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It's Poetry Friday and early June. Is there a better combination? I don't think so. Thanks to Buffy S., for hosting our round-up today. Did you know Buffy and I were at Ithaca College together? She was teaching, and I was earning a bachelor's. Our paths didn't cross then. But, isn't that cool?
This post is the first of a two-parter.
Several weeks ago, Jone McCulloch reached out and asked if I wanted to participate in a Spark art exchange. If you don't know Spark, it's pretty fun -- especially when you can choose your partner.
The way it works is that each artist sends an inspiration piece to their partner. The receiving artist responds artistically during the ten calendar days of the challenge.
Jone and I broke the rules. We wanted to send a poem and a collage to each other...resulting in four final response pieces to share.
The image below is Solstice Blessings an inspiration piece by Jone. It is a mixed media piece of paper, paint and acrylic paste on board. Furthermore, she created this piece as a response to a separate poem that I've never seen. My role was to respond to Solstice Blessings.
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| Solstice Blessings by Jone MacCulloch May 22 |
When I opened the image, I immediately thought of the upcoming Summer Solstice and of Jone's Scottish heritage. I looked for some Scottish solstice traditions, words, and phrases that I could tuck into a poem. I chose a pantoum because the inspiration poem she also sent me was a pantoum. We pantoumed each other!
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The repetition of "today" is very powerful and rhythmic. I think pantoums are fun to write. Thanks for sharing the art and the poem - beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI Love that you and Jone worked together! This poem is so wonderful. I love the repetition and rhyme, masterful. I read it aloud to Tuffy and he loved it too.
ReplyDeleteLove your pairing, Linda, "today light has surely won" is a celebration. And I had to look up "dòchas", something good for all of us. The pantoum rhythm feels like a shout for summer!
ReplyDeleteToday tie birch above the door is my favorite! Jone's art is stunning, and reminds me of you, Linda... I can just hear all your creative neurons firing! xo
ReplyDeleteA lyrical beauty with a Scottish flavor. Love it!! Jone's piece is beautiful. Nice to hear you're working together!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful exchange--Jone's gorgeous collage, your perfect poem that reflects Jone's love of Gaelic. Now I want to see her poem and your collage!
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DeleteI also love the lyric quality in your pantoum and Jones art, each nourishing the other, wonderful pairing, uplifting and calming, thank you both!
ReplyDeleteWhat a cool challenge for each other. Love the anaphora in this poem.
ReplyDeleteI love how many of us (in the Poetry Friday group) are creative in ways other than writing - Michelle with her cards/art, me with jewelry/photography, you with your collages, Jone with photography and collage, and so many more! I feel that it makes us rounder, that "other" creativity helps us to "see" more of the world around us in a variety of ways...and then, we write about it! Thanks for sharing your Spark!
ReplyDeleteOh, Linda and Jone--such beauty. Thank you for sharing! I'm to go to Scotland in September and can't wait. Your stunning collage and meditative poem fill my heart.
ReplyDeleteEvery tine I think I hit comment, i must fall asleep. Not only do I have inflammation of the eyes that keeps me tired, I now have a strange version of hives that keeps me itchy. I love your partnership with Jone. Two collager-poets presenting the their best for us! Your padlet is inspiring also.
ReplyDeleteYour pantoum is all kinds of perfection! I'm currently searching for visual inspirations for an embroidered mandala in praise of the solstice...you and Jone have got me thinking...THANKS!
ReplyDeleteYou two sparked perfection with your collage/pantoum pairing! Brava Linda and Jone!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful images and words! What a gorgeous collaboration to honor the solstice.
ReplyDeleteLinda, I love the thoughtful way you designed your pantoum, especially her Scottish heritage and words. Beautiful. A perfect solstice poem and artwork!
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