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| Poetry Friday! |
January is chugging along. Thank goodness. I'm not a fan of cold, dark days. They have their purpose. But, I can't help looking forward to spring.
Our Poetry Friday roundup host this week is Marcie Flinchum Atkins. I met Marcie and next week's host, Jan G. Annino, in 2016 at Highlights where I was way over my head in the practice of writing. However, Marcie, Jan and other writers were tremendously kind and helped me re-connect with a a daily practice of writing and weekly blogging.
Marcie's blog includes writing tips, encouragement, and ideas. Her advice on how to organize a writing life is beyond compare. Some of us lucky poets are on her poetry postcard mailing list. Please don't miss all those goodies when stopping by to drop your link this week.
But wait, there's more! Marcie is also a colleague, a fellow school librarian, full of amazing knowledge of books that really appeal to kids. She presented Filling the Library Shelves: What Librarians Look for in Books for their Collections with Jess Stork this week for SCBWI.
Seriously, if Marcie is not on your regular radar--fix that now.
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| Photo by Linda Mitchell December '22 |
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I'm looking forward to learning more from Margie! I can see why you had to stop for a picture of the cabinet of curiosities and write such a fun poem to go with it.
ReplyDeleteSo great! I love the photo and the poem, and I learned a new word: armillary.
ReplyDeleteWhat an incredible little collection of treasure! I can imagine how you might have to be pulled away from this. Love "a parliament of owls)!
ReplyDeleteYour photograph reminds me of a page from an I Spy book. We've passed ours on to the grandchildren who love to sit next to Papere and play. I don't have enough patience.
ReplyDeleteA cornucopia of items in your image has allowed you to reach in and retrieve some special words. Love the use of collective nouns and the inclusion of curios. Great spy work Linda.
ReplyDeleteI spy a poem waiting to be written,
ReplyDeleteBy a poet visiting Great Britain!
Looking forward to your world of WORDs this year, Linda! :)
I love the way your poem made me search the photo for the things you spied! And then at the end, because I hadn't noticed, you made me go back and search your poem for the rhymes! Fun!!
ReplyDeleteLinda! That middle stanza is fabulous! I love that. And I agree--Marcie is amazing in how she shares her reading and writing processes (and librarianship skills, too).
ReplyDeleteOops, that's me, anonymous, above!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous stall and fabulous you to take a photo and create a poem! This is such a fun game of "I Spy". My husband has a "cabinet of curiosities" at home but his is filled mostly with natural wonders (antlers, feathers, rocks and skulls). You have me pondering whether I might find a poem lurking amidst his treasures. Thanks for sharing these!
ReplyDeleteI love all the treasures in that photo and also in your poem, Linda! Like Mary Lee, I had to go back and look and make sure I wasn't missing anything! I hope you have lots of fun exploring "word" this year and combining lots of words into more poems and stories.
ReplyDeleteYou spy with your eye, Linda, and a poem pops up. Word is moving you along to become more curious, present, and "be" an artist. Congratulations for finding the right one word to dig deep into your imagination. Perhaps, it is the librarian inside that stretches your world of words.
ReplyDeleteThat's truly a wonderful photo (I'm jealous you visited London!), and such a fun I Spy poem. Welcome to Word -- looking forward to what she has in store for us this year. :) ~ Jama
ReplyDeleteYou are so sweet! I know we met in person at Highlights, but when did Renee LaTulippe match us up for the daily poetry thing in April? I will have to go back and look!
ReplyDeleteA circus for the eyes! Love the photo and the desire to linger there!
ReplyDeleteI looove your "Cursive" poem, and it's "loops, long lines of swoops." Makes me smile! 🥰 And what a pic you have here, so much to look at and so much to search for in your wonderful poem, thanks Linda!
ReplyDeleteI love that, Linda! "I spy" is perfect for that photo. Very fun.
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