I thank the Poetry Sisters (Tanita Davis, Tricia Stohr Hunt, Mary Lee Hahn, Sara Lee Holmes, Laura Purdie Salas, Liz Garton Scanlon) for their enjoyable September Challenge. This was the first time I tried to write a tritina that was invented by poet Marie Ponsot. The tritina is not an easy poetic format for me but as one of the Poetry Sisters' #PoetryPals I enjoy engaging in their challenges.
Note: By the way, this was the first apple picking event that the sky opened up and provided a few drizzles in the orchard followed by a rainstorm during our outdoor lunch. Now, that is a memory we shall not forget.
It's Friday and time for the Poetry Friday Roundup with our host Amy Ludwig VanDerwater. She encourages us this week to try something new. Join me as I add my blog post to Amy's Roundup. Please read Amy's poem, You Choose You, that you will find here at The Poem Farm. Students will enjoy this poem.
You have an easy, narrative voice in this poetic form. It can be difficult to make the repetition flow naturally, but yours doesn't seem like it's even repeating! And I am loving all of this bounty and sweetness taking different forms. Brava!
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What an enjoyable story and tritina, Robyn! So often, what seems like sour misfortune in the moment, eventually ripens into the fondest of memories.
ReplyDeleteNice how you were able to relate an enjoyable outing via the tritina form. Hooray for apple picking and fall's bounty!
ReplyDeleteThis one took me back, Carol! Picking apples with my now-grown son was a favorite activity, and I'm hoping to round up some friends to head to the orchard this fall.
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