Happy National Poetry Month! At the beginning of the month the Sunday Night Poetry Swaggers post a poem in response to a challenge. This month the challenge is from Linda Mitchell. “Something seen in many ways” patterned after Pat Schneider’s The Moon Ten Times as seen on Jama Rattigan’s blog here.
I was pretty last minute in doing this challenge. In fact, I’d call it a LaMiPoFri poem (coined by Kat Apel as “last minute poetry Friday” poem). To help myself find the time to write, I offered the challenge to my student Chloe, set the timer, and we wrote. I like her poem, too, so I will share it as well.
I’ve been working on crocheting a baby blanket for my daughter’s sister-in-law’s baby coming in May. With so many hours of loops and chains, I’ve got the blanket on my mind.
Baby Blanket. Ten Ways
I. Magic circle
double crochet
chain 3, chain 4
Granny squareII. Angel lace
holes for small fingers
III. When the apple peeler
curls a perfect unbroken spiral.IV. Thread of cotton once
worn by a fieldV. Play peek-a-boo
I see you
over & underVI. Miracle wrapped
like a presentVII. Woven dreams
criss-cross
double wishVIII. Scent of new skin
settles inIX. Touch to touch
heirloom for a Hope ChestX. Mother’s heart
Margaret Simon, draft
Grandmother’s grace
Nothing but love
Chloe wrote her poem about origami, a new obsession of hers.
Five things about origami
- Crisp folds
Creasing perfect angels
- Shapeshifting waves
Carved into the
Ombre of life
- Natural resource
That swims
Through scissors
- Bright colors
Warming the
Temperature of
Cold
- Topping off
With a design
To expose.
Chloe, 5th grade
Read other Swagger poems here:
Heidi Mordhorst
Linda Mitchell who also has the next line for the 2021 Progressive Poem!
Catherine Flynn
Molly Hogan
Reflections on the Teche 