Easter (American Sentences)
Easter (American Sentences)
March–skirt puffs up
like blossoms
blown back–Easter–
the net on
best hats.
April–sun crossed the nave–Easter–
waves of short white gloves almost
too warm.
Old lady’s
Easter–even the memory
of Death’s held hand
unclasps.
Its palm warm
as blossom, soft as
worn gloves, lets go for today
all stones.
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Draft poem for Kerry O’Connor’s prompt on Real Toads to write a poem using Allan Ginsburg 17 syllable American Sentences. Drawing mine; pastel on paper. April 2017, all rights reserved.
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April 16, 2017 at 2:54 pm
Quite a basket of goodies here, K. I really liked the use of the common Easter sunday items like white gloves and puffs of skirt, and how you subverted them into something new. Viva la
April 16, 2017 at 2:55 pm
Quite a basket of goodies here, K. I really liked the use of the common Easter sunday items like white gloves and puffs of skirt, and how you subverted them into something new. Viva la
Sorry for any confusion, this comment is from me, Izy. For some reason it is logging me as “anonymous” hahahahahahah.
April 16, 2017 at 3:08 pm
Letting go of stones… Inspiring. Happy Easter!
April 16, 2017 at 4:28 pm
All are wonderful, but this one is just fantastic:
“Its palm warm
as blossom, soft as
worn gloves, lets go for today
all stones.”
Easter in a nutshell. Grace. Hope. YES.
April 16, 2017 at 4:30 pm
I also like the way you developed the theme and hat you didn’t choose the liner approach.
April 17, 2017 at 4:59 am
*that..*
I blame my old keyboard for these typos.
April 16, 2017 at 5:21 pm
“skirt puffs up
like blossoms
blown back”….. Oh, what a lovely way to say it.
April 16, 2017 at 7:48 pm
Such an inspirational piece.. especially love; “Its palm warm as blossom, soft as worn gloves, lets go for today all stones.”❤️
April 17, 2017 at 5:15 pm
Thank you
April 16, 2017 at 8:59 pm
what a great Easter offering.
April 16, 2017 at 9:48 pm
waves of short white gloves almost
too warm….. nicely done!
April 16, 2017 at 11:38 pm
Easter from three points of view. My favorite has to be the old lady’s memory, holding the hand of death. I tell people that I count down now instead of counting up. Partly I say that for their reactions.
Very likely there are about as many different thoughts concerning Easter activity as there are people observing Easter. Again, you had nice choices.
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April 17, 2017 at 2:46 am
Yes, just wonderful. I love the verse about the old lady best.
April 17, 2017 at 11:19 pm
Well, I wish I had written these. Beautiful