The last day of the March Slice Of Life Story Challenge coincides with Crayola’s announcement that it is retiring Dandelion.
The thing about dandelions is that no one loves them until, as Nabokov says, they have “changed from suns into moons”. Once the dandelion has transformed from golden sun to soft moon, it has the power to grant wishes to anyone willing to blow on the seed head and disperse the seeds.
So, here are my seeds for the writers of #SOLSC17…a little concrete poetry to drift through the air like a dandelion seed.
I wish you inspiration
and the words to say what needs to be said,
the pleasure of tasting life twice,
the determination,
discipline,
courage,
patience,
promise,
vision,
faith,
heart,
time
to
w e d
r v a
i e y
t r !
e y !
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I love this! The end of the poem is amazing!
I love the title – love, love, love the form – concrete – so clever! The word choice is perfect! I did not know they were retiring colors from the box. I enjoyed the video, too. Your poem, however, is superbly superb! Thank you!
This poem is amazing!! For real…:) We made it…definitely a bittersweet day. 😦
WOW! What a poem. What a connection. What a writing community. So glad to have the chance to “see” how others put words on the page. You and this community are a gift. Thank you!
Love the concrete poem. I wonder how many of us will suffer withdrawal symptomw tomorrow.
I love the poem, too! You have summed it up so well and given a call to continue writing.
Simply stunning. Much like the beauty (yes, someone thinks they are pretty) and power of a dandelion. Thank you!
Wow! What a challenge to create a concrete poem digitally! Well done!
Amazing poem! Writing every day creates the roots to a life of writing. All I can say is WOW!
Oh, Adrienne, absolutely breathtaking. May I copy it to share with my book club students who love concrete poetry?
Feel Free. I will say, getting it to look “right” in the pub;llished version was tricky, especially the bottom part.
On the final day you knocked it out of the ball park! Like the others I am in awe of the beautiful concrete poem you’ve created for us today. Thank you so much for the inspiration.
I like that your were able to weave together a retried crayon and a writing wish for your reader. It’s beautiful and marks the day well!
What a perfect ending to the challenge! Love your concrete poem! So very creative!
Love the crayon connection and your poem. Thanks for a great month- I have really enjoyed reading your writing. I’ll look for you on Tuesdays?
Oh yes. I’ll be there.
Yes, we were both on the same wavelength today! I have not tried concrete poems on the computer….I don’t think I would have any hair left. I get so frustrated just on Blogger! And I wish you all the same!
It was tricky and the last three words took forever because what I saw in the draft was not what appeared in the published version.
I love the concrete poetry and the sentiments it sends.
All kinds of fun connecting & creating here, Adrienne. Today, you are the wind beneath my, um, dandelion seeds 🙂
I LOVE everything about this poem! So beautiful.
Thank you, Andrea, for being my rock during this challenge. I was as green as they come when the challenge started, and didn’t have the faintest idea about what I was doing. But you made me feel welcome and encouraged me, and I’m very grateful for that. Thank you! ~JudyK