Happy National Poetry Month 2023! Curious about what I’m doing? Want to play along? Read more here.
[Heads-up: If you’re visiting regularly, please know that the bold, blue text is what I’m writing fresh each day. The black text is the same each day:>) ]
Well, if you have a hive, you have honey, right? So I jumped from yesterday’s hive poem to today’s honey poem. I’m not the hugest honey fan, but our younger daughter gave me some honey from Cyprus when we saw her in Germany last year. And if you wrap feta cheese in phyllo dough and bake it and drizzle it with honey–now THAT is a poem!
While digging for words, I found myself stuck to drip! I wanted the honey to be dripPING, but since I didn’t have a ‑ing suffix, I had to settle for dripLY. And yet, I fell in love with driply eventually. Sometimes the rules of a poetry game help us make a love match we never would’ve tried before. I shared some favorite bee books yesterday, so no new book connections today.
Also, it snowed yesterday! Just 2–3 inches, but my visiting sister is so delighted! The rail-omoter says 3 inches. Patty, who doesn’t really like having her pic taken, kept running outside to twirl and celebrate in the falling snow. It made my heart so happy. Today, we’re going to a nearby river town with craft and gift stores and the St. Croix River. Hoping the snow doesn’t melt until at least this afternoon!
What words will we be digging through today?
And here’s the card that we might pull our topic from:
So some possible topics are:
- guide
- cubs
- brownie
- scout
- youth groups
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5 Responses
Laura, your honey poem is sweet! “driply” is awesome.
I wrote about one of my favorite flavors:
Caramel
We beam honeyed
yummy goddess
drip sweetly
lovely escape
Denise, how did I not write this?! Caramel/toffee is my absolute favorite. Yesterday, I had a caramello–a homemade marshmallow dipped in caramel. Heavenly. This is a delightfully delicious poem :>)
I know I haven’t been writing much, just run out of time! But I have been reading and enjoying all that has been written. I love your ‘drip ly rain’, Laura, wishing for some myself! And Denise, the sweets idea make me want some! Here’s mine today:
guide
sleep want ed
escape defeat
catch a sweet honey beam
float light ly
Ooh, this poem feels like the wish I’ve had to fall asleep anytime I’ve struggled with insomnia (thankfully, not a frequent issue for me–though it is for both our girls).
Linda, I love the ending where sleep comes…
“catch a sweet honey beam” Honey beam is a wonderful phrase.