Sunday, April 16, 2023
If we believe
Hurt people triptych
Monday, April 10, 2023
Poetry Workshop: prompts and Responses - April 8, 2023
The first of two poetry events was held at the Franklin Public Library Saturday, April 8. The second event, a Favorite Poem Reading is scheduled for April 29 will also be held at the Library from noon to 3 PM.
On Saturday, there was a choice of two workshops to respond to prompts and have some time to be creative and write.
Camile Bernstein lead one group, Jamele Adams led the other group.
- Fridge magnet haiku -> https://www.instagram.com/fridgemagnetfoundhaiku/
- Ulysses found poems -> https://www.instagram.com/ulyssesfoundpoems/
- 42 is the answer -> https://www.instagram.com/42is.theanswer/
First prompt: you have a short period of time, what would you say to a person that you want to/need to…
Response as a ‘Long’ version (notes, plus)
First select the person
Then the setting
What is the stage
Purpose, reason
I am a poet cuz
Words matter; words
Convey ideas, thoughts
Reasons to be,
Reasons to strive
I write daily, more
Than multiple times
Within the day
Journalism is one
Path to my writing
Reporting on what
Matters, life matters
Life here in Franklin Matters
Response as a sherku
Sherku: First prompt
poetry cuz
words matter
words convey
ideas, thoughts
journalism
is one path
. . . . . .
Second prompt: What is your superpower? Write your superpower as a haiku
Response long version (notes, plus)
long distance runner
sweat no worry
shoes tied tight
socks smoothed
one step, one stride
after another
joy in the doing
Haiku: distance runner
Shoes tied tight, socks smoothed
There is joy in the doing
Long distance runner
. . . . .
Write a Haiku of a superpower of another
Haiku: Jamele
He's full of color
Brightly welcoming all folks
To comfy front porch
. . . . .
Jamele read one of his recent poems, "Believe" to which we were then asked to respond in whichever way we chose, haiku, or longer. I chose one of the new formats I am creating and working with. An almost complete version is shared here.
Part I (of 2)
Through the door
the window
walk or fly
nothing possible
until you believe
Mother child
mother daughter
relationship
frames this life
until you believe
The athlete
practices long
hard or not
will not succeed
until they believe
House cleaning advice
let the spouse
keep the memories
until you believe
how do you
tell someone a
dream it's images
find words
Until they believe
Two sides of the one coin
Two faces of one coin
Flipped still solid
Until you believe