[Apologies! I don’t know why this didn’t publish on schedule!]
Hello, and welcome! This is 15 Words or Less Poems, a low-pressure way to wake up your poetry brain (guidelines here), and I’m very glad you’re here.
That’s the globe that used to be on top of the old Minneapolis Star Tribune building decades ago. It’s now inside the building, and here’s our younger daughter pointing at the small island she’ll be moving to next month. This image makes me think of several things:
- How simultaneously huge and tiny our world is
- Jigsaw puzzles
- See ‘n’ Say (I don’t know why)
And here’s my first draft. I love geology and tectonic plates and how they move to form/change our land masses! It’s incredible!
It’s your turn! Have fun and stick to 15 WORDS OR LESS! (Title doesn’t count toward word count.)
25 Responses
For some reason the word CHANGE caught my eye.
Can you see
How
All the
New students
Greet our
Energy?
I think a shortened version of this is that the world reflects back to us the energy we send out.
love! The energy students give us is amazing!
I so agree! Not that bad things don’t happen to good people, but generally we make the world with our attitude and actions every day. Thanks, Joy–I love acrostics!
For whatever reason, the purple oceans made me think of monsters lurking.
Down Deep
Deep down monsters dwell
In the murky purple gloom
They sit there and wait
As soon as you said that, I thought of the old maps: “Here there be monsters!” Love.
I’m thinking of a golf ball.…not sure why
Golf ball
Tee‑d into space
from sun
over fairway
orbiting
the flag
hole in
one
Love that image of orbiting the flag!
sorry that it’s over a few words
poem by Jessica Bigi
imagine moms face
most kids spin basketballs
on the tips of there fingers
I spin the world
on mine
Love the thought of that much confidence in a kid!
Oh yes!
Oh, what a lovely image. New meaning to “got the whole world in your hands.” Beautiful!
KEEPING IT SIMPLE
A globe is better than a map.
It’s round, not flat.
No folding that!
At a drum corps show re ently, one color guard used those spheres that kind of collapse in and then expand when thrown. So cool! There is something magical about a map, though…
It makes me think of how we need to step back to get the whole picture sometimes, and then come back to earth and get to work.
The Job
Distance yourself,
see closer
the whole world;
then draw nearer
and roll up
your sleeves.
Love the movement here. Donna!
I like the distance, and then call to action in your poem Donna!
Donna, that’s a really great take on the photo. Love it.
Donna, what a perfect description of revision (of writing or of the world!)
You thought see ‘n say; I thought show ‘n tell. I also thought “pin the tail on the donkey.” Figure that! I’m happy you had your daughter with you for such a long visit. She seems excited about her new adventure.
Round ‘n Round She Goes .…
Big world
small girl
tethered
each seeking
commonality
through
attributes
diverse
yet common.
Yes! Love that. She is a roamer, but always tethered by family and purpose:)
Sort of following Martha’s theme…
The cord
connecting
us unspools
as magic
red shoes
carry you
across our
jigsaw world.
I love unspools here, Kortney!
Color my world
old and new,
near and far,
fairly and wisely.
Political thoughts from yesterdays and today.
Ah, from your lips to the world’s ear. Lovely.
GLOBE TROTTER
Pressing finger onto
spinning globe,
it stops on where
I want to be
the sea.
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