Wikimedia Commons: Le Silence by Antoine-Augustin Préault |
Today's poem arrived as I as ironing a pair of slacks. Isn't that how creativity often works? You quit trying so hard and...boom. There it is.
LE SILENCE
On the days I long for silence
remind me, please
of giggles.
On the days we pass in silence
remind me, please
of finishing each other's sentences.
On the days that seem filled with silence
remind me, please
of chickadees.
On the nights I hear only silence
remind me, please
to listen for the music of the spheres.
©Mary Lee Hahn, 2013
The theme of my 2013 National Poetry Month Project is
"Common Inspiration--Uncommon Creations."
I will be using the media to inspire my poetry, but I am going to invite my students to use my daily media picks to inspire any original creation: poems, stories, comics, music, videos, sculptures, drawings...anything!
You are invited to join the fun, too! Leave a link to your creation in the comments and I'll add it to that day's post. I'll add pictures of my students' work throughout the month as well.
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