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Sunday, January 25, 2015

THE GEESE OF GOOSE LAKE

Today's Deeper Wisdom poem is for my friend David Harrison, who has a collection of poetry titled GOOSE LAKE.

What do geese know?
    To fly south before they smell snow.
    To eat grubs from lakes down below.
    To listen for hunter's guns as they blow.

 What do geese know?
    Flying a "V" makes a good show.
    Honking formation as they go.
    To feel the river as it flows.

     I discovered something about this form today.  I wasn't sure how to put the lines together for this poem and I wasn't sure which lines to include and which ones to leave out.  I went back to the basics--I looked at my five senses.  Can you find the 3 S's ( sight, sound, smell) and 2 T's (Touch, taste) in the poem?

     If you'd like to know more about writing a Deeper Wisdom poem,  Michelle Barnes is asking for entries in her contest at her blog Today's Little Ditty.    Michelle Barnes and Joyce Sidman have challenged children's poets to try writing a "Deeper Wisdom" poem.  This is a poem based on What Do the Trees Know? by Joyce Sidman from her book WINTER BEES & Other Poems of the Cold .  You can find out more about this challenge and suggestions for writing your own poem on Michelle's blog, Today's Little Ditty.
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10 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 25, 2015 at 6:20 PM

    Thanks, Joy. I like your poem and appreciate your mention of GOOSE LAKE. David

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    1. JoyJanuary 26, 2015 at 8:01 PM

      My pleasure, David. GOOSE LAKE is an enjoyable book of poetry.

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  2. Linda A.January 26, 2015 at 4:43 AM

    Hi Joy,
    Wonder what other letters of the alphabet geese know...

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    1. JoyJanuary 26, 2015 at 8:11 PM

      Oh, Linda, can you imagine looking up in the sky and seeing geese spelling out other letters like the skywriter airplanes?

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    2. Linda A.January 27, 2015 at 4:20 PM

      Joy,
      You could make it happen!

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    3. JoyJanuary 28, 2015 at 4:39 PM

      "Honk, Honk!"
      Look up in the sky.
      See those geese
      flying by.
      They are not
      making a "V"
      They're up there writing
      A, B, C.
      Oh, dear, They're writing again.
      A,B,C,A,B (See the cab?)
      Do you think they'd rather
      take the train?

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  3. Linda BJanuary 26, 2015 at 4:51 AM

    I like this, Joy, that "flying a 'V' makes a good show" - my favorite line.

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  4. RosiJanuary 26, 2015 at 11:37 AM

    Very nice. I do like the wisdom poems I've been seeing on various blogs. I guess I should try it myself.

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