Tuesday, May 30, 2017

DMC: "Elevation" by Teresa Robeson





ELEVATION

A book is often likened to
a doorway, a window, a mirror.
But for me it’s
a ladder, a stepstool, a platform
taking me higher,
making me higher
than I was
before it raised
my morals, my outlook, my spirit.


© 2017 Teresa Robeson. All rights reserved.


Click HERE to read this month's interview with Melissa Manlove, Senior Editor at Chronicle Books. Her DMC challenge is to write a poem that explores how writing (or a book) is like something else.

You have until tomorrow, May 31st, to join in! Post your poem on our May 2017 padlet and I will add it to the wrap-up presentation HERE. Two lucky participants will win a book published by Chronicle earlier this year: LOVING VS. VIRGINIA by Patricia Hruby Powell, illustrated by Shadra Strickland, or LOVE IS by Diane Adams, illustrated by Claire Keane.





7 comments:

  1. Love this fresh perspective, Teresa, and your honest, conversational approach. Well done!

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    1. Thanks SO much for inspiring and challenging me with your blog, Michelle! x

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  2. Teresa, I love the repetition, the groups of three, the metaphors, the language, the tone -- blah blah blah, I obviously love this poem! :D

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    1. "Blah blah blah"...high praise, indeed, Renee! Hahaha! Thanks, dear! x

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  3. I like your take/analogy of a book to a ladder moving one higher–opening one up, inspiring, thanks!

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