Jenn Hayhurst tagged me in a post on Facebook asking me to join in a project she is playing with this summer: #ProjectPoem. The premise is that teachers of writing should write, a mantra of mine adapted from the work of Donald Graves. She is asking teachers to synthesize experience into poetic form in 140 characters.
I joined in with the image below. I am on vacation in Santa Fe, NM and staying at a lovely casita. The patio is private, quiet, and inviting. The picture is a side garden of Aspen trees.
My writing friend, Linda Mitchell, recently visited Seattle. There she collected words and made collage poems from them. I took inspiration from her to capture the feeling in Santa Fe. There was a procession to return an old statue of Mary to the Cathedral of Saint Frances. The people here are serious about their worship of Mary.
Consider joining in the summer writing fun by tweeting your poem to #ProjectPoem and tagging me @MargaretGSimon and Jenn @hayhurst3. I made the first image using the app WordSwag, the second in Canva.
Margaret, I like this project and will join you and Jenn when I have a chance. (I am delayed in getting the gallery up because a dear friend passed away. Today, I am continuing my efforts to help create a slideshow commemoration.)
May I capture your two digital inspirations for the summer gallery?
Sorry about your loss, Carol. You may use my poems in the summer gallery. You are always so generous about sharing and promoting poetry.
Thanks for passing this project along. So glad Jenn is doing this. She is a poet we just don’t see it. Hope the trip is going well!
Cool idea. Thanks for sharing. Will join you!
Lovely idea! I will try to join, too.
This looks like fun. Will explore further!
I bet you and Jeff are loving NM, and your poems and pictures are beautiful. I miss you! Hope all is well!
[…] While I was vacationing for the 4th of July in Santa Fe, NM, my Voxer Good2Great friend, Jen Hayhurst tagged me in a post about her #ProjectPoetry. I wrote about the project on my Slice of Life post on Tuesday. […]