we crash, crowd and compete
but within our community,
we find our best selves
Copyright 2018 Brenda Davis Harsham
Notes: I had a great critique group meeting yesterday. I am in awe of their mad skills and generosity. I was part of something larger than me: an ocean of words, a sea of stories. I’m not sure if I was a seal or a seagull, but I’m afloat.
Happy Poetry Friday! Thanks to Carol at BeyondLiteracyLink for hosting. Has anyone seen the community poem created by Morning Edition listeners and Kwame Alexander? Although holiday-themed, it inspired me to offer to organize a community poem. Anyone interested? If so keep reading…
Please leave a line (or two) about what poetry is or what it means to you (either quote or original with attribution). Once I have enough, I’ll post them on a future Poetry Friday, with an invitation to write your own poem from them. I’ll get us started:
Poetry Is…
… ice cream on a summer day. (Brenda Harsham)
… deep thoughts wrapped in golden words. (Deb Whittam)
… the flutter of words at sunrise. (Jone Rush MacCulloch)
… a quest. La poésie est une quête. (Prunelles9)
… a ripple on still water. (Beth)
… the music of words, our first language. (Laura Shovan)
… truth waiting to be found. (Michelle Kogan)
… a way of walking in the world. A ministry of presence. A stormcloud about to burst. (Irene Latham invites us to pick one)
… the roots; sending fingers of truth deep into the earth, and sprouting hope. (Kathryn Apel)
… the beauty and honesty of the unspoken. (Matt Forrest Esenwine)
… the quiet heartbeat of life. (Kay McGriff)
… the air that lives in our souls…the rhythm of our existence. (Kennie Vevah)
… the essence of reality and the reality of essence. (Donna Smith)
… an umbrella on a rainy day. (Jane Whittingham)
… my breathing space, my heart’s song, my soul’s prayer. (Myra Garces-Bacsal)
… more questions than answers. (Mary Lee Hahn)
… the gentle wonderings of a world calling me to unravel its beauty in words. (Carol Varsalona)
… seeing myself in the mirror of another’s eyes. (Michelle H. Barnes)
… my imaginings made real. (Linda Mitchell)
… eliminating the unnecessary. (Diane Mayr)
… the joyful heartbeat of words to share. (Kiesha Shepard)
… a bell and its echo all at once. (Robyn Hood Black)
… a cup of tea with a friend you will never meet, a connection across time, words that outlive our lives. (Ali Grimshaw)
… a cure to the wounds of life. (anondotverse)
… a gift. (OneHundred&OnePursuits)
… what prose can’t be. It’s a photograph rather than the whole film. (Bliss Winters)
… the gentle click that pulls it all into focus. (Molly Hogan)
… the words that tremble from my mouth but stand strong at the end of my pen. Poetry is strength! (BigDJean)
… the essence of my complex simplicity. (Ashley Yeager)
… a basket we weave with words to store the world. (Brenda Davis Harsham)
… the very beating of the heart. (theBookishNook)
And quotes:
Charles Simic says: “Poems are other people’s snapshots in which we see our own lives.” (Diane Mayr)
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Plzz tell how to improve my poetry in this blog
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I’m happy to read, but I’m not teaching right now.
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No problem maam… it’s my pleasure u read my blogs..
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Hey! I’m new to WordPress and just trying to find my way around. I just posted some poetry and I am inspired by your blog! Do have a look and I think poetry is the soul to the skin. 🙂
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Poetry is… coffee drank on a cold Minnesota day
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Great. I attributed it to Brandt Schubbe.
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Poetry is what I feel but can’t explain
I would love for feedback on my poem https://mariagoundryblog.wordpress.com/2018/02/10/i-swam-a-poem/
Maria x
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Great one. Shall I attribute to Maria?
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🙂 M A R I A ? xx
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Okay, will update.
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Amazing work! Check out my blog https://creativevsn.wordpress.com
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Great blog. Creativity is the best drug.
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Poetry is mind and soul’s humble boat heading toward the island of freedom, truth and beauty.
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Wonderful. I’ll add it with the name on your about page. Welcome.
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Poetry is a moment of focus in an unfocused world.
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Lovely. I’ll add it. Do you want me to attribute it to Ali or the Mindful Gardener?
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Poetry is … the very beating of the heart
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I can still add this. How do I attribute it? theBookishNook?
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🙂
I’m new to this, so I don’t know. If it is the blog name that you usually add, thebookishnook is fine.
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I usually put the author name, but we can do either. 🙂
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Oh, then it is Anju Anand
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I’ll update the poem. It’s quite lovely.
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Thank you 🙂
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