Thursday, May 10, 2018

DMC: "A Window of Many Seasons" by Jessica Bigi




A WINDOW OF MANY SEASONS

A looking glass of pages open
Into worlds unknown
Hooves of green sprout branches
With cotton flowered tails
Petals and raindrops showers
Streak down glass papers of spring 
Rumbling chug-a-choos ghostly in midnight
Flowery friendly lions pounce playfully
Greening dragons spilled across summer hillsides
Fiery tangerine kites fill October trees 
A looking glass of pages open
Into worlds unknown
Scatters of powdery footprints appear
Whose are they?
Where do they go?
Across the frozen river
Lays a village of snowy words
A looking glass of pages open
Into worlds unknown
As we rest beneath starry skies

© 2018 Jessica Bigi. All rights reserved.



Jessica Bigi


Click HERE to read this month's interview with Julie Fogliano. She has challenged us to stare out the window and write a poem about what we see. You might even consider writing something down every day for a week:
At the end of the week, read through what you wrote and write your favorite bits on a separate piece of paper. I bet there will be a poem in there somewhere… see if you can find it.  – J. F.
Leave your poem on our May 2018 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 25th, and one lucky participant will win a personalized copy of her stunning new picture book from Roaring Brook Press:






16 comments:

  1. Lovely! You paint such beautiful pictures with your words, Jessica. AND your camera!

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    1. Thank You Michelle this was a lot of fun to write it's always so inspiring looking at the tiny village across the hill at different times of the year makes me think I'm somewhere far away

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  2. I too love your picture, Jessica, and the poem takes us readers on a beautiful journey through the year: "looking glass of pages open".

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    1. I love your poem also Lind my window are giant and the seasons are beautiful out side them so much nature and love view of the hill side of trees I love when the geese fly by in the fall

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  3. Beautiful imagery Jessica, thanks for the journey!

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  4. Thank You Michell you poem is beautiful also los the bird songs in it

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    1. love the bird songs in your

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  5. Wow. So many beautiful lines, but I particularly like "Fiery tangerine kites fill October trees." What a picture that conjures up! Thanks for the lovely poem.

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    1. Thank you Rosi fall leaves always make me think of kits the way the sail through the sky

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    2. kites just wet to read your poem I love that you wrote about the moon

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  6. Appreciations for taking me on this journey, Jessica.

    "hooves of green sprout branches" - so descriptive & inventive a line

    the refrain "a looking glass of pages open" shivers me with its beauty.

    Brava! + Happy weekend.

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    1. hooves of green sprout branches I like this line also a different way of looking at tree buds hope you have a wonderful weekend also

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  7. Jessica, this is just gorgeous! I love the repetition and especially this image: "Fiery tangerine kites fill October trees."

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    1. Thank you I really love your poem also

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    1. I had to go read your poem after reading this and I understand way I love how your told your poem buy noises and sound and not being able to see the bush

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