Life. Is. Busy. #thatisall
Quickest Poetry Friday post ever, coming right at you!
Last week (when I was so busy releasing ‘Too Many Friends’ into the wide, wonderful world) I missed Poetry Friday. But I popped in for a guest post on Be a Fun Mum, Kelly’s blog, with a tutorial on Recycled poetry – specific to Mothers’ Day. Yes, that is this Sunday in Australia. But don’t panic – you are not too late! Click across to Kel’s blog and you can create a gift from the heart for your Mum’s day that is sweeter than chocolates and twice as nice! (I have a couple of different examples there – including another personal favourite, ‘Paradise’.)
In the middle of the busy, I cannot tell you how wonderful it was to stop, and smell the flowers, with thanks to this posy of poetry in the post, beautifully written and illustrated by Avery. What a delight it was to see the pretty petals and smell the the beautiful taste of wind. Thank-you so much to Avery for brightening my week, as a part of the Silver Star Poetry Project.
Another bright spot in my mid-week mail was Irene Latham‘s poetry picture book, ‘When the Sun Shines on Antarctica’.
Gorgeous, right? I can tell you for a fact, it is even more beautiful in real life than it is on the interwebs. And it’s guaranteed to make you smile.
The wordplay is exquisite throughout the book; Irene has a delightfully different way of looking at things, and the poetry has the lightest, joyful feel – yet is grounded (but in no way heavy) in facts. When life is a little less busy, I would love to come back to this, and have a chat with Irene, about poetry, penguins and things… Meantime, you can of course read more about Irene on her very busy and creative blog; Live Your Poem.
For now, with Irene’s permission, I share my personal favourite poem from the book – because who can go past Adélie love…
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But that is all for now!
What more could you want, really…?
More poetry? You’ll find that (& more sweet love) on Tara’s blog, A Teaching Life – with a lovely art piece to accompany it.
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