Become Something New

 

Hummingbird Feeder in the Morning Garden

Photo by Amy LV 

 

Students -  Today's little poem is a sonnet, a word that comes from the Italian word sonetto, a word that means "little song." And a poem is, indeed, a little song, isn't it? Sonnets generally have 14 lines and a strict rhyme form. Not all lines in the poem above have a matching rhyming line as in many sonnets, but I do take much from the form here. And yes, it is about something that happens often in our garden - a hummingbird flies by, and I think it is a bee.

 

Have you ever wished to become something other than yourself for a day...or just an hour? Have you ever felt that you HAVE been something different than yourself? Here are a few writing paths you might wish to explore this week, or this summer.

 

• Think of something you would like to be for a short bit of time. Write about this imagined life.
• Think of something you feel you have actually been before (maybe you haven't been it, but it FEELS like you have been it). Write your memories. 
• Do something active away from screens. Do this activity a bit each day. You will find that thoughts of the activity will become a part of your thinking and a part of your soul. Each day, I visit my messy gardens and pull some weeds or move a plant, and each day those plants become part of me. I began knowing nothing about gardening, and each day I learn a little bit. Remember that you do not need to know a lot about something to begin. And summer is a perfect time for new learnings.

If you would like to learn more about the sonnet form, visit The Poetry Foundation HERE. 

Buffy is hosting today's Poetry Friday roundup over at Buffy Silverman with some gardening goodness (and hardship) that inspired her gray tree frog poem titled "Queen of the Prairie." Each Poetry Friday, all are invited to share poems, poem books, poetry ideas, and friendship in this open and welcoming poetry community.  

Become something new! Become what you are! You are the only you that ever will be!

xo,

a.

 

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