#NPM18 - 16/30 - Notice & Wonder

April is #NPM18 - National Poetry Month.

"Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary."

                                                                                                      ~ Khalil Gibran

           

         Be sure to see the page on the bar above for the Progressive Poem's schedule of poets, hosted by Irene Latham at Live Your Poem.  

        And, see what many are doing for Poetry Month, by looking HERE at Jama Rattigan's post at Jama's Alphabet Soup.
          

              My goal for Poetry Month: A haiku diary that may include other forms related to haiku, like haibun, haiga. monoku or renga. My first poem speaks of why I am handwriting the poems.

April’s garden,

growing poems 

on lined pages

                    Linda Baie

links:

       Poem one

       Poem two

       Poem three 

       Poem Four

       Poem Five
       Poem Six  

       Poem Seven

       Poem Eight 

       Poem Nine 

       Poem Ten
      Poem Eleven
      Poem Twelve
      Poem Thirteen
      Poem Fourteen 
      Poem Fifteen 

Here is Poem Sixteen, a haiga

photo by Linda Baie

Watching Little Things

           Poetry Friday is at Margaret Simon's Reflection on The Teche this week.  Come to visit those who share!

         It's not a new thought, yet this poem from some days ago on The Writer's Almanac showed a little bit more what people mean when they say to notice the little things. Joyce Sutphen shows that beautifully.  

Things To Watch While You Drive

                                   by Joyce Sutphen

The trees, slipping
across the fields, changing places with
barns and silos,

the hills, rolling over
on command,

          The remaining lines are here.

Taken one evening, from my car.

           Thanks to Tabatha at The Opposite of Indifference for sharing my poem, Margaret Simon's and Diane Mayr's too, written and sent for the summer swap. It is a special pleasure writing for someone. And as I shared poems I've received in the past two Poetry Fridays, it's also wonderful to receive poems for me. Tabatha's swap idea of giving poetry has spread a lot of joy these past years. 

Tuesday Slice of Life

           Visit Two Writing Teachers every Tuesday to read everyone's posts! Thanks to Stacey, Tara, Dana, Betsy, Beth and Anna, we keep going!

          I'm continuing to write haiku and haiku-related poetry this month. See below. 
           Some of us are sharing on twitter with the hashtag #DigiPoetry, created by Margaret Simon, of Reflections on The Teche. Please join us. Find the many Poetry Month offerings rounded up by Jama Rattigan at Jama's Alphabet Soup.  

            A large part of my life is observing, children, of course, but this time I'm thinking of nature. I grew up with all grandparents teaching me about the out of doors whether it was farm things like herding sheep, gathering eggs and feeding chickens, gardening, picking potato bugs off the plants or watching birds and stars at night, noticing when ladybugs arrived in spring. I still do. This month I've written from noticings, from trying out connections that I might not have imagined before. I'm pretty good at imagining things, talking animals, etc.