poem with background of music manuscript I am from whole notes, a sound languishing over time, melody on the prowl for rhyme I am from half-notes, broken apart like seeds, by a need to always quicken the pace I am from quarter notes, articulation dots scratched along the top, reminding me to pause, breathe, stop I am from eighth notes, a hand over your shoulders, a curved slur blurring us together in a riff I am from sixteenth notes, in rapid succession; I disappear into the air before you have the chance to hear me

Today's #Verselove #poetry prompt at #OpenWrite via Ethical ELA is an I Am From poem. I tried a music note theme.

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#EduSky

Today’s poetry prompt from @sarahjdonovan.bsky.social gave me time to imagine the peace and joy of Heaven. In these challenging times, I must remember to breathe and pause, pray and rest, imagine and believe…this too shall pass. #poetrycommunity #openwrite #heaven #joy #peace #rest

Poem with image of wintry scene in background Beneath snow, ice -- an invisible layer of danger Tread carefully where nature is known to harden in form We wander this world always on the edge of collapse

Beneath snow,
ice -- an invisible
layer of danger

Tread carefully
where nature is known
to harden in form

We wander this world
always on the edge
of collapse

#SmallPoems #poetry for #OpenWrite, with a prompt about being observational of your surroundings.

poem with image of golden threads Secret: make a song, gold-woven with shadows My fingers play you, gently, a blanket, blue like silver I sing and in my heart I shelter you, secretly

Secret:

make a song,
gold-woven
with shadows

My fingers
play you,
gently,

a blanket,
blue like
silver

I sing
and in
my heart

I shelter
you, secretly

Found/Blackout #poetry for #OpenWrite
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#EduSky

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Poem with image of drum set in the background: Four/Four A set of drums Fast pedal clock click His hands hitting cymbals An intricate rhythm stick In near perfect balance An intricate rhythm stick In four-four time The drummer never quits Each note becomes another Drive it home, forward His hands hitting cymbals The beat of feet The guitar is gone The bass drops out The singer now sits The drummer never quits variation on 4x4 poem - four stanzas, four words each line, some lines weave in and out

Four/Four

A set of drums
Fast pedal clock click
His hands hitting cymbals
An intricate rhythm stick ...

(see image for whole poem)

#SmallPoems with prompt via #OpenWrite

9 days before the election, I wrote a 4 x 4 poem to celebrate a much-anticipated victory. Today, I hosted our poetry group and this poem was part of my prompt. It hurts to think how much hope I had and how much disgust and disappointment I feel today. But it's 4 years, not 400. #poetry #openwrite

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