I seem to "default" to the mask poem
whenever I begin writing a poetry collection. On Wednesday, I posted four mask poems about spring peepers from an unpublished seasonal collection titled
VOICES ALL AROUND ME.
The following two mask poems are the first two
verses from another unpublished collection titled FARM TALK, which contains
poems written in the voices of farm animals, a few wild animals, and a farmer
and his wife. Most of the poems are written in pairs--for example, a mare and
her foal, cows and a bull, mother duck and her ducklings, rooster and chick.
ROOSTER
Cock-a-doodle-doodle-do!
The
sun is rising. You should too.
It’s
time to wake and shake off night…
To
welcome in the morning light.
It’s
the dawn of a brand new day.
That’s
something to crow about, I’d say!
CHICK
Listen!
Dad’s
calling up the sun.
Wake
up! Wake up, everyone!
Night
is over. Day’s begun.
My other postings from earlier this week:
Four Mask Poems about Spring Peepers
Don't forget! I'm giving away signed
copies of my book THINGS TO DO during April. All
you have to do to qualify to have your named entered into next
Sunday's drawing is to comment on one of the blogs that I posted
during this third week of National Poetry Month (April 15-21).
Tabatha has the Poetry Friday Roundup
at The Opposite of Indifference.
What fun. Here is a poem from the POV of the hen.
ReplyDeleteListen, old man,
you woke the baby!
Now you swing her,
bounce her and feed her.
If I don't snooze a bit more,
we'll soon be at war!
I like the idea of writing poems in pairs. Such intriguing possibilities: two opposing viewpoints or (as in this pair) support from another perspective. Fun!
ReplyDeleteYour poems are lovely.
ReplyDeleteI love your rooster and chick pairing. We have both in our yard!
ReplyDeleteWhat fun! I have hens, but no rooster or chicks at this time, so I enjoyed hearing their voices.
ReplyDeleteHA! I love that Brenda gave the hen a voice!!
ReplyDeleteCharming! I can picture the illustrations :-)
ReplyDeleteThese poems are so cute. You make writing them look easy, but I know it's not. Love the sounds. Thought about "Janet Waking" when I read this.
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