It's Day 7 of the 2018 Kidlitosphere Progressive Poem!
Happy April, Happy Poetry Month, and Happy, Happy Progressive Poem Time
This is my seventh year of writing with these wonderful poets, writing our own collaborative poem for this annual challenge from poet and novelist Irene Latham. The idea of surprise is often something seen in poetry, but this added layer when one poet, day by day, adds her or his own words, heightens the suspense. I read the new line each morning, and often say to myself, "Oh my, there it goes down that rabbit hole! And, waiting before my own turn, "Oh wow, where in the world should I take us now?" It's a poetry explosion of a poem! And nervously, I'm reminded of those signs that read "good", "better", and "best". Which path will I believe I have followed?
This year an innovative change has been made, coming from a post you can read HERE from Heidi Mordhorst with Irene Latham and Elizabeth Steinglass. Liz wrote the first line! This post gives more history of the Progressive Poem with this change: We writers are to describe our thoughts about this first line, hide it away, then return to it when it's our turn. Now it's time to share my early thoughts: It’s going to begin with growth in a garden, but meander into all kinds of growth. And how have my thoughts evolved as the poem itself has grown? Here are the lines so far:
1 - Nestled in her cozy bed, a seed stretched.
2 - Oh, what wonderful dreams she had had!
3 - Blooming in midnight moonlight, dancing with
4 - the pulse of a thousand stars, sweet Jasmine
5 - invented a game.
6 - “Moon?” she called across warm, honeyed air.
6 - “Moon?” she called across warm, honeyed air.
