Dear Springtime,
Recently, showers have splashed across pavements and fogged windows while blurring your spring colors. As a troubadour of nature, I pause to honor the earth and nature's seasonal transition during April's National Poetry Month. Through the lens of nature photography, digital graphics, and poetrylicious poetry, I wish to restore a colorful lens to my everyday life and renew my spirit of creativity. I will wait patiently for your palette of colors to pop and the weather to warm.
Sincerely, Your Faithful Follower
With pleasure, I invite my poet friends, writers, artists, and nature lovers to capture the splendors of a springtime moment and join me as I write
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Join the Gallery of Artistic Expressions, Poetry Parade
Capture the splendors of Springtime with your creativity.
Your options are:
- an original poem superimposed on a photo (image poem)
- a collage poem with scrapbook art
- a postcard poem
- a playlist of springtime music
- inspirational quotes on springtime
- Please add your offering to my Poetry Parade Padlet here.
As Myra Garces-Bascal stated in a previous Poetry Friday, "Poetry requires one to pause, consider, and stare at the marvel of the world. the intricacies of a leaf, or be still enough to let melody wash over one's soul."
While cruising on the Potomac yesterday, I searched for the treasured cherry blossoms but many were whisked away with the rains. While this was disappointing. nature did offer a glimpse of a few beautiful cherry trees at the entrance to the docks.
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Below is my image poem from yesterday's Lunch Cruise in Washington, DC.
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It is time to join the Poetry Friday Roundup at Irene Latham's blog.
Irene has poetic goodness to share with her recent public community poetry project in Blount County, Alabama. I was happy to share some of my image poems for her project. Irene is also showcasing the beginning of the Progressive Poem up to her fifth line in the poem. I am excited to read the line for the day each morning. Besides all of this news, there is more. Irene shared her ArtSpeak: FOLK ART poem, titled Prayer. Thank you, Irene, for being this week's hostess.
Carol, you had me at "Dear Springtime" ! Thank you for your ever-effervescence and invitation to join the poetic parade. Yay! xo
ReplyDeleteIrene, I hope you have one of your lovely image poems to offer for the Poetry Parade Gallery that I am creating. Let me know if you need any other poems for your project. Thanks for hostessing and providing beautiful lines for the PP.
DeleteOh, Carol, isn't that the nature of spring. Timings go awry and the blossoms don't hold out. Your parade possibilities sounds intriguing.
ReplyDeleteDenise, I would love for you to share one of your spring desert scenes and poems for the Poetry Parade.
DeleteHi Carol with the rain jacket & hat! Your finding the pink blossoms of the D.C. classic cherry trees, is SO like optiistic you. I'm enjoying the cruise after-party that this post is. Much "poetrylicious" poem cheer this month, to wonderful YOU.
ReplyDeleteI'll be sure to find something 'spirngy' for you, Carol, always a pleasure to see everyone's additions. You did a spring cruise, sounds wonderful!
ReplyDeleteLinda, I always love receiving your offering for my new springy Poetry Parade Padlet and Gallery. Happy writing during springtime.
DeleteWell you didn't get cherry blossoms, but you got a lovely poem instead!
ReplyDeleteBuffy, and that is true! The rainy spring day brought a relaxing excursion.
DeleteCarol, I love "sky crystals puddle." I just missed you! I was in DC admiring the cherry blossoms just last week! It was my second attempt to see them. We had passed through a week or two before that, and it was pouring and no blossoms were out yet. Such a short viewing period. Wabi-sabi!
ReplyDeleteTracey, next time you come to DC let me know. Wabi-sabi would make for an interesting blog post.
DeleteYour joyous celebration of nature always resonates, Carol! Thanks for the invitation to join in the parade. I'll definitely keep it in mind!
ReplyDeleteI love the way the photo has us looking through raindrops and how you refer to them as "sky crystals" - perfect!
ReplyDeleteRose, the sky crystals have vanished for a few days and the sky is blue. Spring is here.
DeleteThere's no more perfect way to describe you than "a troubadour of nature!"
ReplyDeleteThank you for the positivity coming my way, Mary Lee.
DeleteWelcome, Spring! What a fun way to bring friends and followers into your springtime joy, Carol, with your creative suggestions. Hope to offer something this month for your padlet.
ReplyDeletePatricia, Yes, it is springtime here. We finally hit temperatures in the 70s. Thanks for considering an offering for the Poetry Parade Padlet and Gallery.
DeleteI love anything on the water. Glad you enjoyed the rainy side of nature--she can't put on her party clothes every day, I suppose. xo
ReplyDeleteDear Springtime, you've brought plenty of rain...how about some sunshine and it's warmth? I'm ready.
ReplyDeleteAww, Carol, your post lit up my day. Your 'sky crystals' will stay with me throughout this glorious week. Have a great week ahead, dear friend. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for joining me here, Myra and for your beautiful quote. If you send me a photo of springtime in your locale, I will make an inspiration quote image for your quote. I would love to add this to my Poetry Parade Padlet. Let me know if you have a photo. Thanks.
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