to my presence with my grand boys this week. But my OLW is embrace, so there you go. Writing prompt! I love how you take the time and creativity to make an image poem. What app are you using to make these? I love your unique perspective in each of these poems, but my favorite is the fairy feather dusters ready for pick up.
ReplyDeleteEach one is a gem, Linda, & like Margaret, I love the fairy feather dusters. But, imagination brings me to tell you I swear I see a person (fairies?) in the middle of the flower in the final one. Thanks for such beauty here!
ReplyDeleteI love each of your poems of presence for a different aspect. Hard to beat "dew washed" and "dawn dried" for language, I think. Those flowers "whispering about growing up to become the sky" expand this little poem to one of great possibility. You found the perfect image for those iris petals can-can skirts at la Moulin Rouge! Lovely!
ReplyDeleteOh, these are all so lovely, Linda!! Especially enamored of the fairy feather-dusters and those tiny flowers whispering about growing up to be the sky (a wonderful, surprising, oh-wow moment there). :)
ReplyDeleteOoh, who knew that's what tiny flowers grew up to be! I love it! And the fairy dusters are INSPIRED - so cute!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the new image poems that are opening my eyes to a new way of looking at life.
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fairy-feather dusters
whispering to the sky
I love your fairy feather dusters ready for pickup, growing up to be sky, and audition for Moulin Rouge. Each poem has a special little surprise at the end.
ReplyDeleteLike Margaret, I was wondering what app you are using, Linda. Enjoyed these, especially the first one! "At-ease" reminds me of the military, when you have been standing at attention and you can relax (a bit). I don't suppose that meaning works either! Ah well :-)
ReplyDeleteThese are all wonderful, Linda, but I'm especially fond of the second with those tiny flowers and their grand aspirations. Of course, I also love your Moulin Rouge reference in the last one, and those feather fairy dusters in the first. Well done!
ReplyDeleteWonderful! I am in love with those tiny flowers.
ReplyDeleteThese are fantastic, Linda! I especially love the fairy feather-dusters. : )
ReplyDeleteI love all of these, but am partial to "growing up to be the sky." Such potential and possibility in those words
ReplyDeleteI love these, Linda - like others, I especially adored the feather dusters! Clever. And you definitely helped put me at-ease, so your OLW is working.
ReplyDeleteThese are all terrific, Linda, and I agree with everyone else about those "fairy feather dusters." Isn't it funny how our OLW take on new meanings we couldn't have imagined when we chose them?
ReplyDeleteI've so enjoyed writing with you this month, Linda! It touches me to know that this challenge has connected with your OLW. I honestly can't decide which of the three you shared today I like best. Thank gooodness I don't have to, and I can close this tab leaving them all lingering in my mind's eye.
ReplyDeleteThese are great, Linda--that last one made me laugh!
ReplyDeleteThanks for these lovely examples... I especially love the feather duster! So fun!
ReplyDeleteAh, yes, ready for curbside pickup! Beautiful collection!
ReplyDeleteFalling "asleep on a blanket of tiny flowers," what a lovely thought Linda, thanks for your moments of presence!
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