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Poetry Friday: Little Poems of the Week

3/18/2021

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Hop on over to Linda at TeacherDance. She share a surprise late snow storm and thoughts on 'time'.j


Last week, I went on a field trip to one of my favorite wineries.  I was able to photograph a single first bloom. On the weekend, I discovered busyness in the hanging planter.  It was also MudPuddle Saturday(a group of women write about twice a month), I was able to draft a couple poems based on prompts.

Winter’s scent
outside my window
questions us,When is spring?

Hummingbirds dart, sip nectar
the fairy flowers

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Bushtits Gather
Little partiers, the bushtits
gather at the suet block

The high scratchy calls
twitter-tweet  the location

A flash mob hangs upside down,
dining.  All are welcome.

© jone rush macculloch, 2021 draft


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GET READY!  NATIONAL POETRY MONTH IN TWO WEEKS

I am looking forward to these interviews!  There will be prizes.  
April 2 POETRY FRIDAY: ALLAN WOLF
April 9 POETRY FRIDAY: LISA FIPPS
April 16 POETRY FRIDAY: CHRIS BARON
April 23 POETRY FRIDAY: JOANNE FRITZ
April 30 POETRY FRIDAY: LITA  JUDGE

During the week, I will be taking a second look at poems I have written in the past and playing with revision.

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Poetry Friday: Signs of Spring

3/11/2021

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Welcome to Poetry Friday.  Today Heidi at my juicy little universe is hosting Poetry Friday as she celebrates her birthday with two wonderful poems from the Poetry Foundation  website.
As one of her poems expresses may she have "the flame and the breath for wishes" into this new trip around the sun. Happy birthday, Heidi!

Today (Thursday actually) I got to sit outside and read.  Oh joyous day. I got to read a book that I will be featuring in April for National Poetry Month from a debut author. Spring is arriving bit by bit.

Earlier in the week I found a single tulip from the bulbs I planted last fall.  Many of them were disrupted by our residents squirrels.  Hence the poem.
tulip bloom
a sneak peak of spring
despite squirrels

© jone rush macculloch, 2021 draft
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Sunday Solace: Week 10

3/7/2021

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Sunday Solace: Week 9

2/28/2021

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Sunday Solace: Week 6

2/7/2021

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Poetry Friday: A Poem From Georgia Heard's Class

1/29/2021

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Jan at Bookseedstudio Optional theme: Sing!

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 In August, I started this as a writing prompt from the Mud Puddle.  

This month, I took a class from Georgia Heard.  She has The Poet's Studio and it's a great way to be in community of poets.  We were to write a poem that uses the ears and revise it.  I went to this poem,  
My revisions, before class and after.  
BEFORE CLASS

The Window at Dawn
By Jone Rush MacCulloch


At dawn
Crocosmia shows its blooms-
an invitation
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Hummingbirds sip nectar
refuel mid-flight

At dawn
a cloud of bushtits hang
upside down- pecking suet

Juncos flit between feeders
breakfast on nuts and seeds

At dawn
grey squirrel flicks his tail
a party crasher
scampers across the railing
A fluster of feathers


AFTER CLASS
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At Dawn
By Jone Rush MacCulloch

Hummingbirds sip crocosmia
nectar, refuel mid-flight.


A cloud of bushtits hang
upside down- pecking suet.


Juncos flit between feeders
breakfast on nuts and seeds.

Grey squirrel flicks his tail,
a party crasher,
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scampers across the railing
a fluster of feathers.




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CROCOSMIA

Please join me here next week for Poetry Friday.

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Wordless Wednesday: Week 4

1/27/2021

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Wordless Wednesday: Week 1

1/6/2021

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