Still Summering

Hello Poets,

I'm happy to report that my youngest made it to graduate school last weekend as I caught up with aunts and uncles, cousins, my sisters and my Dad. This included hundreds of miles of travel by train, foot and mini-van--but all worked out and back again safely.

My happy place full of family

This weekend, Handsome hubby and I will follow our youngest to his school in that same mini-van full of his stuff to fill a closet, kitchen and all other spaces of his dorm suite with a birthday present tucked into a bag-o-stuff. So, you'll find me on the road again and catching up with poetry in my favorite way -- slowly.

While traveling with my notebook a week ago, I had a chance to tinker with some clunkers shared by Michelle, Patricia and Jone. It's amazing how their donated lines fit a theme. I nominate these poets for the next anthology.

Moonflower's secret came from Michelle Kogan. 
My response:

Moonflower’s Secret

grows glows shows this rose glows unknown by  dawning. Glow secret moonflower, glow

~Michelle Kogan & Linda Mitchell

Patricia Franz offered: Dream churns at the edge of night My response:

--Just there,
  behind the edge of your eyelids,

            Arachne spins and Diana stalks hart                 after midnight.

Morpheus bids a maid
churn milky dreams of babes

into frothy flowers of Demeter’s field
                to adorn moonlight.

Patricia Franz & Linda Mitchell

From Jone: twilight dream-waves sing rhythmic lullabies. My response:

If mavis song, then twilight 

and tides of dream-waves. 

Selkies sing. 

Warp and weft fall rhythmic   fahs wee pleasing lullabies

Jone MacCulloch & Linda Mitchell

I have but two summer clunkers left to play with. Both are from soon to be PF hosts. I hope to have them ready by the time each hosts our weekend round-ups. If you haven't had a chance to offer a clunker but would like to, please add them to the comments. The original Clunker Exchange post can be found here.

Don't miss this week's PF offerings in our round-up hosted by Carol at Beyond LiteracyLink.