 Today all the poetry treasures can be found at Linda at A Word Edgewise. Today I am sharing a Zentangle Poem Challenge that the Poetry Sisters have offered for June, that's to Tricia for the informations It is a challenge for sure: finding the great page for a blackout poem, finding the words that connect into some poetic thought. The fun is the Zentangle part of the project. This post by Kat Apel explains Zentangle and Erasure poetry.  Library Look
Library school remembers wood-paneled walls the wooden draws with handwritten index cards the pencils rubber date stamps the staccato creak of fans their faces smell the rain visitors in the children's room far from the hushed center veered into quiet. Many catching up on their sleep searching succor ~Jone Rush MacCulloch 6/25/2021 01:23:57 am
Jone,
Linda Mitchell
6/25/2021 05:26:46 am
Oh, look! That is incredible. I love it. I think you have a new specialty. How incredible that you found that last word for that last line. Incredible...wait, did I say that already? So many great descriptions in here of a library of the past. 6/25/2021 07:24:24 am
Ah, the 'staccato creak' & "date stamps' brings back a lot, though I've never been a librarian, I have been to so many! I love the way your created the zentangle with a variety of lines, Jone, & with those letters at the top! 6/25/2021 07:32:21 am
Jone, from the very beginning, the title, shares your creative streak and love of libraries-the old ones with 6/25/2021 01:01:20 pm
What an ode to libraries! You've filled it with such detail---especially love the creak of fans---and it makes me want to run to my local library right this second and drink it all in. Well played!
Irene Latham
6/25/2021 02:33:27 pm
Jone, this is wonderful! Beautiful zentangling to go with the beautiful words you found. Thank you!
Laura Shovan
6/25/2021 03:47:10 pm
The wooden drawers and hand-written index cards had a certain magic to them. I miss those libraries, Jone.
Mary Lee
6/26/2021 04:59:08 am
My poems tended to be short and pithy. You got lots of rich details out of your text, and your visuals a just fabulous! 6/26/2021 06:47:42 am
What a lovely, detail-filled poem. And the ending...melancholy but sweet. So many kinds of nourishment to be found in a library! 6/29/2021 04:40:27 pm
What a descriptive memory you pulled out of the text–I could feel the earlier time captured through your description of Comments are closed.
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