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Poetry Friday, Week 8: Exquisite Corpse Poem and Poetry Postcards

2/24/2022

 
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Tricia at The Miss Rumphius Effect 
is hosting the Poetry Friday round up this week.

The Poetry Sisters came up with a challenge to write an Exquisite Corpse poem.  It is a collaborative effort.  
​You can read about it at Poets. org
I've been meeting with a small group of poets that shared some zoom classes.

We decided to play.  The result was two poems created in two different ways.   And second, we each wrote a line.  I coordinated the words and the lines by assigning names, pulling them out of a hat.  The results are as follows.  We had great fun.

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First, we followed the recommendation list at Poets.org.  
​We decided on a ADJ-N-V-ADJ-N sequence.  Everyone go at least one adjective and one noun. 

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For the second one, each person was assigned a line and created the ADJ-N-V-ADJ-N sentence.

No one knew what the others had written until the end.

They sort of remind me of fever dreams.  I love the word choices in each.

Finally, here is the video I created with Canva Pro to share all the New Year Postcards. Such a fun learning curve.


​If you want to see want I was up to this past weekend, visit Robyn Hood Black's blog.

Poetry Friday, Week 49: A Cento for Solstice and a Call for the New Year Poetry Postcard Exchange

12/10/2021

 
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Cathy at Merely Day by Day is hosting us and thanking the Poetry Friday community.  So glad you are in the community, Cathy.

Molly Hogan of The Inklings, suggested for the December challenge, that we try the cento poem/patchwork poem. 

# PoetryPals the December challenge is to write a poem about bells.



After reading MaryLee's cento last week and Carol Varsolana's cento this week, I am jumping in with one about winter's arrival.
Did you know that the CENTO is an historic poetic form, relying  entirely on other poets’ published words?  According to  Linda Black, Ausonius (c310 – c395) was the Roman originator of the form.

For mine, I researched poems about the winter solstice.


One Solstice

When the short day is brightest, with frost and fire  
which burns the spark of luminous goodness

​when I stare at paper or into silences 

the dark, too, blooms and sings,

The world appears very large, very round now
extending far as the moon


A quiet light, and then not even that. 
all the singing is in the tops of the trees

which shook in the wind of night  
to drive the dark away

One winter I lived north, alone 

©jone rush macculloch, 2021

Sources for One Solstice:

LITTLE GIDDING BY T.S. ELIOT        
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A WINTER SOLSTICE PRAYER BY EDWARD HAYS 
SNOW BY NAOMI SHIHAB NYE 
TO KNOW THE DARK BY WENDELL BERRY 
WINTER SOLSTICE BY HILDA MORLEY    
AN OLD MAN’S WINTER NIGHT BY ROBERT FROST  
WHITE-EYES BY MARY OLIVER     
THE COLD EARTH SLEPT BELOW BY PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY
THE SHORTEST DAY BY SUSAN COOPER   
THE WORLD BY JENNIFER CHANG      

2022 New Year Poetry Postcard Exchange

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Won't you join us? We have about 10 at the party so far and there's room for more. Sign up for the 2022 New Year Postcard Exchange.  Send five, send ten or send to all.

Did you know there are 22 days until 2021 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.

​How It Works:
  • Choose to send five, ten postcards.
  • Create a postcard:  you can buy a postcard and write a poem on the other side or you can create one postcard to send to everyone (I use Walgreens or Zazzle)
  • Once you get the names, send by February 1, 2022 (beginning of Chinese New Years)
  • If you choose, you can work in the Chinese animal for 2022: The year of the Tiger. It is not required.
SIGN UP HERE

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A shout out to this book, HOP TO IT  edited by Janet Wong and Sylvia Vardell has won the Kids' Book Choice Awards.
​I love this book.

Next week, the Poetry Friday Party is here! I'm hosting. Bring your bells and centos and winter solstice greetings!

Poetry Friday, Week 48: 2022 New Year Poetry Postcard Exchange

12/3/2021

 
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Please head over to  Michelle at Michelle Kogan to see other poetry posts. Plus Michelle shares her gifts of art.

December
the long and short of it
year passes

2022 New Year Poetry Postcard Exchange

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It's time. Sign up for the 2022 New Year Postcard Exchange.  Send five, send ten or send to all.

Did you know there are 29 days until 2021 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.

​How It Works:
  • Choose to send five, ten postcards.
  • Create a postcard:  you can buy a postcard and write a poem on the other side or you can create one postcard to send to everyone (I use Walgreens or Zazzle)
  • Once you get the names, send by February 1, 2022 (beginning of Chinese New Years)
  • If you choose, you can work in the Chinese animal for 2022: The year of the Tiger. It is not required.

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I have a few 2022 Calendars for sale, $15.00 (includes shipping ).  
If interested, please fill out this FORM.

Poetry Friday, Week 44, November #poetrypals Challenge and More

11/26/2021

 
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Ruth at there is no such thing as a God-forsaken town is hosting us and old school style this morning.  Her Ode to Haiti in Autumn is beautiful and poignant with all that is happening in Haiti right now.  I pray for peace in Haiti.

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 The Poetry Sisters invited us to  join their challenge for the month of November! Writing an Ode to Autumn. An ode is a lyrical poem, a way of marking an occasion with a song. Whether you choose an irregular ode with no set pattern or rhyme, or the ten-line, three-to-five stanza famed by Homer himself, we hope you’ll join us in singing in the season of leaf-fall and pie, and sharing on November 26th in a blog post and/or on social media with the tag #PoetryPals. 

Well, sometimes I miss little details, like this was to be an ode for autumn, not November.  Maybe it's because my grandfather always referred to November as the darkest month. And my father agreed with him as Grandfather Mac died in November and my mother, pregnant with my brother was  hospitalized with non-paralytic polio. So maybe I was unconsciously look for a way to lift up and light up November. I begin this month with the lighting of white twinkle lights outside.  My flameless candles are set to flicker on at sunset (how cool is it that flameless candles can be programmed?)

I've been keeping up with my #gratiku note booking.  Last week, I read through my blog to mine words.


​November Ode
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Later sunrises
Gunpowder grey skies
Pink threading the clouds
Wind blustering more
Leaves and letting go

Earlier sunsets
Darkness and candles
Warming by a fire
Family gatherings
November; autumn's hug

© jone rush macculloch


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It's time. Sign up for the 2022 New Year Postcard Exchange.  Send five, send ten or send to all.

Did you know there are 36 days until 2021 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.

​How It Works:
  • Choose to send five, ten postcards.
  • Create a postcard:  you can buy a postcard and write a poem on the other side or you can create one postcard to send to everyone (I use Walgreens or Zazzle)
  • Once you get the names, send by February 1, 2022 (beginning of Chinese New Years)
  • If you choose, you can work in the Chinese animal for 2022: The year of the Tiger. It is not required.

Would You Like?

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I am very pleased with the 2022 calendar.

For the first time, I'm offering my small poems
and photos calendar for sale.
It's $15.00 including shipping.  

If you would like one, send me an email at macrush53 at yahoo (dot) com.

​I have a limited run for sale.

Poetry Friday, Week 43: Call for New Year Poetry Postcards

11/19/2021

 
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Thanks to  Carol at Beyond LiteracyLink for hosting the round up.  Her autumn gallery is stunning as usual.

And it's a busy weekend for many who are attending NCTE!

The winners of GOOD LUCK GOLD AND MORE.  Lucky winners have books winging their way to them.
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Sign up for the 2022 Poetry Postcard Exchange
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I am thinking about the November challenge to write an ode to November. I went through old posts looking for words.
#gratiku, Day 19.

word mining
old blog post treasures
​recycle

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It's time. Sign up for the 2022 New Year Postcard Exchange.  Send five, send ten or send to all.

Did you know there are 43 days until 2021 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.

​How It Works:
  • Choose to send five, ten postcards.
  • Create a postcard:  you can buy a postcard and write a poem on the other side or you can create one postcard to send to everyone (I use Walgreens or Zazzle)
  • Once you get the names, send by February 1, 2022 (beginning of Chinese New Years)
  • If you choose, you can work in the Chinese animal for 2022: The year of the Tiger. It is not required.


Poetry Friday:  The Round Up is Here! Join Us!

2/4/2021

 
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I'm so happy to host Poetry Friday this week.

A new year, fresh and into the second month already.  How does that happen?

Poetry Friday is a weekly happening for all who love poetry,  Write it. Read it. Pass it on.

I found my first Poetry Friday post HERE. It was to announce the CYBILS POETRY winner for 2006.  The post ran in February 2007.  Thirteen years of Poetry Friday for me.  Whether you are new to Poetry Friday or have many posts, welcome, welcome.

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THE 2021 POETRY POSTCARD POETREE
PictureI thought of this image as I wrote the poem. Tualatin Wildlife Refuge, 2016.
There were a total of eleven participants for the 2021 New Year Poetry Postcard Exchange.  
​This week I curated words from all the poems creating a FOUND poem.  I hope you will consider joining the exchange in 2022.

Refusing to Wait for Springtime

Minted moon silverdrops, yesterday’s rain,
reflecting an invitation for merrymaking on the icy pond.


Beneath the surface, unseen creatures
busy themselves with an honest day’s work.


Chickadees flying free, blue herons perching
high in a tree watching the morning joy. 
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© jone rush macculloch (2021 draft) 






Poetry Friday: More New Year Poetry and a Giveaway

1/8/2021

 
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There is much poetry goodness in the world and do we ever need it now.  Head over to Sylvia at Poetry for Children. She has the inside scoop of the 2021 titles being born.

What a week.  I think what lifted my spirits was the arrival of New Year postcards.  

Linda Mitchell's New Year Poem is based on the Year of the Ox and it happens to be her OLW.  That it is a bookmark is a bonus. I love her mixed media art.

​Janice Scully's tree made me swoon. I love trees. I am ready for some merrymaking and some spring.

2021 Photo and Poem Calendar

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I have an extra photo and poem desktop calendar.  If you would like to win one, please let me know in the comments.

POETRY FRIDAY: Bliadhna Mhath Ùr (Happy New Year)

12/31/2020

 
Bliadhna mhath ùr, Scottish Gaelic for Happy New Year.  This week, New Year Postcards have begun winging their way across the country.  Today I'm sharing one for New York and one from Ohio.  I'll be placing these on my Poe-tree.
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upon the lake
winter's freshness
​exhale earth's frostbitten bite
Evolve!
​~Carol Varsalona
Photo by Carol Varsalona

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recently minted
shiny coin of here and now
ready to be spent

~Mary Lee Hahn
​Photo by Mary Lee Hahn

For New Year's I wrote a poem in Scottish Gaelic and recorded it.   
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first full moon
makes poetry wishes
happy new year


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Ruth at There is no such thing as a God-forsaken town has the first 2021 poetry round-up.  So thankful for this community. Here's to many poems this year.

Poetry Friday:  Come In, Come In

11/27/2020

 
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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
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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

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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: #gratiku, New Year Post Postcards, and "Umbrella" Video

11/20/2020

 
#gratiku day 14
geese take flight
between rainstorms
time for tea

#gratiku day 15
ancestors
 walk among the clouds
remembrance 

#gratiku day 16
great family mystery
his birth records- hen's teeth
down the rabbit hole

#gratiku day 17
autumn storm 
tree shelters squirrels
umbrella

"Umbrella" video from HOP TO IT

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Yesterday's haiku reminded me
of the "Umbrella" video for my poem.
Sylvia Vardell created
on a recent zoom party for HOP IT IT. 
Janet Wong and Sylvia Vardell always create magic with their books.


You can order your copy at QEP Books via phone 800-323-6787 and email: qepsupport@qepbooks.com

Let's Welcome 2021 with a Poetry Postcard

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Did you know there are 42 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.







​How It Works:
  • Choose to send five, ten postcards.
  • Create a postcard:  you can buy a postcard and write a poem on the other side or you can create one postcard to send to everyone (I use Walgreens or Zazzle)
  • Once you get the names, send by February 12, 2021 (beginning of Chinese New Years)
  • If you choose, you can work in the Chinese animal for 2021: The year of the Ox. It is not required.
  • Have fun!

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All poetry goodness can be found at 
​Teacher Dance.  Thanks Linda!
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