Poetry Friday 26-0501
#NPM 26
It’s been a happy National Poetry Month!
I celebrated Poetry Month by pairing quotes about poetry (Poetry is…) with images.
I shared one each day without commentary. Below are the last ones, those from April 25 to April 30.
But first, here’s a poem that I think will resonate with everyone who has been writing poetry
this month for an NPM26 project or challenge.
Thank you to “Rabbit Room Poetry” for sharing.
If I HAD NOT BEEN WRITING THE POEM
Renee Emerson
The laundry would be done and folded;
in fact, I would have made our own clothes
by hand, from sheep I raised myself. Yes,
the toys would be picked up, carpets
vacuum-furrowed, no dust feathering
each door and picture frame. The children
would obey the first time. I would not
even have to ask them to obey. My hair
wouldn’t frizz, I’d be thin. I wouldn’t
have forgotten, I would have been there
early, known what to do, who to ask. . . .
You must read the rest of the poem "HERE"
Renee Emerson is the author of the poetry collections Keeping Me Still
(Winter Goose Publishing 2014), Threshing Floor (Jacar Press 2016),
and Church Ladies (Fernwood Press 2023). She lives in the Midwest
with her husband and children.
Poetry is … Week 4
April 25
April 26
April 27
April 28
April 29
April 30
And finally, we are at the threshold of a new month–YEA for MAY– and I will be taking a long anticipated vacation at the Oregon coast. So I just had to post a favorite quote and a photo from the deck of our favorite house at the edge of the ocean.
“Everyone has oceans to fly, if they have the heart to do it.
Is it reckless? Maybe.
But what do dreams know of boundaries?”Amelia Earhart
This week’s Poetry Friday roundup
is hosted by Patricia at Reverie
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