Happy Poetry Friday! Today I’m sharing a What’s Inside question couplet and its quatrain answer. This is a bit out of a forthcoming poetry collection I’m putting together for teachers.
Egg Like a Gem
What’s inside of this shell, blue and sleek?
This egg like a gem in a color unique?
A Note from the Poet:
The thing that makes a robin’s egg stand out is the gorgeous color of it, so I really wanted to emphasize that in this opening couplet.
And the answering quatrain:
Flightless and Sightless
At just the right moment, the robin’s egg hatches?
A struggling baby, clumsy and weak
It’s flightless and sightless, with feathers in patches,
And begs for a worm with its wide, waiting beak
–Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved
A Note from the Poet:
Interior rhymes rock! Sometimes I have two words that I want to be rhymes in a poem, but I can’t make the lines hit the right beats. They just sound awkward. So then I might use the words in the same line, like ?flightless and sightless.?
Here I am reading these two bits. And the wonderful Ren?e LaTulippe has the Poetry Friday Roundup–enjoy! Oh! Ren?e is sharing her own writing about her sons, who start preschool Monday, AND SHE — USED A LEAF CAN BE… AND WATER CAN BE… AS HER INSPIRATION! This is so lovely–what a wonderful Poetry Friday surprise!
When I was little, I loved finding the remnants of robins’ eggs on the ground. I thought of them as bits of gem-like treasure. Hmm, maybe there’s a poem here. Thanks for sharing, and for being such an inspiration!
THanks, Catherine–I only remember finding robins’ eggs maybe three times in my whole life. They are just so gorgeous–go write a poem:>)
When I was little, I loved finding the remnants of robins’ eggs on the ground. I thought of them as bits of gem-like treasure. Hmm, maybe there’s a poem here. Thanks for sharing, and for being such an inspiration!
THanks, Catherine–I only remember finding robins’ eggs maybe three times in my whole life. They are just so gorgeous–go write a poem:>)
Don’t you love those cavernous mouths? Love this poetry ‘hint’, Laura, of what to do with two rhyming words you love. And of course, love your poem, too. That robin’s egg blue is a color like no other, isn’t it? Happy to see Renee’s idea borrowed from your books, too. I may have to use it too when I work with a group. I bet they’ll love it.
I have done A Kid Can Be… poems with classes–they do love it! I have a link to a template for it in the comments of Renee’s post…
Don’t you love those cavernous mouths? Love this poetry ‘hint’, Laura, of what to do with two rhyming words you love. And of course, love your poem, too. That robin’s egg blue is a color like no other, isn’t it? Happy to see Renee’s idea borrowed from your books, too. I may have to use it too when I work with a group. I bet they’ll love it.
I have done A Kid Can Be… poems with classes–they do love it! I have a link to a template for it in the comments of Renee’s post…
Robin’s eggs are so remarkably blue! Unfortunately we don’t have robins in the desert, but I am happy to have your poetry about robins, Laura! When Mama bird said, “Open wide!” Her chick sure did! = )
Do you have road runners I,n wondering are they real birds
Yep, we have roadrunners galore. I see one almost every day on my morning jog along the river path. And yes, they are fast!
Isn’t that mouth amazing?
Robin’s eggs are so remarkably blue! Unfortunately we don’t have robins in the desert, but I am happy to have your poetry about robins, Laura! When Mama bird said, “Open wide!” Her chick sure did! = )
Do you have road runners I,n wondering are they real birds
Yep, we have roadrunners galore. I see one almost every day on my morning jog along the river path. And yes, they are fast!
Isn’t that mouth amazing?
To Know It’s Spring
Eggs washed
In angle tear blue
Yellow crayon beaks
Peck at seals
Brown fluffs of feathers
Peeke peeke peeke
Sings springs new song
Poem by Jessica Bigi
Laura your book sound wonderful
Are they going tobe avable both anyone to buy?
Thanks, Jessica–it will be available on Kindle and paperback at Amazon soon. Next week, I hope.
To Know It’s Spring
Eggs washed
In angle tear blue
Yellow crayon beaks
Peck at seals
Brown fluffs of feathers
Peeke peeke peeke
Sings springs new song
Poem by Jessica Bigi
Laura your book sound wonderful
Are they going tobe avable both anyone to buy?
Thanks, Jessica–it will be available on Kindle and paperback at Amazon soon. Next week, I hope.
For everyone
For everyone
I have never seen a robin’s egg but they always fascinate me since the robin’s themselves are not blue but such a brilliant orange-red.
I flat out LOVE this line:
It?s flightless and sightless, with feathers in patches,
I love internal rhyme too. I have missed Poetry Friday. Enjoying going through all the posts and was thrilled to see still so many links in the round-up.
Thanks, Susan–I’ve been spotty on Poetry Friday for 4-5 months, sometimes in and sometimes out. Been getting back into it the past month as summer drew to a close. It’s like a beautiful tree you can always count on being there when you want to go have a picnic by it!
I love the image of an oak tree waiting for me. That’s what it felt like when I sat down to write my poem for yesterday, like I was in a safe and happy place where I could let the words unfurl.
:>)
I have never seen a robin’s egg but they always fascinate me since the robin’s themselves are not blue but such a brilliant orange-red.
I flat out LOVE this line:
It?s flightless and sightless, with feathers in patches,
I love internal rhyme too. I have missed Poetry Friday. Enjoying going through all the posts and was thrilled to see still so many links in the round-up.
Thanks, Susan–I’ve been spotty on Poetry Friday for 4-5 months, sometimes in and sometimes out. Been getting back into it the past month as summer drew to a close. It’s like a beautiful tree you can always count on being there when you want to go have a picnic by it!
I love the image of an oak tree waiting for me. That’s what it felt like when I sat down to write my poem for yesterday, like I was in a safe and happy place where I could let the words unfurl.
:>)
Love this peek at one of your soon-to-be-released projects! Very fun!
(And I’m trying to wrap my head around Susan TB never having seen a robin’s egg. I guess it never occurred to me that there might be a place where robins weren’t…)
Mary Lee, I have hundreds of robins here in California, close to year around, but I have never seen an egg or a robin’s nest. Go figure. 🙂
We had robins all over when I was growing up in Florida–but I rarely saw an egg or eggshell. Lots of stray dogs/cats to gobble up the ones on the ground, I’m guessing…
Love this peek at one of your soon-to-be-released projects! Very fun!
(And I’m trying to wrap my head around Susan TB never having seen a robin’s egg. I guess it never occurred to me that there might be a place where robins weren’t…)
Mary Lee, I have hundreds of robins here in California, close to year around, but I have never seen an egg or a robin’s nest. Go figure. 🙂
We had robins all over when I was growing up in Florida–but I rarely saw an egg or eggshell. Lots of stray dogs/cats to gobble up the ones on the ground, I’m guessing…
I love coming upon those blue eggshells here and there…amazing the size of that open mouth to the tiny bird!
I know–it’s like it’s 90% mouth and 10% body!
I love coming upon those blue eggshells here and there…amazing the size of that open mouth to the tiny bird!
I know–it’s like it’s 90% mouth and 10% body!
This is so much fun, Laura. I know teachers will love it! Very cool project 🙂
Thanks, Penny!
This is so much fun, Laura. I know teachers will love it! Very cool project 🙂
Thanks, Penny!
Your new collection looks to be a great resource, Laura. Good for you for getting your work directly into teachers’ hands where it will do the most good!
Thanks, Michelle–no idea how many it will actually reach. It will be an interesting experiment:>)
Your new collection looks to be a great resource, Laura. Good for you for getting your work directly into teachers’ hands where it will do the most good!
Thanks, Michelle–no idea how many it will actually reach. It will be an interesting experiment:>)
I am rooting for you, Laura! And excited to see what the various titles in your series will be. I like all the rhymes in this poem, plus the alliteration in the last line. Nicely done!
I am rooting for you, Laura! And excited to see what the various titles in your series will be. I like all the rhymes in this poem, plus the alliteration in the last line. Nicely done!