I started the month featuring the poem by Alana Devito which is in Imperfect II, edited by Tabatha Yeatts. Today I'd like to share my poem in the same book. I have a copy of the book that I would like to send off to someone.
Copies of Imperfect II can be purchased at Amazon. Progressive Poem 2022 is Wrapping UP
The progressive poem has been quite the journey this month. Today it's at Karen’s Got a Blog. And tomorrow it ends at Michelle Kogan Painting, Illustration, & Writing.
To see it unfold at each blog, visit here: 1 Irene at Live Your Poem 2 Donna Smith at Mainly Write 3 Catherine Flynn at Reading to the Core 4 Mary Lee at A(nother) Year of Reading 5 Buffy at Buffy Silverman 6 Linda Mitchell at A Word Edgewise 7 Kim Johnson at Common Threads 8 Rose Cappelli at Imagine the Possibilities 9 Carol Varsalona at Beyond Literacy Link 10 Linda Baie at Teacher Dance 11 Janet Fagel at Reflections on the Teche 12 Jone at Jone Rush MacCulloch 13 Karin Fisher-Golton at Still in Awe Blog 14 Denise Krebs at Dare to Care 15 Carol Labuzzetta @ The Apples in my Orchard 16 Heidi Mordhorst at My Juicy Little Universe 17 Ruth at There is no such thing as a God-forsaken Town 18 Patricia at Reverie 19 Christie at Wondering and Wandering 20 Robyn Hood Black at Life on the Deckle Edge 21 Kevin at Dog Trax 22 Margaret at Reflections on the Teche 23 Leigh Anne at A Day in the Life 24 Marcie Atkins 25 Marilyn Garcia 26 JoAnn Early Macken 27 Janice at Salt City Verse 28 Tabatha at The Opposite of Indifference 29 Karen Eastlund at Karen’s Got a Blog 30 Michelle Kogan Painting, Illustration, & Writing Winners!! A big thank you to Anne Irza-Leggat, Educational Marketing Manager at Candlewick
 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 PoemWhere 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:
Now I place it in the the hands of Karin Fisher-Golton at Still in Awe. |
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April 1 Mary Lee Hahn, Another Year of Reading April 2 Heidi Mordhorst, My Juicy Little Universe April 3 Tabatha, The Opposite of Indifference April 4 Buffy Silverman April 5 Rose Cappelli, Imagine the Possibilities April 6 Donna Smith, Mainely Write April 7 Margaret Simon, Reflections on the Teche April 8 Leigh Anne, A Day in the Life April 9 Linda Mitchell, A Word Edgewise April 10 Denise Krebs, Dare to Care April 11 Emma Roller, Penguins and Poems April 12 Dave Roller, Leap Of Dave April 13 Irene Latham Live You Poem April 14 Janice Scully, Salt City Verse April 15 Jone Rush MacCulloch April 16 Linda Baie, TeacherDance April 17 Carol Varsalona, Beyond Literacy Link April 18 Marcie Atkins April 19 Carol Labuzzetta at The Apples in My Orchard April 20 Cathy Hutter, Poeturescapes April 21 Sarah Grace Tuttle, Sarah Grace Tuttle’s Blog, April 22 Marilyn Garcia April 23 Catherine, Reading to the Core April 24 Janet Fagal, hosted by Tabatha, The Opposite of Indifference April 25 Ruth, There is no Such Thing as a God-Forsaken Town April 26 Patricia J. Franz, Reverie April 27 Theresa Gaughan, Theresa’s Teaching Tidbits April 28 Karin Fisher-Golton, Still in Awe Blog April 29 Karen Eastlund, Karen’s Got a Blog April 30 Michelle Kogan Illustration, Painting, and Writing |
