Photo by Amy LV
Students - This week, notebooked about these three stones on my desk. They have been living on my desk for some time, but this week I made them into a little stone pile. Stacking them and unstacking them is a simple pleasure as I have always loved the feel and sound of stones quietly clicking against each other.
Notebook Snip
Photo by Amy LV
More and more, I find myself paying attention to good and simple objects and moments. Life can be very busy, and paying attention to such objects and moments helps me to slow down.
Today's poem lists and describes something (three somethings, actually) in my life, and the title poses a question. See, I most always write titles after I write poems. If I wrote the title first, I might have just written Three Stones. But while writing, I began to wonder which objects other people keep in their lives, and so selected the title What Do You Keep?
You might consider writing your title after you write a poem too. You might consider a question title. You might consider writing about an object that brings you a sense of wholeness. Or you might not. You are full of your own ideas and strategies! Please do share these with others...this is how we learn.
Over at my other blog, Sharing Our Notebooks, you will find an inspiring post by Dr. Shari Daniels. Her post is filled with notebooking ideas, great photographs, and everything that makes me want to dive right into my own notebook. And yes, there's a book giveaway too! Please visit and comment if you are able. I am grateful to Shari.
Thank you to Carol who is hosting today's Poetry Friday over at Carol's Corner, with a lovely spring poem - Daffodils by Ralph Fletcher. Please know that the Poetry Friday community shares poems and poemlove each week, and everyone is invited to visit, comment, and post. And if you have a blog, we welcome you to link right in with us.
April - fondly known as National Poetry Month - begins Monday! This means that my National Poetry Month Project begins Monday too, and you are invited to follow along each day as it unfolds.
April - fondly known as National Poetry Month - begins Monday! This means that my National Poetry Month Project begins Monday too, and you are invited to follow along each day as it unfolds.
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