Reflections on the Teche

At our Inklings retreat earlier this month, Heidi pulled out the paint chip poetry box. This is always a fun writing activity. How many chips do you select? Do you go with the prompt card?

We had returned from a busy day at Planet Word in D.C.. I highly recommend a trip there if you are ever in the area. The museum is a mastery of interactive activities with language as the focus from multilingual speakers on a screen to karaoke. Molly and I laughed out loud at the joke station.

When I picked my wild assortment of color cards, I drafted a fun imaginative poem that tickled me.

Once Upon a Time in WhisperShout Studio

(a potpourri poem)

Here on Spirit Rock, near Silver Springs 

beyond Wax Waterfall, 

the acorn of my heart 

opens like a lotus blossom 

(a spotlight to what’s hidden.)

I wax-seal this day into my journal 

full of cumulonimbus clouds of words

holding 

my hot saucy breath

ready for fresh air. 

Margaret Simon, draft

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