When I ran across the Visual Frameworks site, I immediately added it to my list of possible prompts for the Inklings. Not only are the visuals compelling, the text that follows each is thought-provoking.
My first drafts explored all the possible ways to use a framework. For Coordinates, I wrote a haiku based on the image, then an erasure poem from the text.
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But my favorite is the poem I wrote for Disrupt the Flow.
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Check out how the other Inklings met my challenge:
Linda @A Word Edgewise
Heidi (is currently on blog hiatus)
Molly @Nix the Comfort Zone
Catherine @Reading to the Core
Margaret @Reflections on the Teche
Matt has this week’s Poetry Friday Roundup at Radio, Rhythm & Rhyme. And there’s been a change for next week. On October 13, Catherine will be hosting at Reading to the Core.
A(nother) Year of Reading 
What an interesting way to create poetry, Mary Lee. Your poem Disrupt the Flow captures the visual so well. I can see the dam holding back those stick boats. And thanks for introducing me to poet Kate Baer who inspired me this week.
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Mary Lee,
“jab”
“pierce”
these strike me well.
Synchronicity second: your sharp idea of coordinates words take me back to just yesterday when I pierced &. jabbed the soil in a front yarden flower patch.
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I’m so glad you shared all three. I will use your post to teach my students the different ways they can respond. Thanks!
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I live to serve! (wink wink!!)
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This looks like a fun challenge, Mary Lee. I’m rather taken with your little found poem.
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Mary Lee, two well-executed and very different poems! What a fun challenge. I love the images that you found for your group to delve into.
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Wow, three poems from the same challenge! Nicely done, and so different.
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Yes, I like all though
“Disrupt the Flow” as a favorite, it invites risk, play, creativity, and engagement. I like your prompt, it reminds me of a puzzle and problem solving, thanks! ☺️
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Mary Lee: These are so cool! Thanks for sharing.
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Mary Lee, thanks for such a great challenge! I love Disrupt the Flow and how repeated readings reveal nuances. It’s fun to see your other responses as well. How clever to use the related text for an erasure poem for Coordinates. I only wish I’d been able to dig into the site a bit more. But, now I know it’s there, right!?
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Cool, Mary Lee! “Disrupt the Flow” is my favorite, too. Love how thought-provoking it is in just a few words.
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Mary Lee, I have been recently gathering poems that arose from those mercurial sparks that suddenly appear and dare us to respond, so your poems in response to these graphic images are reminiscent of this phenomenon. I love your mutliple responses to these graphics..
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I’ve read others’ response to your awesome prompt site, Mary Lee, now enjoyed yours very much. I noted the site! Love the ‘track time/track change’, your sage advice. And “Disrupt the Flow” inspires me to ponder so many childhood activities add to good learning for life. Day by day by day! Wonderful to re-read it, and I wonder what kids would think?
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My favorite thing about good poems is how they are written about one thing but mean at least one other…this is so perfectly layered. Bravo!
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And, of course, I meant this for ‘Disrupt the Flow.’
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I echo the appreciation for “Disrupt the Flow”, Mary Lee. I enjoyed ‘gutter’ play as a kid, too. I was a better ‘float’er than ‘dam’er…still am. 😉
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I must dig into this site! So interesting,. I love all of your poems, but my favorite line is “let us float sticks.”
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This is a great prompt, and I think it would work very well with students. I enjoyed all three of your poems. “Disrupt the Flow” is full of meaning!
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Mary Lee, nice prompt. I have enjoyed seeing what folks did with the visual framework illustrations. I like in your haiku the precise coordinate examples you use. It is so interesting to imagine the coordinates of where the needle pierces the cloth. I too like your Disrupt the Flow poem and how it brought me back to my childhood. Then the ending is great.
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Disprupt the flow brings me back to childhood and creative play. Your poems using visual frameworks is another way for us to play with visuals. I can see children being intrigued by your process.
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