My older daughter, like any self-respecting 15-year-old, does not want to spend tons of time with me. Unless her friends are all busy and she’s bored. One thing we do enjoy doing together is going to Caribou Coffee and writing poems together. We’ve only done this a few times, and one time was last Sunday. She likes to try writing different forms, so last week we did diamantes. That’s a form where you have one noun for the top line and a different noun for the bottom line, and you follow a certain format of words on the five lines between to describe, and sometimes illuminate the relationship between, the two items. Here are two poems she wrote, which I think are wonderful.
Into the Night
windows
artificial beacons
calling, showing, glowing
beckoning true, forever answering
wrapping, stretching, changing
unendingly loyal
infinity
–by Annabelle Salas, all rights reserved
Growing Hope
sunflowers
beautiful, radiant
easy-going, easy-growing, effortless
cheer teachers, dream reachers
encouraging, inspiring, believing
someday yours
joy
–by Annabelle Salas, all rights reserved
Kelly Fineman at Writing and Ruminating has the Poetry Friday round-up today!