 Patricia at Reverie is hosting today. She's sharing an Emily Dickinson poem and one of her own regarding the changing seasons. I talked a bit about the seasonal rhythms yesterday at SJT on my Substack site. Today I'm spilling the tea about what my poetry happenings.  I'm finally doing something I've been itching to do since retirement: host an in-person writing group. My local tea house, Cup of Tea, opens at noon on Sundays and she welcomes community events prior to opening. We met last Sunday since this Sunday is over Labor Day weekend and I'm out of town. I gave a prompt: eclipse. And off the participants wrote. Ideas for series and future stories abounded, I shared a shadorma: cloudy night a lunar eclipse peek-a-boos behind trees a small slice hides for a moment you’ve been gone nine years ©jone rush macculloch, 2026 I'm excited that this is off and running, It's a generative, low stakes experience. I heard from a former parent that she plans to join in next month. Now mark your calendars for the next Poetry Pop-Up Salon on Saturday, October 3 at 11 AM EST. Details will follow closer to the date. More Tea to Spill:
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 Happy Poetry Friday! Tabatha at The Opposite of Indifference is hosting Poetry Friday. She has all sorts of goodness, especially the unveiling of her Brave Zine which you can read it online here. I feel lucky to have three poems in it. It's been a week, hasn't it? My weekend was a poetry filled one. Starting on Friday with a Zoom meeting with Kim Stafford to kick out the #StaffordChallenge. Then Saturday morning, I hosted a "Poetry for Persistence" for creatives. We had a chance to talk and write and share. It was wonderful to be in community with others. And I continued Saturday with another poetry project. Sunday was my third class with Joan Kwon Glass, an amazing poet who creates space for writing to fall out of you onto the page. Monday to avoid the television and to be in a sacred space, we drove to Wildwood. morning drive wildwood recreation we follow green glowy lichen paths, reach the river skip stones- we’ll persist ©jone rush macculloch, 7/365 SAVE THE DATEWe need more community! Join me on Saturday, April 5, 11 AM-1PM EST (feel free to come for all or part) to kick off National Poetry Month. Details soon!
Wow! This week. Thank you pollens for being so high and causing itchy eyes, asthma, and tiredness. UGH! So today, four poems. Three a series on the Junco nest in my hanging flower pot. One for Earth Day.    Earth Day has always been special to me. Everyday should be earth day. This is a photo I took last week when visiting a college friend.   Welcome to 2021 National Poetry Month. It's my fifteenth year of participating (some years better than others). This year I'm taking a look at some previous poems that I enjoyed and will be revising. Some have been on the blog before and others not. I have five great interviews lined up: April 2 POETRY FRIDAY: ALLAN WOLF April 9 POETRY FRIDAY: LISA FIPPS April 16 POETRY FRIDAY: CHRIS BARON April 23 POETRY FRIDAY: JOANNE ROSSMASSLER FRITZ April 30 POETRY FRIDAY: LITA JUDGE I love getting books into the hands of readers so there will be prizes for stopping by and saying hi. Back in 2009, Laini Taylor was a debut author with FAIRIES OF DREAMDARK:BLACKBRINGER. The prompt at Sunday Scribblings was "wings". I wrote a reverse double Fibonacci to celebrate. Dragonfly cathedral window Beveled wings glisten Dragonfly Sits, waits Rests Now One Free Spirit Dragonfly Dances in dusk’s light Transformation invitation © jone rush macculloch, draft, 2009 Today, I played with the words and the form (Shadorma and the Reverse Double Fib). I worked on making the words more concrete than I had in 2009. dragonfly’s glistening sun wings cathedral windows, azure hawks hover near on reeds dreaming of midges and dusk fairies ancient hunters of the lake © jone rush macculloch, draft, 2021 dragonfly’s glistening sun wings hover near dreams whirring along the azure waters dusk fairy hunters © jone rush macculloch, draft, 2021 TOMORROW! AUTHOR LISA FIPPS INTERVIEW. DON'T MISS LEARNING ABOUT HER DEBUT BOOK, STARFISH. |
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