Sunday 29 June 2008
second hand books
I often buy books from Op shops or secondhand sales and what treasure is sometimes inside- as if the last reader was called away from the plot to the mundane chores of life.
This book mark is the latest find- an elegantly aged reminder of reading progress found in a book I am revisiting- 'A traveller in Time' by Alison Uttley. I last read this when I was in first form many years ago- my real taste of a school library- I read so much that year. And still love many of the first discovered authors and stories from way back then.
Wednesday 25 June 2008
what a girl, what a well
away with my daughters
Tuesday 24 June 2008
How to write a poem
Drop Tail Lizard
Drop tail lizard
on the grey leaves
and grey bark
garden mulch,
swimming like a sardine
like a tadpole
silver pin with a jeweled eye.
Tells me the day is warmer,
summer that much closer
until that white cat running
running with a small under belly and back legs
of lizard humming
from its hunter's throat.
Drop
it
cat.
© Lorraine Marwood
Idea for writing a poem
Using a poem as a format or starting point for writing a class poem or an individual poem is a great idea.
'Drop tail Lizard' is just such a starting point.
A poem is often a simple observation of life, a detailed observation. A poet looks and mulls and captures such a detail in a word picture.
So grab a word camera and observe.
Look outside.
Watch a car, a neighbour, a tree, a bird, the clouds, the way the dog chases a squeaky toy.
Now you have your subject matter – here's a simple format.
Line 1 Name the object of the poem- use my poem as a template
Line 2 and 3 Bring in location or setting ' on the grey leaves/grey bark/garden mulch'
Line 4 and 5 action that the object is doing
Line 6 and 7 Tells us something about the world around me
Line 8 and 9 now for the conflict- what happens to upset this slice of life?
Line 10 and 11- make the last words of resolution have more impact by sitting one word on one line, like stepping stones.
(c) Lorraine Marwood
Drop tail lizard
on the grey leaves
and grey bark
garden mulch,
swimming like a sardine
like a tadpole
silver pin with a jeweled eye.
Tells me the day is warmer,
summer that much closer
until that white cat running
running with a small under belly and back legs
of lizard humming
from its hunter's throat.
Drop
it
cat.
© Lorraine Marwood
Idea for writing a poem
Using a poem as a format or starting point for writing a class poem or an individual poem is a great idea.
'Drop tail Lizard' is just such a starting point.
A poem is often a simple observation of life, a detailed observation. A poet looks and mulls and captures such a detail in a word picture.
So grab a word camera and observe.
Look outside.
Watch a car, a neighbour, a tree, a bird, the clouds, the way the dog chases a squeaky toy.
Now you have your subject matter – here's a simple format.
Line 1 Name the object of the poem- use my poem as a template
Line 2 and 3 Bring in location or setting ' on the grey leaves/grey bark/garden mulch'
Line 4 and 5 action that the object is doing
Line 6 and 7 Tells us something about the world around me
Line 8 and 9 now for the conflict- what happens to upset this slice of life?
Line 10 and 11- make the last words of resolution have more impact by sitting one word on one line, like stepping stones.
(c) Lorraine Marwood
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