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Oh, my goodness--we are so close to June. Can you feel it? I've busted out my capris and sandals and am looking forward to finishing up the school year with students.
Thank you, Janice Scully, at Salt City Verse for hosting our round-up this weekend. She is highlighting the delightful anthology Picture Perfect Poetry: An Anthology of Ekphrastic Nature Poetry for Students. This collection is anthologized by Carol J. Labuzzetta one of our Poetry Friday poets.
I've just received my copy of Picture Perfect Poetry and it is beautiful! I have a plane ride coming up and this book is coming with me. I love that I recognize so many names in the pages.
I also have a celebration--a couple of poems published in Three Hearts, An Anthology of Cephalopod Poetry, Edited by Sierra Nelson (World Enough Writers. 2024). When I perused the book I was delighted to see that my contributions rub shoulders with poets I admire.
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Here are two poems of mine in Three Hearts.
haiku Found in A Handbook to the
National Museum 1886
1.
octopus limbs
grasp, enfold and draw in prey
of squid proportions
2.
dimensions
are valuable in the
cold fiords
Linda Mitchell (120)
Middle School Octopus
from Octopus focus on key features for camouflage
Congratulations on your publications! How exciting to be in two new anthologies. I predict "Middle School Octopus" will be a favorite with young readers!
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ReplyDeleteYou nailed the middle school persona, but then you would as you are so observant and live amongst them. Congrats on your cephalopod poems! I do love octopuses.
ReplyDeleteLinda, many congratulations to you on your publications. Middle School Octopus is right on target. I escially like the word choses you used. This line, "It is
ReplyDeletethe deadliest whirlpool of your life," could be a prompt for middle schoolers to ponder. I also read your World poem. Your words sting because they are sensitive and real.
Congratulations on “Three Hearts,” Linda! “Cephalopods” is a clever theme for an anthology. I love, love, love “Middle School Octopus.” It perfectly encapsulates the middle school experience – the deadliest whirlpool of your life. : )
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Three Hearts: An Anthology of Cephalopod Poetry
Oh, my goodness--we are so close to June. Can you feel it? I've busted out my capris and sandals and am looking forward to finishing up the school year with students.
Thank you, Janice Scully, at Salt City Verse for hosting our round-up this weekend. She is highlighting the delightful anthology Picture Perfect Poetry: An Anthology of Ekphrastic Nature Poetry for Students. This collection is anthologized by Carol J. Labuzzetta one of our Poetry Friday poets.
I've just received my copy of Picture Perfect Poetry and it is beautiful! I have a plane ride coming up and this book is coming with me. I love that I recognize so many names in the pages.
I also have a celebration--a couple of poems published in Three Hearts, An Anthology of Cephalopod Poetry, Edited by Sierra Nelson (World Enough Writers. 2024). When I perused the book I was delighted to see that my contributions rub shoulders with poets I admire.
https://worldenoughwriters.com/Publications.htm
Here are two poems of mine in Three Hearts.
haiku Found in A Handbook to the
National Museum 1886
1.
octopus limbs
grasp, enfold and draw in prey
of squid proportions
2.
dimensions
are valuable in the
cold fiords
Linda Mitchell (120)
Love your “Middle School” poem with such keen, flowing observations! Congrats on both of these publications Linda!!! I hope “word” lets in a bit of light for you, thanks!
Fabulous! I love that our poems swim together.
DeleteOh my goodness, Linda, that middle school poem is SO relatable!! Brava! xo
ReplyDeleteDear Linda, I'm sure you are very ready for June and some relaxation! Congratulations on your poems being published in that new anthology, which looks terrific! I love the idea of "squid proportions", and since I taught middle school, YES, the poem is truth itself. I've been there, watched the two older grands get through it, and one now in the throes! It's great, yet also a bit sad! Happy travels wherever you are off it!
ReplyDeleteCongrats, Linda! Wow, your poem about 7th grade had me breaking out in a sweat as I remembered those days. Beautifully done, friend! Have I mentioned how much I love your Edward Hopper background on the Padlet? But yes, yes, how can we help but lament?
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, Linda, on the inclusion of your cephalopod poems being included in this fun anthology. Your middle school poem holds so much truth: " If you used /
ReplyDeletebrilliance to survive elementary school, drop it." And the sad, but true: "of
growing undetected, passed over by bigger teen / predators"
Thank you for speaking out for WORLD even in all the weeping. It is good to be reminded again and again. "I’m weeping for the world again /
for all the children we’ve lost"
I hope you have a warm and relaxing summer.
Congratulations! What cephalopod-ian fun!
ReplyDeleteWow, congrats on the publication of your poems!! What a unique theme for an anthology, too. :) Your 7th grade poem brought back memories -- spot on!
ReplyDeleteThese are awesome poems! I can't wait to read this anthology!
ReplyDeleteHi Linda! Fluid ocean flips over this THREE HEARTS anthology news & clapping with all arms for your Golden Shovel middle school swimmingly creative [like octopus] & poem. It cleverly gathers precious feelings of those years, in synch with cephalapod nature. So curious who about The Names, within & also, the brave/bold editor who knew cephalapod poem time has arrived. Brava!, all around.
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