What is someone to do when it is ninety-three degrees outside?
Here is a funny comic that is a good response for me the baker. A few years ago my 4-year-old granddaughter called me Namacookie because I would bring a homemade treat when I saw her.
Since the above option is a stretch, I have a plausible plan-sit under a large umbrella looking at the beautiful landscape surrounding the pool in our Virginia community. Relax. Catch a few rays but when the sun's rays feel like a layer of heat penetrating my skin, dangle my feet in the pool. Another option is to stay cool reading a book in the shade or airconditioning.
I have been watching the weather forecast and sweltering under the rising heat index just like many of my fellow Long Islanders. Each day, morning greets daylight with steamy heat. A sit on my front porch or patio to listen to the sounds of summer and watch the flowers with their blossoming colors but only for a few moments due to the blistering heat.
For the past month, I have thought of creating an etheree on summer but not until this week did I put pen to paper or stylus to digital notebook. The Poetry Sisters/Princesses invited everyone to create an etheree with the theme foresight or summer or both for this week's Poetry Friday edition. Poet Tricia Stohr Hunt, wrote a blog post on the poetic form and Poetry Sister Liz Ganlon created a video. My friend/author/poet Laura Purdie Salas, another Poetry Sister, sent me the blurb to join in the fun. I have never written a etheree so the outcome of my labors is a first. While sending it out for review and using the #poetrypals hashtag, I know that I need more practice in etheree writing.
I transferred my etheree into a video poem using Lumen 5.
Did you know that sharks like shallow water where swimmers are? My plan is to stay safe indoors with air conditioning. I have no desire to see the sharks of summer at my favorite beach site plus, I have the foresight to know how to stay safe at the beach, especially during COVID-19.
Now, I turn my attention to the Poetry Friday Roundup hosted by Catherine Flynnwho is sharing an original poem based on a picture from the book, The Imaginaries.
Recently, I was sent an email of distinction from Anuj Agarwal, #Feedspot Founder of Feedspot.com, a place to keep up with all your favorite blogs, news sites and rss feeds in one place.
I would like to personally congratulate you as your blog, Beyond LiteracyLink, has been selected by our panelist as one of the Top 40 Children's Poetry Blogs on the web.
