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Use this button created by Leigh Anne Eck to post your Digital Poetry this month.
Holly Mueller leads us to spiritual reflection each week. This week the theme is family. I didn’t think I could write a poem about family without being trite or cliché. Sometimes cliché just happens, and this is one of those times.
Family is a full cup
overflowing
with nourishing water
a twist of lemon.
Family is a dog,
four cats,
an occasional frog.
Family is photo albums
in the antique armoire
saving the years.
Family is a favorite restaurant
where they know your name.
Family is a daily text,
Facetime, calling Bluetooth,
feeling close together
while far apart
knowing there is no place like home
and no friend like family.
–Margaret Simon
Last night I happened upon a Twitter chat for #TCRWP. Someone mentioned using PicLit, so in the spirit of digital poetry, I tried it out. The first picture that came up was the Bean in Chicago where we have posed a few family pictures. The word family was not listed, so I used people instead.
See the full PicLit at PicLits.com
And here a family Bean photo with haiku using Picmonkey.
PicLit looks like fun, and I don’t think your poem is cliche at all. You have some fresh metaphors. I love the Bean, don’t you?! It’s perfect for a family poem. “Bubble” came up both times and is a perfect description,
Margaret, family is so beautifully represented in your post today. After reading this, I feel we can extend the term family to our writing communities.