SUMMER SHORTS
Today’s Poetry Friday hoopla is parked at A WORD EDGEWISE, the creation of Poetry Friday public school teaching librarian-poet, Linda Mitchell.
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Logbook*/ Recently I learned from artist/author John Hendrix to create a logbook.
Heart map/ In winter I learned from artist/author Georgia Heard to create heart maps.
Novel/ Recently I sent to an esteemed big city book editor, my first verse novel, completing a promise I made in 2015 to a man now my dear friend, to memorialize his year-long Holocaust escape as a 6-year-old Jewish boy, often hiding in plain view from Nazi soldiers. It is 44 poems on 50 pages, for Middle Grade. From this work:
“funny black hat Un nouveau beret!/ messy charcoal stick Entre un artiste!/ really really really stomp on grapes? Oui! Fouler les raisins!” c.JanGodownAnnino
Poem swap/ Recently I created a poem “The Glory Season” inspired by reading Thomas Lux (thanks to writing partner M.R. Street/TurtleCovePress) to send out as part of author/poet/educator Tabatha Yeatt’s organized joy called Summer Poetry Swap. My first time on this picnic!
Young Authors In recent weeks (enough with the recently already!) I was honored to be an invited teaching author at a local school’s Young Authors Conference. It is guided by debut author of DHALIA in BLOOM Susan Koehler, who is on the right.
Appreciations for your time reading here, your comments & for the everlasting joy, nourishment & love that is Poetry Friday. Happy Summer!
- Logbook page + for doodle inspiration see this post.
25 responses to “Summer shorts”
You’re an inspiration, seriously! Ruth, thereisnosuchthingasagodforsakentown.blogspot.com
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And you there on the lovely island with the lovely people in often unlovely situations, you, m’dear are The Inspiration.
Wishing you many cool breezes & joys to your summer.
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your verse novel sounds very compelling, I’d love to read it–wishing you all the best with it. Thanks also for sharing the page from your log book, and all the activity in your post!
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Thank you for this treasured feeling, springing from a few words, shared. I too, hope you will be reading it between covers dear Michelle 🙂 The person who inspires it is probably the most significant person I have ever met. And in my reporting career, I met a lotta ’em. O.K. I did interview my hero, Pres. Jimmy Carter. So maybe these two are on a par…
And you are such a talented visual artist, I also treasure your comment on my sloppy logbook page. But they are more fun than any other journal I’ve ever kept.
Joy to your summer world.
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Love that log book!
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Appreciations, so much.
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Congratulations on your novel in verse. I live Georgia Heard’s heart maps. I’m looking forward to my first time to jump in the Summer Poetry Swap too
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Hi dear Kay. Glad to be with you as a 2019 first-timer. And so neat to also have the heart maps connection!
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Thanks for humoring me, Jan! I didn’t mean for you to have to do all that work to find one :-)! It reminds me of Laura’s and Lissa’s bullet journals: https://laurashovan.com/tag/bullet-journal/ http://melissawiley.com/blog/tag/bullet-journal/
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So it was my curiousity set humming, too, dear Tabatha. No worries!
I also think they are a lot like pages I’ve seen on Amy VanDerWater’s blog, where she highlights various journals & notebooks from many folks. And mabe also like the one-pager’s of Mary Lee Hahn’s recent blog on one-pagers created by students to remember books they’ve read, discussed by NCTE.Thank you so much for your comments, always.
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Jan, I want to send you congratulations on your upcoming verse novel. How exciting. The premise of the book is so touching. I, also, would like to know what a logbook looks like.
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Well you are right so I’ve added page at the end – thanks for your generous words & happy summer dear Carol
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Your interest in seeing a logbook is now fulfilled, dear Carol. Thanks so much for asking. I only recently began this & so now I have one that’s not too too personal to share.
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You did it, Jan! Congratulations on sending out your verse novel!!! I know that’s been a project that’s been close to your heart and occupying your mind for a very long time. Fingers crossed for you. xo
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It’s that victory lap feeling for completing something that heart tugs at me
+ now what?
A sidelined historical novel awaits fora look to
see if there are revision possibilities.
Your support in these years has lifted me up, dear M.
xo
back at ‘ya.
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I am curious about what a logbook is…maybe you’ll post about yours later? Congrats on finishing your verse novel, sounds like a meaningful, touching story! Thanks for joining the swap!!
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Thanks Tabatha. I’ve only done one page & very personal. But that’s a natural idea, to post one. Let me try to find the link example. It featured what the logger (not a tree logger!) ate that day, who they spoke to, & such with many doodles of same. I struggle with keeping a journal & so this is a new path. Will be back with link, I hope! Thanks for the very spot-on question!
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Well! Glitch & witch! Here is a link to a different logbook, which looks like a groovy book to have from Marissa Moss. But, not the page I saw. I’ve just searched DEADLINE, the John Hendrix blog & zilch. Maybe it flew past on twitter or pinterest or … But the page I saw was like 11″ by 6, notebook, in colors, showing food of the day, conversations, moods, more doodles & line drawings than words. It really appealed to me. Here is the differentlink, called MAX’s LOGBOOK: https://www.amazon.com/Maxs-Logbook-Marissa-Moss/dp/0439466601
(I don’t save my searches/history so no luck there)
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You & Carol win the Curious Cat title this week, dear Tabatha. I’ve posted a logbook page, now, at the end of “Summer Shorts” Thanks for the Ask.
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Congratulation on your novel in verse! I’m so very thankful that summer is officially here.
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Thanks a big bunch!
And yay! for picnics, firefly fly-byes & more time to read…:)
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Happy Summer! So good to wear shorts and enjoy your “shorts!”
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🙂
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for those who like … breezy skirts, skorts & dresses, perhaps too, not to mention swim togs & beach clogs & … you have got me going with another poem here!
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Oh, I love that you joined the summer poetry swap. I love it so much. I didn’t get your name this time. Hopefully, you’ll have so much fun that we will swap next time. Great post…short…I mean…shortS…but power packed. Beautiful!
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I”m about to post it at the post office. But under the rules of engagement will not divulge the location it wings to. But I can say, no it’s not you. I am a one-weeker but perhaps next round, 2020, I’ll be game for all 4 weeks 🙂
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