Poetry Friday round-up is with Donna at Mainely Write.
My husband gave me a new-old art journal for Christmas. My artist friend Marcie Melancon made it from an old book. Inside are all sorts of paper from other books, maps, a small bag, etc. Once I opened it, I was inspired to write. The first page is a sketch of a woman. I started writing a poem in my car in a little notebook. Aha! I could fill the journal with scrap paper poetry! I’ve already taped in 5 poems. I don’t think I’ll continue at this pace, but I’m enjoying the process.
Art journal by Marcie Melancon.
I wrote the above poem, Emily Saw More, as a #haikuforhope in response to amazing beach pictures my friend Grace Krauss posted on Facebook.
Tell me how the sun rose
Ribbons rising above the tide
Emily saw more…Margaret Simon
#haikuforhope
Last week, Amy VanDerwater posted a suggested line for a poem, “Today you will find me…” As most of you know, I am a new grandmother. I’m spending time with the sweetest, most amazing baby boy. So that is where you will find me.
Today you will find me
smelling new skin,
soft fuzz of a newborn’s head,
holding a swaddled bundle,
memorizing his small ear,
round nose, and mouth
of many expressions.Today I will stay a while,
feel present to Wonder,
hold Love
like it will never
let me go.(c) Margaret Simon, 2018
Reflections on the Teche 