Showing posts with label Anthony Howe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Anthony Howe. Show all posts

Friday, April 15, 2022

Filling the Well: Lucille Clifton, Anthony Howe, and Akeboshi

 
"Zanzibar: Dhows" by R. Boed

 
may you kiss
the wind then turn from it
certain that it will
love your back
 
– Lucille Clifton 
from the poem "blessing the boats" 
 
 
"Sculpting the Wind"
Kinetic wind sculpture by Anthony Howe


Step inside Howe's studio to learn how the awe-inspiring works are created HERE.

Akeboshi
"Wind" from his self-titled debut album

(Read the lyrics HERE.)



 
If you're here for Poetry Friday, I'd like to draw your attention to two other poetry-related Filling the Well posts this week—one inspired by Lee Bennett Hopkins and the other inspired by X. J. Kennedy
 
Matt Forrest Esenwine hosts this week's roundup at Radio, Rhythm & Rhyme, along with a terrific interview featuring Leslie Bulion's latest science poetry book—Serengeti: Plains of Grass. Also, don't forget to submit your poem to Matt's #PoetryCUBED writing prompt contest this month! You'll find the National Poetry Month kidlit events roundup at Jama's Alphabet Soup.