Happy Easter!
Today it is my turn to move this poem forward on our journey through the land of poetry.
Thank you Tabatha for the lovely picture to help us imagine where we are going. And thank you to Irene Latham for beginning this yearly NPM tradition on Poetry Friday.
Donna Smith’s line:
“birding for words shimmering, flecked in golden gilding”
added sparkle to this journey through the Land of Poetry. She also embellished the map, inviting poets to add to it if they wish. Hardy Harbor? How about Coleridge Cove? So many possibilities, but I found myself busy enough coming up with a fifth line. Yikes! Every year it’s a challenge.
First, some punctuation.
Patricia Franz’s third line had ended in an exclamation point, so I restored it, which made “birding” the beginning of a new sentence. So I capitalized “Birding.” I hope that’s OK, Donna.
Intrigued by the introduction of birding, here’s my addition:
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
Denise Krebs will take it from here. Bon Voyage! Feel free to punctuate my fifth line in whatever way you need to.
You can follow along at these websites:
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 at Teacher 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 at Beyond 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 at Common Threads
April 20 Buffy 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 at Pedaling Poet
April 27 Tracey Kiff-Judson at Tangles and Tails
April 28 TBD
April 29 TBD
April 30 TBD
Thanks for carrying on our journey. I love a child character with binoculars!
Janice, nice work! I like the binoculars looking for shimmering words. Now, I’m off to bring the next line.
Have fun with it! I’ll check it out tomorrow. 🙂
Hi Janice, love that you’re getting that “tourist” ready, with binoculars, and opened up the world, a city!
Delightful line Janice, so glad we have a pair of binoculars to check out all the birds throughout the town!
Janice, binoculars brought a young voyager to the Land of Poetry. Perhaps the landing of Poetic Port lies within the territory of the Golden City. This poem is on its way to sharing a wonder-filled adventure. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and punctuation.
Ooh – nice touch with those binoculars! Thanks for a great line, Janice. :0)