It is National Poetry Month and I, like many friends, am writing poetry from the heart. Renowned poet, William Wordsworth stated: "Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart," reminding me to let my mind and spirit fill the page with heart-felt thoughts.
This month's annual Poetry Friday community project, the Progressive Poem, organized by slicer Margaret Simon, is centered around a no-choice-need-to-escape from a child's perspective. Are you intrigued? In this story poem, you will see examples of writers breathing life into their couplets. Each set of couplets is written by a different writer. It is filled with imagery, emotion, and hope so far. When writing Day 14's couple, I reflected on my experience as a reading specialist and districtwide administrator who listened to poignant stories from children. The narratives were full of struggles, hardships, and in many cases flight from their homelands. The children told their stories in person and/or on paper. The Progressive Poem is filled with imagery, emotion, and hope from the eyes of a child. You can read the story unfolding here and continue to read new lines each day until the end of the month.
I enjoy creating galleries of artistic expressions and showcasing the writing of others along with mine. Please accept my invitation as slicers arjeha and Denise Krebs have done. Their work is on the Poetry Parad Padlet. Click here.
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Please consider offering one image poem (see arjeha's below)
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I'm off to join Two Writing Teachers Tuesday Slice of Life, a reflective community of worldwide writers.
Carol, first of all, thank you for including my poem in your post.
ReplyDeleteSecondly, children are free with their words and like to share their experiences, the joys, the sadness, the struggles, the fears, the hopes, the dreams. We need to listen to what they are saying and also what they are not saying. Bob
Bob, forsythia are such a beautiful symbol of spring. I like the 2nd line of your haiku. My trees are blooming and the pollen is all over the car. They are others signs of spring that I will write about. I am always amazed by what my little girls say. Thanks for joining me on this spring day
DeleteIt's exciting to see where the progressive poem is going. Each day I appreciate it more. I love Bob's image and haiku, as I saw it last week on his blog, and now on your Poetry Parade. Nice post, Carol. Thanks for contributing so much to the writing world.
ReplyDeleteDenise, I am also excited to see each day of the PP and to be surrounded by amazing writers (PF and TWT). Thanks for stopping by.
Delete"breathings of the heart" is lovely and makes me want to cherish each moment in this beautiful world
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