Friday, April 24, 2015

How a Pantoum Starts

This month the poetry seven have been focused on writing a pantoum using the words certainties and flight. They will debut on May 1st. YIKES! Mine is not even close to written yet because I'm still tossing around ideas. Here's the work I did yesterday as I sat in two different meetings. This is not surprising, as words and poems seem to emerge in the most inconsiderate of moments.

Here's what I scribbled during the morning meeting.

When I got back to the office, I dumped my ideas into a form, playing a bit with the lines.
Unsure of the this idea, I tried something new at my second meeting.

The ideas I'm working with are fledgling birds (ducks!) and leaving rural life. I'm not sure if either one will work, but we will find out next week!

6 comments:

  1. The sad thing is that mine has neither the word "certainty" nor "flight" in it -- we agreed on those things, and I promptly forgot them.

    I like mine enough, I hate to fiddle with it, so it's back to the drawing board.

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    1. I love yours just the way it is. I don't think you need to write another! (Unless of course you really want to tackle it again.)

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  2. As I have birds on the brain at the moment, I'm rooting for those wood duck ducklings. Love this peek into your notebook, Tricia!

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    1. Catherine, I do (finally) have a wood duck draft, but boy does it need work!

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  3. I know you'll make it shine. Looking forward to reading it next week!

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  4. I always love process posts!

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