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Thursday, April 18, 2024

April - Poetry Month - 2024, Day Nineteen, Begins with S - Sunset = Poetry Friday

 Happy Poetry Month!

It's Poetry Friday, too, and Heidi Mordhorst is hosting HERE on her blog, My Juicy Little Universe. This week, she shares some special poems full of earth's wonder! Thanks for hosting, Heid. 



        I'm taking the advice from the poet who has given so much to help us all, including students and teachers, write poetry. I'll be moving from A to Z, obviously needing to combine a few to make it all come out to 30. FYI—Sometimes, Paul Janeczko offers a prompt to write a poem that begins with the specific alphabet letter instead of a poem type. It will be fun to be open to writing in all kinds of ways!

       You can find the path to the Progressive Poem over to the right! Simply click on the graphic!

     This is Day 19, a word that starts with S - I chose Sunset!


Sewing Sunsets

 

crochet a day with azure sky

stitch in a cloud that’s floating by

weave green floss for grassy bed

baste the sun with golden thread

patch in clouds of lavender hue

tree shadows now are traced on cue

 

time to rest, nightfall hello

tomorrow stitch another show


                     Linda Baie ©

 




22 comments:

  1. Your poem is sew lovely, Linda. Sunsets are great material for inspiration. Each line is beautifully crafted ending with "time to rest, nightfall hello/tomorrow stitch another show" . *swoon* :)

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  2. Delightful, Linda. It captures the delicacy of your sunset scene.

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  3. So creative! The basting line brought to mind how sometimes I would be wearing a new dress and would discover some basting threads that Mom hadn't taken out. "time to rest, nightfall, hello" is such a wonderful way to end the day. The assonance in tomorrow/another is lovely,

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  4. Gorgeous and textural poem Linda, 💚 it! I shared a Paul Janeczko poetry book yesterday at the poetry workshop I gave his “The Death of the Hat” history of poetry in 50 Objects book with Chris Raschka art, along with many other poetry books!—I’m enjoying your poem project, thanks!

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  5. Gorgeous, from the stitchy vocabulary to the simple perfection of "crochet a day"!

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  6. Clever language and concept, Linda! I really enjoyed all the crafty terms and the promise of projects ahead.

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  7. As I’m a sewer, I love that your poem celebrates sewing as an art. It’s fun to read this aloud with its perfect rhyme and ending couplet.

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  8. Love the sewing metaphor! Beautiful photo and delightful poem. :)

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  9. Linda, that is photo has so many deliciously rich colors, and I love how you quilted your poem to match! Baste the sun with golden thread – sigh!

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  10. Thank you everyone! I'm so glad you enjoyed this poem. I've been out with my granddaughters much of the day, having fun! Now, I think my "S" should have been 'snow'! It's been drizzling all day and now has turned to snow! Our April flip-flop!

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  11. A poem as beautiful as a sunset. I imagine a sewing magazine would love to publish it.

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  12. Oh, my goodness, "crochet a day" is beautiful! And the rest of the poem follows with wow after wow. This might be my favorite poem of yours of all time.
    I have that book that you picture above. It's got some great stuff in there for inspirations.

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  13. Love that last line! I really love that book too. I've had it for ages and it was one that I held onto when I left the classroom for the library.

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  14. Linda, sunsets are beautiful. Your is layers in beautiful muted hues. Your poem is stitched with love and holds one beauty after another.These two lines provide gorgeous images:
    baste the sun with golden thread
    patch in clouds of lavender hue
    I can see my Nonnie and Mother sitting quietly with their favorite hooks, threads, and yarns. Sunset closes sky's door with your sweet line: tomorrow stitch another show. Love this poem!

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  15. What a gorgeous sewing/fabric arts metaphor, Linda! And sunset is the perfect topic for you. This is so...languid and yet industrious at the same time, and it just feels effortless somehow. Woohoo!

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  16. Linda, those action verbs launching lines in your poem do powerful lifting. Your poem is both delicate and precise. Your words have weaved a beautiful susnset.

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  17. Love that you combine a love for sewing and for sunsets into poetry!

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  18. Wow! I love all the sewing related terms and the beautiful colors in your poem. Thank you, Linda!

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  19. Oh I just love this. The words weave together like a quilt of comfort.

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  20. Oh, Linda, this is a beauty. I sew love the S poem you have stitched together so elegantly. You've made that rhyme and rhythm look effortless, but I know it takes skill. It's such a pretty photo and the poem makes it even better.

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  21. Linda, I was sure I commented on your beautiful poem, but it didn't seem to take. I'm trying again and copying it this time, in case. I love your poem that you sew carefully stitched together. It is a masterpiece of rhyme and rhythm, and I can tell you crafted it so well, as a tailor crafts clothes. It is a lovely read, and you have made it look easy.

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  22. Thanks to everyone. It's been a weekend full of things to do, and squeezing in what was really important, reading your posts! Denise, no worries. I have comment moderation after 3 days, so that's what happened to your sweet post!

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