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2022 Progressive Poem, Day 12

4/12/2022

 
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Today I am hosting the 2022 Progressive Poem.  It's been at least ten years that the Progressive Poem has been a collaborative effort in the Poetry Kitlit World.  It's fun to see how the poem reveals itself throughout the month.  This year, the poem is almost a CENTO style as the contributors have been finding lines from favorite poems and books.

I went in search of lines in Chris Baron's The Magical Imperfect.  I love that book.  I found several lines (from two places in the book)that spoke to me:

The fog is lighter now,
and the moon is slicing
through the sky.
I whisper to it, tap on the trunk,
imagine it feeling my sound.

And I'm adapting to this:

The moon is slicing through the sky. We whisper to the tree, tap on the trunk,
imagine it feeling our sound. 

2022 Progessive Poem

Where they were going, there were no maps.
              Sorry! I don’t want any adventures, thank you. Not Today.                   
Take the adventure, heed the call, now ere the irrevocable moment passes!
              We have to go back. I forgot something.
But it’s spring, and the world is puddle-wonderful, so we’ll whistle and dance and set off on our way.
              Come with me, and you’ll be in a land of pure imagination.
Wherever you go, take your hopes, pack your dreams, and never forget – it is on our journeys that discoveries are made.
                 And then it was time for singing.
Can you sing with all the voices of the mountain, paint with all the colors of the wind, freewheeling through an endless diamond sky?
 Suddenly, they stopped and realized they weren’t the only ones singing.
       Listen, a chattering of monkeys! Let’s smell the dawn and taste the moonlight, we’ll watch it all spread out before us.
The moon is slicing through the sky. We whisper to the tree, tap on the trunk,
 imagine it feeling our sound. 

Lines 1 -12, poet and where they are from:
  1.     Irene  (The Imaginaries)
  2.     Donna (The Hobbit)
  3.     Catherine F. (The Wind in The Willows)
  4.     Mary Lee (Walk Two Moons)
  5.     Buffy Silverman (a bit from e.e. cummings)
  6.     Linda Mitchell (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)
  7.     Kim Johnson (from Maybe by Kobi Yamada)
  8.     Rose Cappelli (Sarah, Plain and Tall)
  9.     Carol Varsalona (Disney Songs)
  10.     Linda Baie (The Other Way to Listen.)
  11.     Janet Clare Fagal (line adaptation from Cinnamon by Neil Gaiman)
  12.    Jone Rush MacCulloch (line adaptation from The Magical Imperfect by Chris Baron)
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Now I place it in the the hands of  ​ Karin Fisher-Golton at Still in Awe.
Carol Varsalona link
4/12/2022 05:34:55 am

Jone, thanks for the magical line that holds beautiful sensory details. The sounds are so gentle that they spark imagination. I am really enjoying this poem this year.

Linda Baie link
4/12/2022 06:28:39 am

I love that book, too, Jone. And love that you've added to this adventure with the moon!

Buffy Silverman link
4/12/2022 08:55:59 am

And now you've made me want to find this book! Lovely sounds and feelings.

Karin Fisher-Golton link
4/12/2022 09:24:42 am

What a beautiful line/collage of lines! I'm enjoying pondering where to take the poem next.

That book has been high on my long want-to-read list for months. I believe it takes place near where I live in the San Francisco Bay Area and includes a day I remember well.

janice scully link
4/12/2022 09:46:06 am

I have only read one of Chris Baron's books. I'd like to read this one. Your new line makes me wonder if the tree will respond.

Janet Clare F.
4/12/2022 02:08:36 pm

Jone,
Perfect. I love what you have chosen. You make me think I should add in the lines in the original to show how I adapted/edited them. I had lots of thoughts about where one could go with what I put; I wanted there to be many possibilities. Yours is breath-taking, oh we are on our way now!!
Janet

Christie Wyman link
4/12/2022 03:21:16 pm

What a gorgeous image that is, Jone. I really want to be on this adventure with them.

Michelle Kogan link
4/12/2022 05:52:06 pm

Thanks for this beautiful image of the moon Jone, and then all the sensory feelings coming out too!

Ruth link
4/12/2022 06:14:57 pm

Lovely, Jone!

Gail Aldous
4/12/2022 09:58:10 pm

I adore a moon slicing through the sky and whispering to a tree...! This is so much fun! I love Chris Baron's verse novel ALL OF ME! I want to read THE MAGICAL IMPERFECT, also.

Robyn Hood Black link
4/17/2022 06:19:21 pm

Ahhh, you've teased some more sparkly moonlight out of these verses. Lovely, Jone - And I'm imagining we're tapping a tree where the monkeys are? We'll see!


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