Category: Mud Puddle

Poetry Friday: Little Poems of the Week

3/18/2021

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

© jone rush macculloch, 2021 draft

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

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.

Poetry Friday: A Poem From Georgia Heard's Class

1/29/2021

Jan at Bookseedstudio Optional theme: Sing!

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
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

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,

scampers across the railing
a fluster of feathers.

CROCOSMIA

Please join me here next week for Poetry Friday.

Poetry Friday: Come In, Come In

11/27/2020

Thanks to Carol at Carol’s Corner for hosting our post Thanksgiving Poetry Friday.

A couple of times a month, I participate with a group of women in the "Mud Puddle". We write for an hour on one or two prompts. Last Saturday, I was introduced to Pat Schneider, poet and teacher.
This poem came from watching a short video about her.
Come In, Come In
by Jone Rush MacCulloch

Come in, come in
the tea is cozied
ready to sip
We sit on the porch

Come in, come in
We eat toasted, buttered biscuits
mittened hands
around steamy mugs

Come in, come in
squirrels chitter
for the crumbs
in trees above

Come in, come in
We talk of daily records
reminding us been
here before - Viet Nam

Come in, come in
allow me to hold
your pain,
catch your breath

©2020 (draft)

Let's Welcome 2021 with a Poetry Postcard

Did you know there are 35 days until 2020 ends? Woohoo! Let's celebrate the New Year with a New Year Postcard? In Japan, it’s called Nengajo, a Japanese custom of ushering in the new year.

Please join the party. It will be fun!

Poetry Friday: Little Poems of the Week

GET READY! NATIONAL POETRY MONTH IN TWO WEEKS

Poetry Friday: A Poem From Georgia Heard's Class

Please join me here next week for Poetry Friday.

Poetry Friday: Come In, Come In

Let's Welcome 2021 with a Poetry Postcard

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Poetry Friday: Little Poems of the Week

GET READY! NATIONAL POETRY MONTH IN TWO WEEKS

Poetry Friday: A Poem From Georgia Heard's Class

Please join me here next week for Poetry Friday.

Poetry Friday: Come In, Come In

​Let's Welcome 2021 with a Poetry Postcard

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Let's Welcome 2021 with a Poetry Postcard