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| Donna Smith and Heidi Mordhorst have created place names for our map, and they are wonderful! |
Welcome to Progressive Poem 2026, Day 12! Hello everyone! I've loved being on this special journey with you, not quite halfway through, visiting this land of wonders, and the mystery of what we discover next.
Irene Latham began the Progressive Poem and hosted it from 2012-2019. Those archives of the poem can be found HERE! Margaret Simon took over in 2020, and those archives are HERE!
Here are the rules:
The poem passes from blog to blog.
Each poet/blogger adds a line.
The poem is for children.
Each blogger copies the previous line exactly as written, unless permission from that poet has been given. They then add their own line, offering an introduction if they wish.
Here is the poem thus far, with my line added. I wanted to take us to one of the places created, tried various ones, and you'll see, we are out of the city! The excitement of what we'll discover in this new land is building!
The Land of Poetry
On my first trip to the Land of Poetry,
I saw anthologies of every color, tall as buildings.
A world of words, wonder on wings, waiting just for me!
Birding for words shimmering, flecked in golden gilding.
Binoculars ready, I toured boulevards and side streets,
exploring vibrant verses, verses so honest and tender.
feathery lyrics, bright flitting avian athletes
soaring ‘cross pages in rhythmic splendor.
In the Land of Poetry, I am the conductor,
seeking oodles of poems that tug at my heart,
a musical medley of sound and structure,
An open mic in Frost Forest! Wonder who’ll take part?
It's all yours, Linda Mitchell!
Here is the list of those who have written and who are about to write! There is still time to join us if you sign up for one of those three days at the end! I did read that we will end at the 27th if no-one adds his or her name.
April 1 Tabatha Yeatts at The Opposite of Indifference
April 2 Cathy Stenquist at A Little Bit of This and That
April 3 Patricia Franz at Reverie
April 4 Donna Smith at Mainely Write
April 5 Janice Scully at Salt City Verse
April 6 Denise Krebs at Dare to Care
April 7 Ruth Hersey at There is no such thing as a God-forsaken town
April 8 Rose Cappelli at Imagine the Possibilities
April 9 Margaret Simon at Reflections on the Teche
April 10 Janet Clare Fagel at Reflections on the Teche
April 11 Diane Davis at Starting Again in Poetry
April 12 Linda Baie atTeacher Dance
April 13 Linda Mitchell at Another Word Edgewise
April 14 Jone MacCulloch at Jone MacCulloch.com
April 15 Joyce Uglow at Storied Ink
April 16 Carol Varsalona atBeyond Literacy Link
April 17 Robyn Hood Black at Life on the Deckle Edge
April 18 Michele Kogan at More Art for All
April 19 Kim Johnson atCommon Threads
April 20Buffy Silverman at Buffy Silverman
April 21 Irene Latham at Live Your Poem
April 22 Karen Edmisten at Karen Edmisten
April 23 Heidi Mordhorst at my juicy little universe
April 24 Mary Lee Hahn at A(nother) Year of Reading
April 25 Tanita Davis at Fiction, instead of Lies
April 26 Sharon Roy atPedaling Poet
April 27 Tracey Kiff-Judson atTangles and Tails
April 28 TBD
April 29 TBD
April 30 TBD
Open mic is such an apt addition to this adventure in the Land of Poetry. Donna Smith was the first to add place names, then Heidi. All parts of this moving poem are collaborative, though, so I hope no one is expecting any specific credit. Thanks for participating!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Margaret, don't know how I missed Donna! I'll add her!
DeleteThanks for taking us into Frost’s Forest, I’m looking forward to what might unfold there, and then after as I will add a line next Saturday… Thanks Linda for this adventure!
ReplyDeleteThank you, too, Michelle! It will be interesting to see what (or who) comes along.
DeleteLinda, you turned the corner in the Land of Poetry with excitement! I can't wait to see who joins the Open Mic. My head is spinning as to what will bring me to the last line in the next stanza. Wish me good luck in the Frost Forest or whereever Linda, Jone, and Joyce take me.
ReplyDeleteI do wish you the best, Carol, imagine you're already noodling along with what "might" be! Thanks for letting me worry with you! : )
DeleteSo fun! I like that you went into a specific area on the map. An Open Mic sounds fun. Nice line, Linda, with lots of possibility.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Denise, it's time to explore what's happening in that wonderful land that Tabatha created! !
DeleteThank you, Linda! "Oodles" of goodness in an Open Mic in Frost Forest. Wishing I was there. A lovely turn! On our trip.
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome, Janet, and thanks to everyone who's on this special place loving poetry, and having "oodles" of fun!
DeleteLove it, Linda! My younger daughter actually was at an open mic yesterday. A great place to find oodles of poems :)
ReplyDeleteThat's really great, Tabatha! I've only been to an open mic once, for a student after he had grown up. It was a delight! Glad you like the change!
DeleteFrost Forest sounds like a good place to begin exploring this land in more detail. This poem has been fun!
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure who you are, but thanks for coming by. It'll be fun out in the wild!
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