Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)!
On Father’s Day, we also went to the Minneapolis Institute of Art to see the Leonardo daVinci codex exhibit. Amazing! Randy wanted to browse the Mark Mothersbaugh exhibit, too. Not so amazing–well, just not my taste, for the most part. But this piece caught my eye. It makes me think of:
1) Weebles wobbling, obviously!
2) Oompa-loompas
3)Human-size chess boards and pieces
And here’s my?first draft.
Oh, the Padlet worked beautifully last week. Let’s do it again! Just click here to add your poem. I shared last week’s on my Poetry Friday post, and people loved it. Fun to have our work in one, easily-readable spot. It’s going to be hard to choose whether to continue with the Padlet or just having poems in the Comments. For now, we’ll do both, but just for a few more weeks.
Note: I’m on the road with my younger daughter today to take care of overseas visa application–with a side trip to gawk at beautiful Lake Superior. So, I won’t be able to comment in the Comments. I will approve poems on the Padlet throughout the day, though.
It’s your turn! Have fun and stick to 15 WORDS OR LESS!??(Title doesn’t count toward word count:>) If you leave a poem in the comments, and if it’s 15 words or less, I’ll try to respond!
90 Responses
The incredible Egg
not scrambled
or fried
nor sunny side up
calling me friend
invited to
play soaker
Poem By Jessica Bigi
The incredible Egg
not scrambled
or fried
nor sunny side up
calling me friend
invited to
play soaker
Poem By Jessica Bigi
Hokey
Right foot where?
Left foot what?
Mom, don?t want to
shake it all about.
?Kate Coombs
Cute! I like that you used the voice of a child.
Nice connection to these ‘hokey-pokey’ players.
You made sense out of the directions. Cute Kate.
Hokey
Right foot where?
Left foot what?
Mom, don?t want to
shake it all about.
?Kate Coombs
Cute! I like that you used the voice of a child.
Nice connection to these ‘hokey-pokey’ players.
You made sense out of the directions. Cute Kate.
The Incredible Egg
not scrambled
or fried
nor sunny side up
calling me friend
invited to
play soccer
Poem By Jessica Bigi
Beautiful imagination, Jessica in the thought of those ‘eggs’. Love this.
Cute idea to imagine eggs playing soccer.
Hope they are hard-boiled Jessica. Cute!
The Incredible Egg
not scrambled
or fried
nor sunny side up
calling me friend
invited to
play soccer
Poem By Jessica Bigi
Beautiful imagination, Jessica in the thought of those ‘eggs’. Love this.
Cute idea to imagine eggs playing soccer.
Hope they are hard-boiled Jessica. Cute!
The Game
If you wait your turn
and you’re polite,
you’ll find this game
a big delight.
I like that you wrote as if it’s “the” game introduction on the box, Pat.
Thanks, Linda. This was a different kind of picture, just like it’s a different kind of “art.” How wonderful that the artist was there that day to talk to your class.
Cute Pate. I would like to play but need more directions than shown!
The Game
If you wait your turn
and you’re polite,
you’ll find this game
a big delight.
I like that you wrote as if it’s “the” game introduction on the box, Pat.
Thanks, Linda. This was a different kind of picture, just like it’s a different kind of “art.” How wonderful that the artist was there that day to talk to your class.
Cute Pate. I would like to play but need more directions than shown!
This was an eerie piece of “art”!
Diversion
Both teams must yield
The referees sit down for teas
And picnic on the field
This one sounds good to read aloud.
Love your idea of referees sitting for tea on the field. Ha!
Don’t you imagine that the referees would love to do this! Funny to contemplate, Donna.
This feels very Alice in Wonderland to me.
Timely verse Donna. College football just around the corner.
This was an eerie piece of “art”!
Diversion
Both teams must yield
The referees sit down for teas
And picnic on the field
This one sounds good to read aloud.
Love your idea of referees sitting for tea on the field. Ha!
Don’t you imagine that the referees would love to do this! Funny to contemplate, Donna.
This feels very Alice in Wonderland to me.
Timely verse Donna. College football just around the corner.
I like the ‘lesson’ in your poem, Laura. We had the Mothersbaugh exhibit here when it opened, Laura. I took my students who were in awe of the different approaches to art. We got to meet him and he was great with the class, took time to answer questions although it was an impromptu meeting. Here’s what I imagined from the picture:
Late News
Field?s open,
candidate crop
grows
like Iowa corn.
slight differences
in the tasting.
Linda Baie ?All Right Reserved
Oh my goodness! What a great connection to the political scene!
I like this.
I love that this took you in such a different direction.
Love the metaphor of candidate crop!
Excellent Linda, and timely. I love the comparison to Iowa corn.
I like the ‘lesson’ in your poem, Laura. We had the Mothersbaugh exhibit here when it opened, Laura. I took my students who were in awe of the different approaches to art. We got to meet him and he was great with the class, took time to answer questions although it was an impromptu meeting. Here’s what I imagined from the picture:
Late News
Field?s open,
candidate crop
grows
like Iowa corn.
slight differences
in the tasting.
Linda Baie ?All Right Reserved
Oh my goodness! What a great connection to the political scene!
I like this.
I love that this took you in such a different direction.
Love the metaphor of candidate crop!
Excellent Linda, and timely. I love the comparison to Iowa corn.
Assertive Training
Eight Humpty Dumptys
sitting on a wall
practicing 4‑way stops
a not-so-simple protocol.
What an adorable work of art. Laura I really like your verse, reminding us to not limit ourselves by stepping outside the box.
Ha, very funny to think they’re all Humpty-Dumpties, taking turns.
Thanks Linda. I see you used the “ies” and it looks just fine. For some reason when I was doing that it didn’t look right. I should have double-checked my spelling. Anyway, there are more than one!
Oh, I didn’t mean anything about the spelling; it just came out when I wrote, Martha. I imagine I might be incorrect, as it’s a name, so better left the same, and then add an ‘s’ as you did.
I understand and I appreciate your spelling. It validates my quandary. Let’s just say we may both be correct.
Of course! They all do look like Humpty Dumpty.
Fun!
This is hilarious. Are they deciding who will fall first?
Thank you Liz. They are a bit like me. I don’t always trust “the one on the right goes first” rule. If four vehicles approach at the same time, which one becomes the “right” one! lol
Assertive Training
Eight Humpty Dumptys
sitting on a wall
practicing 4‑way stops
a not-so-simple protocol.
What an adorable work of art. Laura I really like your verse, reminding us to not limit ourselves by stepping outside the box.
Ha, very funny to think they’re all Humpty-Dumpties, taking turns.
Thanks Linda. I see you used the “ies” and it looks just fine. For some reason when I was doing that it didn’t look right. I should have double-checked my spelling. Anyway, there are more than one!
Oh, I didn’t mean anything about the spelling; it just came out when I wrote, Martha. I imagine I might be incorrect, as it’s a name, so better left the same, and then add an ‘s’ as you did.
I understand and I appreciate your spelling. It validates my quandary. Let’s just say we may both be correct.
Of course! They all do look like Humpty Dumpty.
Fun!
This is hilarious. Are they deciding who will fall first?
Thank you Liz. They are a bit like me. I don’t always trust “the one on the right goes first” rule. If four vehicles approach at the same time, which one becomes the “right” one! lol
A council of clowns met to plan a dance.
They forgot nothing?except their pants!
Council of clowns strikes me funny, even if they did remember their pants.
Very cute, that “council of clowns”.
Appropriate Liz — I like council of clowns.
A council of clowns met to plan a dance.
They forgot nothing?except their pants!
Council of clowns strikes me funny, even if they did remember their pants.
Very cute, that “council of clowns”.
Appropriate Liz — I like council of clowns.
Directions span from here to the moon–
we read and ruminate.
Who will begin?
Great question. Feels very big and open-ended.
And they wait, and wait. You made me look at the picture again, Buffy!
Buffy, surely there is a method for selection. I like read and ruminate.
Directions span from here to the moon–
we read and ruminate.
Who will begin?
Great question. Feels very big and open-ended.
And they wait, and wait. You made me look at the picture again, Buffy!
Buffy, surely there is a method for selection. I like read and ruminate.
Munchkins gathered on the square,
admiring one another’s hair.
Cute Cindy. I’ve always loved the word munchkins, even for little humans.
Munchkins gathered on the square,
admiring one another’s hair.
Cute Cindy. I’ve always loved the word munchkins, even for little humans.
Growing red in-the-face
and fat on-the-bottom
from sitting and staring
at calculus problems.
Yup — cheated with hyphens.
Laura, I just loved yours — very meaningful. Although I do not have time for individual comments today, it is always fun to see what everyone imagines from the weekly picture.
Ha! Ha! I love it- the poem and the “cheating” words.
Growing red in-the-face
and fat on-the-bottom
from sitting and staring
at calculus problems.
Yup — cheated with hyphens.
Laura, I just loved yours — very meaningful. Although I do not have time for individual comments today, it is always fun to see what everyone imagines from the weekly picture.
Ha! Ha! I love it- the poem and the “cheating” words.
MEDITATION CLASS
Meditation class
Legs pretzeled, fingers circled,
Mind ? free of clutter.
© Charles Waters 2015 all rights reserved.
Legs pretzeled, indeed. I went to outdoor yoga this morning and am still unpretzling:>) They do look very “om”-y, don’t they?
MEDITATION CLASS
Meditation class
Legs pretzeled, fingers circled,
Mind ? free of clutter.
© Charles Waters 2015 all rights reserved.
Legs pretzeled, indeed. I went to outdoor yoga this morning and am still unpretzling:>) They do look very “om”-y, don’t they?