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Margaret’s poem this week for This Photo Wants to be a Poem was beautiful. Her inspiration was the Poem-a-Day from the Academy of American Poets, “The warble of melting snow is the river.” Though I didn’t manage to join the This Photo community, my daily pencil-scratching resulted in this poem. Thank you, Margaret, for continuing to inspire us with gorgeous photos and your mentor texts.
Bridget has this week’s Dance Party (aka Poetry Friday Roundup) at wee words for wee ones.
A(nother) Year of Reading 
I’m so happy to see this delicate pencil scratch from you. The practice of writing every day is the poem of our lives. Thanks for the shout out.
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Beautiful and poignant poem Mary Lee! I scratched one out too, but time took over yesterday… Each line is power-filled, especially, “is the urge to heal the world!” Thanks!
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Pitch perfect poem, Mary Lee. We need to scratch our poetry itch to “practice for the next poem…and the next”.
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Lovely!!
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Mary Lee, oftentimes I have tangled thoughts when writing. Thanks for that choice of words in your own poem and referring me to other poems. This was a nice stop-over that made me feel the power of writing.
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I love “is tangled thoughts” – Thank you!
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Love what you did, this idea, inspired from the words of Margaret’s poem – wonderful to ponder, Mary Lee!
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Mary Lee, your poem makes me want to sharpen my pencil and flip open my notebook! : )
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the eternal call of poetry for us who have he bug is an undeniable treat. Your poem is both delicate and true. it settles genty upon the page. Mary Lee, your pencil has left its mark and I pleased to have read your words.
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“Practice for the next poem.” YES! I often tell myself that nothing is wasted, but sometimes I don’t believe my own pep talk. 🙂
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Mmm…the urge to heal the world… feels like we all have that these days. I love how a photo prompt can wind its way to a poem. Thank you!
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So much poetry goodness to unpack in just a few lines, Mary Lee!
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‘the urge to heal the world’.
Such beautifully expressed thoughts here Mary lee. Thank you!
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I can relate to those tangled thoughts, and it is so true that each poem is practice for the next and the next. Great ending!
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I love this pencil scratch from you. If we could channel poetry energy to heal the world. Sigh.
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The style and flow of your poem and the mentor poem is something like Niagara Falls. The process of writing a poem and then the next is from an endless source. Thanks Mary Lee for sharing this.
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