A few months ago I joined a poetry postcard exchange group. I’ve received creative handmade postcards and poems from people I’ve never met. It is so much fun to find one tucked into my mailbox, a bit of sunshine on a cloudy day. I need to figure out a way to keep them so that I can enjoy both sides. Any ideas?
This month I sent out a photo card I made on Canva using a photo of passion flower.
finds a prayer
on the passion vine
resting on yellow anther
sprinkling pollen
on bumblebees.
The hope is in the bee’s
instinct to stick around.
Margaret Simon
I’m also participating in the Summer Poem Swap that Tabatha organizes. I received a Little Golden Book handmade book from Linda Mitchell. I love that she kept all the pages from the original book.
I’m using it to do collage journaling about my summer. Here is a page spread I made about birds. The watercolor goldfinch is from an Emily Lex Studio watercolor painting book.
In what ways are you embracing poetry and creativity this summer?
I want to thank Joyce Uglow for featuring me and my book “What’s That Sound? Birds of the Bayou” on her uGroNews series this week.
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Reflections on the Teche 