Poetry Friday Round-up is with Catherine Johnson.
the coming of lavender
Over at Today’s Little Ditty, Michelle H Barnes is hosting a poem movie challenge issued by her guests Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong of the Poetry Friday Anthology of Science. I love a creative challenge and since I am trying to be OPEN in the year 2014, I need to learn new things. I knew nothing about using iMovie, but I have it on my computer, so I gave it a try. This is a user friendly program. If I can do it, anyone can.
I pulled out a poem I wrote for Laura Shovan’s Pantome poem project and uploaded pictures I had in my files. I must have recorded my reading 5 times or more. That was the hardest part. What is it about doing something like this that makes you feel so smart and accomplished? I will definitely try this with my students next year. Thanks, Michelle, Sylvia, and Janet for the motivation to try something new.
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Absolutely lovely, Margaret! I’ve got iMovie too, but have never used it. You’ve inspired me to try :).
Beautiful, Margaret! What a great idea, I’ll have to try this now I’m doing videos.
Very nice!
Fabulous–and even more special since it’s your first Poem Movie!
Here’s another poet who is inspired by your foray into iMovie! Yours is lovely — “the coming of lavender…” what a perfect marker of the season. Mine is the coming of chicory. That’s when I know it’s summer.
A poem movie! This is just wonderful, Margaret. Love the cadence of your voice.
As others before me have said, Margaret, you did such a lovely job with this poem movie! And I’m so glad you’re passing along the inspiration to others. 🙂 I hope we will get to see their movies as well this month.
What a beautiful reading – what a wonderful concept – poem movie! I should do this too. 🙂