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Friday, January 30, 2015

DREAMS








Each thirsty night
I am sprinkled
with a soft rain
of words I try
to arrange
in to poems.


    What dreams do you have at night?  Can you write a list poem about your dreams today?  Have fun writing your poem.
     Today is the Poetry Friday Round-Up.  You can find more poetry on Paul Hankins' blog These 4 Corners.  Thanks, Paul, for hosting us today.



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    1. Hey Matt,
      Thank you. I had fun messing with the art to go with this poem.
      Congratulations on your inclusion in The Poetry Friday Anthology for CELEBRATIONS. I can hardly wait to read everyone's poems. This should be a great collection.

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  2. I think your dreams serve you well in your poetry. Lovely picture, also! =)

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    1. Thank you for encouraging me in my silly art.

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  3. A great image of words sprinkling down on you to satisfy your thirst for poetry content. You are so creative!

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    1. Linda, thank you. You know how much I like being thought of as clever.

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  4. Nice! I like the "thirsty night" and wonder about making more of the challenge of arranging something as liquid as sprinkling raindrops...

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    1. Heidi, thanks for the suggestion. I know where this poem came from, and when I went back to the book I got the idea from I re-read the whole thing and for the life of me, I couldn't find a poem that would have stimulated this. I guess this is just a case of a poem that wanted to be and I was sitting there to receive it.

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  5. I love this poem. I think it's one of your best. Just lovely. Thanks for sharing it with us.

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    1. Thanks, Rosi. As you know most of my children's poems are NOT in free verse. But this idea jumped out at me and for some reason I felt free to present it this way. I've been exploring free verse a lot lately. thank you for the compliment.

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  6. Oooh, Joy, I love this! I hope I'm blessed with rain tonight. :)

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    1. May we all find rain. Messing with words is so much fun.

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