Progressive Poem Day 10
April is a time for poetry, and I love being a part of the Poetry Friday Progressive Poem.
Last week I had students write a collaborative poem—each poet writing their own lines. They came up with some interesting ones. Collaboration can be such a catalyst for creativity.
Here is the poem so far:
Open an April window
let sunlight paint the air
stippling every dogwood
dappling daffodils with flair
Race to the garden
where woodpeckers drum
as hummingbirds thrum
in the blossoming Sweetgum.
Sing as you set up the easels
dabble in the paints
I’m passing things off to my Nevermores poetry sister Rose.
You can follow along with the progressive poem all month.
April 1 Linda Mitchell at A Word Edgewise
April 2 Tricia at The Miss Rumphius Effect
April 3 Robyn at Life on the Deckle Edge
April 4 Donna Smith at Mainely Write
April 5 Denise at https://mrsdkrebs.edublogs.org/
April 6 Buffy at http://www.buffysilverman.com/blog
April 7 Jone at https://www.jonerushmacculloch.com/
April 8 Janice Scully at Salt City Verse
April 9 Tabatha at https://tabathayeatts.blogspot.com/
April 10 Marcie at Marcie Flinchum Atkins
April 11 Rose at Imagine the Possibilities | Rose’s Blog
April 12 Fran Haley at Lit Bits and Pieces
April 13 Cathy Stenquist
April 14 Janet Fagel at Mainly Write
April 15 Carol Varsalona at Beyond LiteracyLink
April 16 Amy Ludwig VanDerwater at The Poem Farm
April 17 Kim Johnson at Common Threads
April 18 Margaret at Reflections on the Teche
April 19 Ramona at Pleasures from the Page
April 20 Mary Lee at A(nother) Year of Reading
April 21 Tanita at {fiction instead of lies}
April 22 Patricia Franz
April 23 Ruth at There’s No Such Thing as a Godforsaken Town
April 24 Linda Kulp Trout at http://lindakulptrout.blogspot.com
April 25 Heidi Mordhorst at My Juicy Little Universe
April 26 Michelle Kogan at: https://moreart4all.wordpress.com/
April 27 Linda Baie at Teacher Dance
April 28 Pamela Ross at Words in Flight
April 29 Diane Davis at Starting Again in Poetry
April 30 April Halprin Wayland at Teaching Authors
16 Comments
Margaret Simon
I love how the word dabble echoes dappling from the first stanza. Thanks for participating.
Marcie Flinchum Atkins
I love some poetic echoes.
Mary Lee
What Margaret said. Such great verbs are popping up!
Marcie Flinchum Atkins
I’m a BIG fan of verbs.
Michelle Kogan
And where will this dabbler move next… thanks for your wonder!
Marcie Flinchum Atkins
I can’t wait to see!
Karin Fisher-Golton
The word “dabble” is so great. It’s got texture–a visual version of onomatopoeia!
Marcie Flinchum Atkins
Oooooh! I love that description!
Robyn Hood Black
Oh, yes – let’s DABBLE. Thanks for another delicious line, Marcie!
Marcie Flinchum Atkins
Thank you, Robyn!
Janet Clare F.
Hi Marcie,
I have been reading the Progressive Poem lines leading up to mine today which should be up at Mainely Write but not sure when (Donna said it was ready to go yesterday late afteroon so I am in touch with her. Anyhow I loved your line and dabble was just a perfect word for adding interest and that verb and alliteration pattern. I am liking our poem and have done so for years. I have been “away” from Poetry Friday for all kinds of reasons/life interruptions but my heart is here. Thank you for your contributions and inspiration.
Janet
Marcie Flinchum Atkins
Oooh! Yes, I will go check on the poem’s progress! I hope you that you will join back in to Poetry Friday if/when you have the bandwidth.
Denise Krebs
Marcie, yes, like Margaret, I noticed the dappling and dabble, and I think this poem would be a great study for kids to learn new and fun-sounding words.
Marcie Flinchum Atkins
Oooh! Yes! I love that!
Heidi Mordhorst
I’m finally catching up with this poem, Marcie–from France–and enjoying how dabble is joining stippling/ dogwood
dappling/ daffodils /woodpeckers/hummingbirds / blossoming –all those double letters, all those -ple/-ble verbs! I wonder if we’re making many individual paintings or one large piece?
Marcie Flinchum Atkins
Yes, isn’t that the oddness of a progressive poem–individual or one large piece. I always thought it would be interesting to revise once we’d seen it all.