Welcome to Day 9 of Drawing Into Poems, my daily drawing/seeing/writing study into poetry. You can read more about this month-long project here on my April 1 post. Feel free to read the books with me, and pull out your own sketchbook and jewelry box full of metaphor too...
Day Nine - Pussy Willows
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Students - Last night, my husband and I took a walk down our country road. And there they were! The pussy willows were out! I was so happy that I almost did a pussy willow dance. See, around here, pussy willows (along with daffodils, snowdrops, crocuses, and robins) are the harbingers of spring. I picked some to bring inside.
Sitting down with my sketchbook, I decided to only draw one branch of these wee softies so that I could spend more time and space writing around the edges of my drawing. I am trying to come up with many comparisons and descriptions for the things that I am drawing, as recommended by one of my new favorite books, The Private Eye, by Kerry Ruef. I am excited to play more with my thoughts about this picture...to make a poem from some of these jottings.
Teachers - My Poetry Resource of the Day is Wonderopolis. Check out some past poetry wonders, and take note that I will be leading this month's #Wonderchat on Twitter, next Monday April 15 at 8:00pm EST. I welcome you to join us!
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I have pussy willows on my library windowsill. They are in water so they have sprouted green leaves. One of my favorite springtime plants!! I adore your sketch/poetry work page. So inspiring! I put a photo haiku on twitter here: http://tinyurl.com/cc7brlt
ReplyDeleteThose pussy willows are such a pleasure. I don't get to see them growing much, but when they arrive in the stores, I know spring is here. Another test for us is when we hear the red-winged blackbirds call- a sure sign of spring! We have a snow day today, a spring storm coming through with a gift for us! The moisture is welcome, although those who must go on to work must be a little whiney. Amy, I'm glad to be able to enlarge your sketches & read your notes, too-a delight! Thank you! And wonderopolis is such a wonderful site. Neat that you are going to be a twitter guest!
ReplyDeleteHow cute! And I look forward to the #Wonderchat, I hadn't heard of that before and wondered what there was for poetry lovers on Twitter.
ReplyDelete"Pussy willows point to the sky with silver fingerprints." <3 Smile. All these lines and phrases have such great images through the words. Your drawing is a lovely accompaniment as well. :)
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