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by Amy LV
Students - A couple of weeks ago, our family went once again on the Allegany Nature Pilgrimage, a beautiful weekend of learning at Allegany State Park in Salamanca, NY. During this weekend, I took a class about drawing from nature, a class that built on the art strategies taught in Zentangles. It was entrancing and wonderful to get lost in drawing the same few flowers over and over again, a reminder of how any object we study closely can become fascinating and even beautiful.
You may have noticed that I did not capitalize any letters in this poem, and you may be wondering why. The reason is because this poem is about humble flowers, small unfancy flowers. I wanted my alphabet to match that feel.
You can learn more about buttercups here at Eat the Weeds and more about veronica here at Turf Files.
Look around today for small, maybe unnoticed, humble beauties and surprises. See if you can find one to write about. Elevate the little!
Today I couldn't be more tickled to be visiting Sylvia Vardell's blog, Poetry for Children, as part of her "Poet to Poet" series. I had the opportunity to ask Lee Wardlaw about her fun new book, WON TON AND CHOPSTICK, and she was so generous in her teachings about process. I learned a lot from Lee in this interview, and I look forward to sharing her words with young writers. Thank you, Lee, and Sylvia, for the chance to take part in this great series. Meow!
Sylvia Vardell of Poetry for Children
Photo by Russell Vardell
Lee Vardell, Two of Lee's Books, & Amy LV
Lee's Photo from her Website
Lee's Photo from her Website
Please know that all are welcome to participate in the Summer Edition of Sharing Our Notebooks. If you visit my other blog, you'll find 70 generous posts full of ideas for notebook-writing, and I welcome yours too!
Jama is hosting today's Poetry Friday roundup over at her delicious blog, Jama's Alphabet Soup. Today she offers a beautiful book and poem, congratulations to two new wondrous Poet Laureates, and blueberries!
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