Happy Poetry Friday!
My poem is borrowed from Laura Shovan’s 10th Annual February Poetry Project, that I’m participating in online. This year the theme is on time, and each day we get a new prompt from another fellow poet. The prompt for this poem was offered by Carol Varsalona. She offered us two choices the one I chose was from a TEDWomen video that you can take a peek at below. For my poem I drew from the kid’s perspective of time…
TRANSFORMING TIME…
How we spend our time
explored by ideas of our day
or as tiny time segments void of rhyme.
How we spend our time
playtime, work-time, in-between-time makes it sublime,
idea-time covets creativity and asks it to stay…
How we spend our time
explored by ideas of our day.
© 2022 Michelle Kogan
Sending all some
sweet thoughts for
Valentine’s Day
coming up
next
week!
💗
Linda Baie at her blog Teacher Dance is hosting this week’s Poetry Friday Roundup, be sure to stop by, thanks Linda!
Michelle Kogan Illustration, Painting, & Writing 
Michelle, I enjoyed your poem when I read it on Facebook and chose this line that stands out to me: idea-time covets creativity and asks it to stay. Your new card is so lovely and just in time for Valentine’s Day. Thanks for mentioning my prompt. You did a great time with it. I did enjoy the song you shared. I never heard this version.
I love that you included your writing in the art, too, Michelle, all from “time” & more “time”. Thanks for the lovely card, too, a special day!
Hi Linda, thanks! If I had more time I could see a book flowing out of this poem… Perhaps in the future sometime…
I do love kids’ concept of time — and love your inclusion of “idea-time” in your poem. Thanks for the poem and lovely art (as usual)!! Happy V Day to you!
Ah! I didn’t watch the Ted Talk. I need to go back and do that. So many different kinds of time! I need more time to process all my times. lol. Thank you for the Valentine. Happy Valentine’s Day to you too!
Love the repetition and rhyme in this one. Ruth, thereisnosuchthingasagodforsakentown.blogspot.com
No matter what, I’m finding I hold tight to “idea time.” It is essential for me!
I loved this prompt from Carol and shared it with my students. Your poem stands out. Idea-time asks you to play every day in Laura’s project.
I love how your artwork and poem go together! Thanks for sharing this with us.