Monday, May 8, 2017

DMC: "Writing is" by Margaret Simon





WRITING IS

Writing is
        hearing the birds
                wake up the morning.

Writing is
           the time between sleeping and waking
                      hypnagogic, semi-dreamy.

Writing is
          a butterfly emerging
                          then flying quickly away.

Writing is
            hosta poking through the soil
                  announcing spring’s arrival.

Writing is
          elusive
                    and present—
                              time changing time.

© 2017 Margaret Simon. 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.

Post your poem on our May 2017 padlet. While some contributions will be featured as daily ditties this month, all contributions will be included in a wrap-up celebration on Friday, May 26th. 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.






9 comments:

  1. Writing has been VERY elusive for me lately...Very nice, Margaret!

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  2. Wonderful disruptions Margaret I agree writing is like spring

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  3. I expect this will be an insightful month of poetry! Thank you for starting things off so beautifully, Margaret. I love how you've capture the elusive nature of writing— grab those muse-touched moments while you can, because they come and go like dandelion fluff.

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  4. Thanks so much for featuring my poem today. This is one that practically wrote itself, a gift to you and me. Being first is not so bad. Look forward to seeing what others share.

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  5. Well done, Margaret! hypnagogic is a cool word!

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  6. Gorgeous.....so earthy....which is what I want writing to be for me. Love every word. And, I agree with Diane...hypnagogic--wow!

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  7. Of all the things that's wonderful in writing, it is nature, and you've shown that beautifully, Margaret. Writing is "a butterfly emerging/ then flying quickly away" is a perfect image of both the grand feelings of inspiration, then the challenge to keep discovering it. Lovely!

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  8. Lovely and lively poem Margaret, I especially like your ending:
    "Writing is
    elusive
    and present—
    time changing time."

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