I have had a most productive week of writing. -Some great publishing news on two projects and a couple of school visits where I got to work with several classes of early years writers who blew me away with their brave writing efforts. I also launched a brand new website .
These events put me in a bouyant mood, so I decided to have a little fun with words and today I am sharing this cheeky, playful poem...
Poets need to indulge in wordplay and this poem goes to that place.
Hideaway Poem
I had intended sharing
A poem with you
But it lost its nerve
And has shut itself away
Inside a book of poems
Refusing to come out.
Maybe it’s hoping William
Wordsworth
Will offer it some
daffodils
Maybe it secretly longed to be a sonnet
Or part of Tennyson's Light brigade.
There’s no rhyme or
reason
For this…
The stanzas stand up
The imagery is intact
The alliteration aligned
In the meantime
Here’s some white space
To cast your eyes over
While waiting…
Alan j Wright
It is Poetry Friday and this week our host is Sarah Grace Tuttle who posts about her revamped website, poetry possibilities for educators and shares a poem about a hitchiker at the airport.
:) I do love a shy poem (or person)! Thanks for the wordplay and congratulations on a productive week! Sometimes my reason for shyness is simply the world feels too much and I find peace in quiet aloneness.
ReplyDeleteSometimes our poetry is the mask we wear to avoid revealing our shyness, Irene. I do like your reasoning regarding those times when the world is beyond what we want to deal with at times. Thanks for your response. Always appreciated.
DeleteEveryone, oops, I mean every poem, gets to choose how it lives,. I'm glad you found a way at least to acknowledge that, Alan, showing respect! Maybe next time?
ReplyDeletePoems are a little like we humans, Linda. they require a little psychological stroking.
DeleteHahaha--love that second stanza :>D Thanks, Alan, and congrats on the good publishing news!
ReplyDeleteThanks Laura. It is good to buoyed after a period of publisher intractability.
DeleteLove the poem and congrats on your good news (and fab new website). Thanks for the smiles today.
ReplyDeleteThank you Jama. Glad you like the website. Always pleased when my words deliver smiles.
DeleteNice poem! Congratulations on a productive week. Somehow, the opposite occurred for me, and I too am ebullient. Doida
ReplyDeleteHi Doida. Ebullient is such a great word, is it not. Glad you liked my latest poem.
DeleteAwwww, I get it, I can be a shy poet sometimes! ;)
ReplyDeleteHi Jane. i think we are all capable of a dose of shyness now and again . Glad you get the metaphorical implications of my poem.
DeleteCongratulations on your new website-- it looks wonderful! And your poem is so fun. I was especially tickled by the phrase "alliteration aligned."
ReplyDeleteThanks Sarah. As you can attest, upgrades and new creations certainly lift the mood. So pleased you appreciated the alliterative references.
DeleteHooray! I'm so glad to know that you have good publishing news. I always wonder if I actually understand the term, "cheeky." But, I think this poem IS it. How fun. Congrats on the good writing week too. More of that!
ReplyDeleteAww...ars poetica for the timid. So fun, Alan!
ReplyDelete"No rhyme or reason" -- HAHA! Thanks for the white space at the end. Always a relief. Fun poem and congratulations on a fantastic week -- may they keep rolling in!
ReplyDeleteHuzzah for the new website! Enjoyed your poem and love the idea of a poem that has lost its nerve. :)
ReplyDeleteOops, that last anonymous was me. :)
ReplyDeleteI love the wordplay in this poem...no rhyme or reason and the alliteration aligned! And what a great new website.
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