Hello, Found Object Poets. I am enjoying a long cappuccino break while another blogger takes over today’s hosting duties.
FOUND: Coffee Mug
Don’t choke on that frothy beverage! We are still writing and sharing today.
You will find the Day 15 Found Object Poem Project post at Heidi Mordhorst’s blog, My Juicy Little Universe. Thank you, Heidi!
DAY 16 FOUND OBJECT PROMPT
I’ll see you back here tomorrow for Day 16. Be sure to leave your Day 15 responses at this post.
Day 15
Dregs
It’s late summer.
All that’s left of Bijou Creek
is a sinuous path of green
between low eroded hills.
In the cutbank of a gully we find
fossilized fragments of turtle shell,
and a Paleocene tree trunk
buried in its upright, growing position.
©Mary Lee Hahn, 2016
Process notes are here: http://www.maryleehahn.com/2016/02/found-object-poem-project-dregs.html
Time to join in the challenge. Today, I am still lingering in thoughts of love from a wonderful Valentine’s Day so I mixed my digital treasure with poetry and a memory that will carry me into many more as my family celebrates life around a cup of coffee or hot chocolate. (Whew-that was a long thought!)
Post is at http://beyondliteracylink.blogspot.com/2016/02/handcrafted-treasures.html (I really like the way the digital composition unfolded for this prompt.)
Shortcut to the poem:
Handcrafted treasures sit
and wait patiently for family talk
to fill the moments.
Day 15
A Cupful of Story
Beginnings:
A cupful of hands,
dug the clay,
formed it round,
to finish in the kiln.
Meanwhile:
Another cupful of hands
harvested the pods,
gathered the cocoa beans,
shipped them off to the world.
Next:
A cupful of hands
ground the beans,
prepared the cocoa,
to sell at a grocery.
Finally:
Your cupful of hands
brought the cocoa home,
heated the milk,
stirred in the chocolate,
touched the cup to the lips.
smelled and sipped.
Hmmm
This cup remembers hands.
Linda Baie ©All Rights Reserved
Day 16 Offering is at http://beyondliteracylink.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-force-within.html. It is an inspirational, poetic statement for the classroom.
The Force Within
The force is upon you-
each day within you
reaching out
to light the world
with your awesomeness.
Harness its energy!
Day 16
STREET ART IN ST. LOUIS
Some curve, some soar,
some serve as a gate,
I glitter, I shine,
I triangulate.
©Mary Lee Hahn, 2016
http://www.maryleehahn.com/2016/02/found-object-poem-project-street-art-in.html
Day 16
Balanced Precariously?
Are you believing
What you’re perceiving?
Building or tree,
Just see
If you can –
Nature or man?
What do you you feel?
Is it soil or steel?
Balance precarious?
Or scheme nefarious?
Reflections detected.
Relations reflected.
Smoke and mirrors –
Kaleidoscope jeerers.
What you’re receiving
Could be deceiving.
©2016, Donna JT Smith, all rights reserved
Day 16
“The Art of Origami”
Square becomes
diamond;
diamond becomes
triangle;
triangles multiply,
become mirrors:
reflecting and refracting
all they see.
© Catherine Flynn
Day 16
I didn’t write this with the Grammy Awards in mind, it’s just a happy accident. I was attracted to the sparkle of the art and that got me started.
Red Carpet
Some in Hollywood don’t get
that glamour is not
a matter of sequins, plunges,
and slits up to…
A truly alluring woman
stands tall. She is confident
that she has done her job well.
And we can’t help but know it.
© Diane Mayr
Did You Know?
A metal bird glints at the day
anticipating a getaway.
At night it folds its wings and flies
winging across the starry skies.
Linda Baie ©All Rights Reserved
Forgot- “Did You Know?” is for Day Sixteen
Love the responses so far. What a wonderful sculpture!
[Day 16 – Street Art in St. Louis]
The Points of Stars
In each broken place, each of us
reflects, refracts
new light
inside sharp edges, cold steel
look –
we’ve known wet earth and soft leaves
color in the fall
– a hole here or there makes us holy–
each of us
a little bit Luke
a little bit Darth Vader.
©Robyn Hood Black
Ha! My first thought was Mr. Vader, too! I was going to work him into the poem, but he just didn’t fit. Glad you got him in!!
Hi, Donna – Looks like Carol V. also had a similar inspiration. ;0) I didn’t read the others before scribbling mine, but i love seeing recurring “themes” in these. (You and I both had reflections; Catherine and I had reflections and refractions!) By the way, I love your “kaleidoscope jeerers” – :0)
Here’s for today, Day 16: https://deowriter.wordpress.com/2016/02/16/sol16-found-objects-poetry-challenge-day-16/
darth vadar’s helmet
mirrors infinity gardens
solutions for hunger
© 2016 Jone Rush MacCulloch all rights reserved