Happy Poetry Friday!
I’m in with another haiku to accompany my inktober drawing, WIP. Thinking about our encroaching cold weather and all that fluffy snow that fills the ground… The prompt word is pattern.
nature’s patterns
inspire reflections
mirroring beauty
© 2019 Michelle Kogan
Here’s the inktober prompt schedule from the originator Jake Parker:
Here’s a very short poem about patterns and math by Rita Dove–and the article on the page is interesting too:
I prove a theorem and the house expands:
the windows jerk free to hover near the ceiling,
“—from “Geometry” by Rita Dove”
Read the last line to her poem here.
Catherine Flynn at her blog Reading to the Core is hosting the Poetry Friday Roundup! She has a welcoming post on gratitude and being thankful. And I thank you for the breath of fresh air moving through your post Catherine, and for hosting!
Visit Renée LaTulippe’s site No Water River to find out more about what Poetry Friday is.
Michelle Kogan Illustration, Painting, & Writing 
Michelle, I’ve been following your poemtober and inktober posts. I’m trying to play along. It’s fun to know there is a wider community cheering me on. Your art reflects patterns of beauty.
Hi Margaret,
Thanks for following—I’ll look for yours! I’m going to scale back a bit for I’ve two big projects that are calling my attention.
How much do I love the way you used color in this one?! Beautiful. (And we are seeing LOTS of deer every day right now!) xo
Thanks Irene— I’d like to move gently with color as I continue. I’m captured by their incredible ability to stand so still, you almost don’t know they are there…
Love your drawing! The deer in our yard are very happy about it too. 🙂
I love the reflections on the snow & we had snow yesterday, thus I went out this morning (sun finally out) to see those shadows, your “reflections”. Sometimes shadows show things we otherwise miss. I enjoyed the article and the other poems, too, Michelle. I used to share Sandburg’s “Arithmetic” with my students. There are other poems that intrigue about math. Lovely post!
Thanks Linda, I like Lee Bennett Hopkins “Marvelous Math” poetry collection, and Carl Sandburg’s “Arithmetic, is mathvelous– I think these two areas fit well together.
“Nature’s patterns” are endlessly fascinating to me. I love your poem and drawing! Thank you for sharing them, and for the link to Rita Dove’s clever poem. I’ve been having lots of fun playing with a fib poem today.
A lovely and timely pairing, Michelle.
Thanks Kimberly!
Where, where are you posting your Inktober work? Somehow I’m missing out! Love your drawingIP!
Hi Heidi, I’m posting here on WordPress, FB, sometimes Instagram, thanks!
Ooh, don’t you just love those lines from Rita Dove? I’m so impressed with you Inktobering types! Your pairing for “patterns” is terrific, Michelle.
Thanks Michelle, though work projects are calling so I’ve decided to scale back a bit…
Your ink and words for pattern is one of my favorites. I look forward to seeing your Inktober/Poemtober offerings. Thanks for sharing the article. Maybe if I had encountered something like it when I was a student, I might have been more open to math. At least I’m beginning to see some connections nowl
For me I think it was the learning environment of sink or swim which held me back in math, it was something I had to work at. Presenting a different learning environment may invite more students into the fold… Thanks Kay!
I love your take on pattern. It’s such fun to see how some very talented folk are combining the drawing and the poetry. I struggled with a poem for pattern and am hoping I can go back when inspiration strikes.
I see the patterns from your poem in the buck’s antlers. It’s been a blast following Inktober this year. There’s so much talent and playfulness in what people (including you!) share.
Thanks Laura, I’ve had to pull back on daily postings for I’m working on art for a picture book–with teaching in the mornings there are not enough hours in the day…