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Thursday, September 20, 2018

DMC: "I Wonder" by Cory Corrado





I WONDER
(to be read from BOTTOM to TOP)


t o o
with wonder
gaze down upon me
I wonder whether Stars and Moon

to walk among the stars and moon
imagining how it would feel
eyes raised up to the sky
I stroll each night
the twilight
Into

 © 2018 Cory Corrado. All rights reserved.


Click HERE to read this month's interview with Naomi Shihab Nye. Her DMC challenge is to write a letter to yourself in which you ask some questions that you don't have to answer. (Please keep in mind that your poem does not need to be in standard letter form.)

Post your poem on our September 2018 padlet. While some contributions will be featured as daily ditties this month, all contributions will be included in a wrap-up presentation on Friday, September 28th, and one lucky participant will win a personalized copy of her latest collection of poetry from Greenwillow Books:






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21 comments:

  1. Michelle Heidenrich BarnesSeptember 20, 2018 at 9:16 AM

    I love how you play with form in your poem, Cory, and also with the double meaning of "wonder." Now I'd like to read Star and Moon's poem in response!

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 20, 2018 at 9:29 AM

    Thank you, Michelle! I wonder what their response will be too. I will listen carefully and keep you posted.

    Cory

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  3. Liz SteinglassSeptember 20, 2018 at 9:47 AM

    Oh yes! You must write the reply!

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 20, 2018 at 10:18 AM

    Hi Liz,
    I will do my best. Am looking forward to my twilight stroll this evening!

    Cory

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  5. TabathaSeptember 20, 2018 at 2:04 PM

    I like how you make us travel upward with the form. Shake us up, Cory!

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  6. AnonymousSeptember 20, 2018 at 3:05 PM

    Thank you, Tabatha. The poem kind of took on a life of its own and chose this form. I gladly followed where it lead.

    Cory

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  7. AnonymousSeptember 20, 2018 at 3:07 PM

    ooops! . . . where it led.

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  8. Buffy SilvermanSeptember 20, 2018 at 4:08 PM

    Love the bottom to top, wonder-filled view Cory!

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    1. AnonymousSeptember 20, 2018 at 5:13 PM

      Oh,Buffy, thank you so much. I remember the wonder-filled views we experienced on our walk together. It seems like yesterday . .

      Cory

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  9. Karen EastlundSeptember 20, 2018 at 4:33 PM

    Cory: Kudos on this lovely poem! It reminded me of a face I saw this past week, a friend of mine listening to music, eyes closed but face lifted and expectant... it spoke of hope and wonder. Your poem is the same... and what more can we ask? I look forward to the response...

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    1. AnonymousSeptember 20, 2018 at 5:36 PM

      Thank you, Karen! And I still remember when we strolled under a starlit sky that listened discreetly to our poetic chatter.
      Stars, moon, and I will rendez-vous at twilight.

      Cory

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  10. RosiSeptember 20, 2018 at 4:49 PM

    Lovely images and clever structure. Thanks.

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  11. AnonymousSeptember 20, 2018 at 5:41 PM

    Thank you, Rosi. Twilight is my favorite time of the day. A kind of meditation where I feel such wonder at the ever changing beauty of the skyscape.

    Cory

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  12. Linda MitchellSeptember 20, 2018 at 5:52 PM

    Oh, I do love a good poem in reverse. And, this is one! I love that the celestial beings wonder over us too. Lovely, just lovely.

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    1. AnonymousSeptember 20, 2018 at 6:58 PM

      Thank you so much, Linda! It is comforting to know we do not walk alone.

      Cory

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  13. McMarshallSeptember 20, 2018 at 6:04 PM

    Love the reverse of the poem. It is beautiful.

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  14. AnonymousSeptember 20, 2018 at 7:15 PM

    Thank you.
    When I go for my twilight walk
    this evening, I will gaze at the heavens
    with much gratitude, tell them about the poem they inspired,
    and then, just
    L I S T E N . . .
    all the way home

    Cory

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  15. Michelle KoganSeptember 21, 2018 at 12:28 AM

    Marvelous–filled with all things fanciful!

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  16. AnonymousSeptember 21, 2018 at 4:21 PM

    Thank you so much, Michelle.

    Cory

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  17. Rebekah HoeftSeptember 22, 2018 at 7:32 AM

    This is great, Cory! I can picture it very beautifully illustrated--though the illustration is unneeded to make it beautiful!

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  18. AnonymousSeptember 22, 2018 at 7:58 AM

    Thank you, Rebekah! The night sky always leaves in breath-taken. As does autumn. I wish you a beautiful colorful one.

    Cory

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