Wake Up to Springtime

As the spring season opens, we are called to awaken from the slumber of winter.

clouds hover

wiping away winter's dust

spring cleaning time 

©CV, 2019

In the quiet of a spring morning, I peer out the window, my observatory to seasonal life. Birds have returned to sing their song. Robin Redbreast and poised Blue Jay join each other at parallel branches. I watch their flight as they crisscross in their descent. From the front window, I see our neighborhood's feral cats sitting in the driveway waiting for humans to pass by. Early risers slowly walk their dogs. Car doors slam, motors run, and workers go off to their destinations. 

The busyness of the day begins but its time to quietly capture my noticings. What awaits? It's a whole new day to explore life. Perhaps, you will even "Let yourself become living poetry!" -Rumi

It's World Poetry Day! 
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Day 21 of 31 days of writing

March Slice of Life Story Challenge

Two Writing Teachers

March Musings #21: World Poetry Day

Poetry is a window onto the breath-taking diversity of humanity.
Irina Bokova, UNESCO Director General, 2017

Last month, twenty-eight days of ekphrastic poetry writing with Laura Shovan at her 6th Annual February Poetry Project, cleared a path for me to continue writing poetry, celebrate World Poetry Day, and make preparations for my winter gallery of artistic expressions, #WinterWonderland18 to be unveiled as a National Poetry Month gift of poetry love. Writers, bloggers, poets, photographers, Twitter colleagues, educators, and students from around the world have joined me in a global, poetryliscious celebration of the creative spirit.

Stay tuned for the unveiling of Winter Wonderland Gallery.

 

Day 21 of Two Writing Teachers' March Slice of Life Story Challenge

March Musings 22: World Poetry Day

Stories unfold each day as we observe the world around us but do we pause to notice the sounds of life? Yesterday, on March 21st, World Poetry Day, UNESCO celebrated "the unique ability of poetry to capture the creative spirit of the human mind." 

At dawn I was awakened by the noises around me. I listened, fell back into a dreamlike state, and when awake, created a poem in tribute of poetry being an everyday celebration of the wonder of life. May this poem become a "catalyst for dialogue and peace" in your lives. 

Noise

In the dim light of morning,

sounds break the silence.

Humming roars awaken life.

The wind in the trees howl

the coming of springtime.

Cars passing, rush on by.

Chirping birds rouse us

from sleeping states to

announce a new dawn.

The sounds of daybreak

move in ordinary patterns. 

YET, 

do we, as purveyors of life,

pause in silence, recognizing

the calmness of early morn? 

Do we listen to the calling

of each whispering murmur?

Do our living breaths merge

with our souls, breathing in 

the positivity of daily life? 

Listen to the sounds of stillness

that frame each spring morning. 

Be open to what lays before you.

Become one with nature as an

agent of harmony and peace. 

Let the noise become your 

catalyst to reflect in quiet. 

©Carol Varsalona, 2017

This post is the twenty-second in a series titled March Musings 

for Two Writing Teachers' March Slice of Life Story Challenge. 

 

World Poetry Day

“Human life cannot exist without poetry.”

~Haider Khan Hoti

Today, World Poetry Day, is a day to celebrate poetry across the world. As UNESCO says, "This day is aimed at encouraging creativity, inspiring the teaching of poetry and restoring a dialogue between poetry and other arts, such as theatre, dance and music."

Digital Poetry

Non-digital Poetry (Post-it Poetry)

Last month, twenty-nine days of poetry writing with Laura Shovan at the Found Poetry Object Project, cleared a path for me to celebrate poetry today and make preparations for the upcoming National Poetry Month and a special #NYEDChat Twitter chat on April 11, 2016. I invite educators, poets, writers, colleagues, and poetry lovers around the world to join me in a global, poetryliscious talk celebrating the creative spirit.

This post marks the twenty-first one of my Clearing a Path series for the Two Writing Teachers' March Slice of Life Story Challenge. Visit the Day 21 site here to read what other slicers are writing.