Happy Poetry Friday!
Look at all these beautiful poetry postcards I received, each one a small treasure in words and image! They’ve brought me a sense of comfort, calm, and admiration–with a bit of fun edginess from Rebecca’s. Thanks Jone for your poetry card, and for organizing another New Year Winter Poem Swap–and thanks Rebecca, Kay, Margaret, Kimberly, and Irene!
NEW YEAR’S TRIOLET
In New Year’s arms, we find a space
open for our thoughts to inspire,
dreams seeded in winter with grace.
In New Year’s arms, we find a space
to refresh a lost sense of place,
and find hope for what we aspire.
In New Year’s arms, we find this space
open for our thoughts to inspire.
Margaret Simon © 2020 all rights reserved
stacks of books, rivers
of words beckon adventure
through the new year
Kay McGriff© 2020 all rights reserved
Crackle, fizz, flash, bang!
Bold dreams bursting from the sky
New hope springing forth.
Kimberly M. Hutmacher © 2020 all rights reserved
little snow angel
with snowballs in mittened hands
devious device
Rebecca Herzog © 2020 all rights reserved
incoming tide brings
words on waves
throughout the decade
Jone Rush MacCulloch © 2020 all rights reserved
WRITING IN WINTER
Blades slice
easy 8s
across ice pond
You breathe
teeter
weave
arms tight
flung wide
tight again
Just you
with your tingly
truths
your deliberate
unmittened
heart
and a whirl
of white
waiting
Irene Latham © (before) 2020 all rights reserved
Here’s a thank you nonet poem inspired by all of yours!
POETCARD APPRECIATION
I’m wallowed in words washed in on waves,
wrapped in New Year’s inspiring space,
warmed by an “unmittened heart,”
surprised by snow angel’s
“devious device…”
…Bursting new hope,
adventures,
and new
books!
© 2020 Michelle Kogan
Thanks to Catherine at her blog Reading to the Core for hosting this weeks Poetry Friday Roundup! Catherine’s sharing some nature and portal inspired haiku.
Visit Renée LaTulippe’s site No Water River to find out more about what Poetry Friday is.
Michelle Kogan Illustration, Painting, & Writing 
Uh oh! I sent you a card…I hope you got it? If you didn’t let me know. I’ll send another and make sure I have your correct address. Aren’t the postcards fun? I love the exchange. So. MUCH FUN! And, so many wonderful and different ideas.
I’m sorry Linda, I didn’t receive a card from you. Ah, yes they are little surprises of joy!
Clever! I like reading and seeing all the postcards you received, but what I’m impressed by is your way to bring them all together in your thank you poem.
Lovely poems! Thanks for sharing the poem swap idea.
I shared today, too, Michelle. What a wonderful thing to find in our mailboxes! I love your nonet & that beginning: “wallowed in words washed in on waves”!
The postcards have been so delightful. I love finding them in my mailbox. And your nonet so beautifully brings them all together. Wow!
Thanks Kay, I’m really enjoying your postcard–your poem is so uplifting– and I like all the words, colors, books stacked, and textures!
Thanks for sharing and writing a Nonet to thank us. Sharing poetry in the snail mail makes going to the mailbox so much fun!
I LOVE your poem, Michelle. These postcards are brightening my cold, dank January.
Michelle, the winter poem exchange is such a wonderful event among poet friends. I like your poem of appreciation and of course, your beautiful illustration. It is a wonderful reminder of the spirit of gratefulness!
What a wonderful collection of postcards…and a perfect nonet in thanks!
Here’s to more wallowing in words! I’m finishing up my postcards this long weekend. Be on the lookout!
Thank you for sharing this hopeful collection of poetry postcards, Michelle. I love the nonet you created from them. Here’s to “new hope,/adventures,/and new/books!
I hope to “”wallow in words”this year as well. The postcard swap as been so much fun!