Today I am posting with the “Poetry Sisters” (Tricia Stohr-Hunt, Sara Lewis Holmes, Kelly Ramsdell, Laura Purdie-Salas, Liz Garton Scanlon, and Andi Sibley) who challenged the Poetry Friday community to write zentangle poems. If you are unfamiliar with this form, check out this post by Kat Apel.
I have done zentangle before but I’ve never been satisfied with the results. I got a card in the mail from Jone MacCulloch along with a plaque print of her amazing collage response for our Spark exchange. Jone’s card inspired me to try again with a mentor to emulate.
Object Lesson
dig
over
enslaved
pieces
a tea bowl
lives
on
This week I received a wonderful summer poem swap gift from Michelle Kogan. Michelle is a watercolor artist in Chicago. She saw posts from me about our wood duck nest boxes and “Jump Day.” I admit to teary eyes when I saw her painting and poem. So special. She sent me a print as well as a homemade notebook with the painting on the cover and poem on the back. I have been writing poems about the wood duck experience and now I have a special place to write them. Thanks. Thanks. Thanks!
I love how Michelle’s poem captures the essence of Joy we feel when we see the ducks jump from their nest box.
Reflections on the Teche 
What a gorgeous design you’ve made! The bold lines and letter fragments make it much more art, and I really enjoyed that you even brought in the tea bowl of which you spoke. Beautiful!
Margaret, what a wonderful, joy-filled post! I’m sure you were so delighted to receive Jone’s zentangle and plaque and the sweet treasure from Michelle. Wow!
I’m glad you persevered to write another zentangle poem. Lovely!
Your poem and zentangle are wonderful! I love how you incorporated letter shapes and that lovely tea bowl. Thanks for joining us!
Look at that gorgeous blue tea bowl nestled into your precise and perfectly spare words. This is lovely. Thank you for playing with us.
I love that idea of “enslaved/pieces” in your zentangle & that you added blue, plus Michelle’s poem with your quite personal painting is a delight. How wonderful for the memory of your ducklings!
Gosh, your zentangle is gorgeous! And I am delighted by Michelle’s ducklings. 🙂 🙂 🙂 xo
Wow, what artistic riches you’ve received lately! I can see why you got teary over Michelle’s gifts! I’m so glad you shared everything here and that they inspired you to create your poem. I also really liked “enslaved pieces” and all the components you incorporated in your Zentangle.
I love your zentangle poem Margaret, the imagery you created works seamlessly well with your words, creating light out of darkness, and your woven in waving waters. And Jone’s collaged poem is filled with magic.
Thanks for sharing my swap with you, I hope to see some ducklings leap on their “Jump Day!”
Margaret, your post is filled with poetic goodness from Jone’s swap right down to Michelle’s gifts. Tucked in between is a beautiful zentangle poem with a delicate tea cup. I see that everyone agrees these pieces are just lovely.
Wow! What a creative outpouring here. I love your Zentangle poem, and that combo of your delight with Michelle’s gorgeous painting…it’s wonderful! My creative well is dry at the moment, and I’m drinking this up!
There’s much to love about Zentangles — not the least, the surprises that come from both the art and the poem that emerges from the chosen text!
Fun swaps! Ruth, thereisnosuchthingasagodforsakentown.blogspot.com
Oh, that painting and poem gift from Michelle! It’s PERFECT. And, I think it’s frameable for sure. Wow! Love your zentangle that focuses on Word. These look fun…just as soon as you drop the notion of trying to get things “right.” I really want to try this form.