Poetry Friday - Happy St. Patrick's Day

It’s Friday! And you know what that means: Poetry! Want to know more about Poetry Friday? Click this link right here. And be sure to check out Linda's blog, TeacherDance, to see this week’s round up of wonderful poetry related posts, blogs and goodness. 

________________________________________

Happy Poetry Friday, everyone! Tomorrow is one of my favorite holidays--St. Patrick's Day. Maybe it's because St. Patrick's Day is close to my birthday, or maybe it's because I make mounds of fried cabbage (no one else likes it but me!). But really I think it's because I like to make little green foot prints around the toilet bowl and dye the water green. I always get a kick out of my daughter being indignant that a leprechaun used our bathroom.

To celebrate, I am sharing another Shel Silverstein poem, The Search. I just finished reading Where the Sidewalk Ends to the kids and I love how fun reading his poetry aloud can be.

(c) Shel Silverstein
Orginally published in Where the Sidewalk Ends

I also have a bit of good news! Two of my poems that I wrote back in October for my Poetry Inktober challenge are being published by Spaceports and Spidersilk magazine later this year. I am especially excited because this will by my first time being published. So hooray for that!

Also, Donna over at Mainely Write piqued my interest in the Blogging from A to Z Challenge that starts in a few week. I am really excited to do my theme reveal this coming Monday, so be sure to come back and see what I have planned.

Poetry Friday - Inktober Week 4

It’s Friday! And you know what that means: Poetry! Want to know more about Poetry Friday? Click this link right here. And be sure to check out Brenda Davis Harsham's blog, Friendly Fairy Tales, to see this week’s round up of wonderful poetry related posts, blogs and goodness. 

________________________________________

Another week has gone by and Halloween is almost here! I have managed to squeak out more poems and drawings for Inktober. With just five more days to go, I'm in the home stretch and I think I'll actually be able to accomplish this fairly lofty (for me) goal.

This is a true story. I really used to pretend that I could pop my eye out and spy on people. 

That smooshed words in the 4th line are "your amber eyes steal"

See you next week for the thrilling conclusion of my Poetry Inktober Project!

Poetry Friday - Inktober Week 3

It’s Friday! And you know what that means: Poetry! Want to know more about Poetry Friday? Click this link right here. And be sure to check out Leigh Anne's blog, A Day in the Life, to see this week’s round up of wonderful poetry related posts, blogs and goodness. 

________________________________________

Well, I almost threw in the towel this week. Things got a bit hectic and I started telling myself that, while this poetry Inktober project is really fun, my time could be spent doing other things. But I decided that pushing through and finishing a writing commitment was reason enough to keep going. Especially with NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) coming up next month. When it gets tough next month, I'll be able to look back and say "Hey! You finished Inktober! You've got this!"

Last week, Michelle Barnes suggested I write one on a childhood fear for her DMC challenge. Funnily, I had written this poem that morning. She was kind enough to share it on Today's Little Ditty. If you read the comments on the post, you can see some of the reasons dolls still creep me out!

This one is inspired by one of my favorite childhood poems/songs, "The Hearse Song" (you can see that my love of the macabre started young.) I first read it in Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz.

Don't ask what happened to this one...I think the gargoyle got into a fist fight or something.

Poetry Friday - Inktober Week 2

It’s Friday! And you know what that means: Poetry! Want to know more about Poetry Friday? Click this link right here. And be sure to check out Irene Latham's blog, Live Your Poem to see this week’s round up of wonderful poetry related posts, blogs and goodness. 

________________________________________

It's Friday the 13th and I am happy to say that I haven't missed a day yet of Inktober! I am doing way better than my poem-a-day goal back in the month of April (I eeked out one poem that month). 

I have been having a lot of fun, mostly because it has been sort of playful and not anything to take too seriously. I find it easier to write in general when I  have fun, don't treat everything as precious, and understand that it's not going to be perfect on the first shot. And you know what has been happening? I've written a few that I'm quite pleased with and may work on to get them polished. It's been a great exercise so far! 

Poetry Friday - Inktober Week 1

It’s Friday! And you know what that means: Poetry! Want to know more about Poetry Friday? Click this link right here. And be sure to visit Violet Nesdoly's Blog to see this week’s round up of wonderful poetry related posts, blogs and goodness. 

________________________________________

It's October! Hooray! I'm traveling right now to visit family, so I am a bit strapped for time. This past week I've been writing poetry and drawing for my poetry Inktober. Below are the first 5 days. It has been great finding a reason to write some poetry each day and the creepy theme has been fun too. I hope that you enjoy!

Inktober with a Twist

October is almost here! It is my most favorite time of the year. And to celebrate, I'm taking on a new crazy Frankenstein-type project.

 A few years ago, my husband started participating in Inktober. The challenge is to complete one ink drawing a day, every day in October and then post it online. Sounds pretty fun, right?

Well, I am no artist. Below is a sample of my drawing abilities.

*not drawn in ink

So, you're probably wondering why on earth would I want to take on such a project? Because I'm going to mash it up with writing! I'm combining Inktober with A-Poem-A-Day to create a new monster project. Bwahaha! It's alive!! I thought it would be interesting to see how art could get the creative juices flowing for some poetry. And besides, do we really need an excuse to do art, even if we do it badly?

Many people like to do a theme for their Inktober, so I decided to put one together. I'm going to be doing mostly short-form poetry like limericks, tanka, and haikus. By the end of the month, I will have a collection of spooky poetry. And some bad drawings. What do I have to lose?