Andrea Gibson - "say yes"

From Patti Digh, I get introduced to Andrea Gibson:

Sentence

Layoff’s not a sentence like
Thirty seven days to live
What’s beyond that door?

What is a sherku?

real characters

You could pal with Huck and Tom
Skipping stones across the
Water and laugh out loud

This was inspired by Patti Digh and her new book Life is a Verb where she used a quote from Mark Twain.

What is a sherku?

mark steve

Let us endeavor so to
Live that when we come to
Die, the whole sky will cry

This was inspired by Patti Digh and her new book Life is a Verb where some of these words appeared in a quote from Mark Twain.

What is a sherku?

Mark Twain

He told stories of people
That plumbed the depths
Of American life

This was inspired by Patti Digh and her new book Life is a Verb where where she quoted from Mark Twain.

What is a sherku?

Privilege

When we lose the right to be
Different we lose the
Privilege to be free

This is a "found" poem, that is the words are from a quote attributed to Charles Evens Hughes in Patti Digh's book Life is a Verb. I gave them the format for sherku.

What is a sherku?

your friend

No person is your friend
Who demands your silence
Or denies your right to grow

This is a "found" poem, that is the words are contained in a quote from Alice Walker and found in Patti Digh's book Life is a Verb. I gave them the format for sherku.

What is a sherku?

touchstone meals

Who are the people making
These touchstone meals
That drove Proust to memory

This is a "found" poem, that is the words are from Patti Digh's book Life is a Verb. I gave them the format for sherku.

What is a sherku?

turn signals

What I do affects you
What you do affects me
We are interconnected

This is a "found" poem, that is the words are from Patti Digh's book Life is a Verb. I gave them the format for sherku.

What is a sherku?

Topolobampo

Go slowly, eat a good meal
Served well, at a place
Like Topolobampo

This is a "found" poem, that is the words are from Patti Digh's book Life is a Verb. I gave them the format for sherku.

What is a sherku?

PS - Yes, Topolobampo is a real restaurant. The name just forces your mouth into wonderful sounding gymnastics! Next time I get to Chicago, I need to find this place.

Close the boardroom door

The endless list of things
To do; don’t let it get
In the way of living life

This is a "found" poem, that is the words are from Patti Digh's book Life is a Verb. I gave them the format for sherku.

What is a sherku?

getting started

Tess just needed some help
Getting to sleep, a story
A song, a restful word

This is a "found" poem, that is the words are from Patti Digh's book Life is a Verb. I gave them the format for sherku.

What is a sherku?

love

Love means for you to love
that which is unlovable
or it's not love at all

This is a "found" poem, that is the words are from Patti Digh's book Life is a Verb. I gave them the format for sherku.

What is a sherku?

some blues

I merely gathered the
Energy it takes to pout
And wrote me some good blues

This is a "found" poem, that is the words are from Patti Digh's book Life is a Verb. I gave them the format for sherku.

What is a sherku?

lost learning

Sometimes getting lost creates
The learning but you have to
Get off the ship first

This is a "found" poem, that is the words are from Patti Digh's book Life is a Verb. I gave them the format for sherku.

What is a sherku?

snake skin

Sometimes letting go is
Just shedding like a snake
Sheds its skin in times of growth

This is a "found" poem, that is the words are from Patti Digh's book Life is a Verb. I gave them the format for sherku.

What is a sherku?

shadows

Most of the shadows in this life
Are caused by us standing
In our own sunshine

This is a "found" poem, that is the words are from Patti Digh's book Life is a Verb. I gave them the format for sherku.

What is a sherku?

seatmates

On this flight we call life
Choose your seatmates wisely
Sit with folks you would embrace

This is a "found" poem, that is the words are from Patti Digh's book Life is a Verb. I gave them the format for sherku.

What is a sherku?

tiny ninjas

See the tiny ninjas!
Sometimes life comes down to
An effort to just show up

This is a "found" poem, that is the words are from Patti Digh's book Life is a Verb. I gave them the format for sherku.

What is a sherku?

productive day

Productive day? Yes, good
Work at work and more sherkus
For Life is a Verb done

What is a sherku?