Oh, how I hope you’ve written a back-to-school poem for Pensieve’s Poetic License! If you haven’t already, it’s never too late! This month’s theme–"back to school"–could lead you in a thousand directions, and for once, you have freedom to choose poetic form!
Don’t believe the lie you can’t write poetry! My heart melts when writers step outside their respective comfort zones to tip-toe on uncertain ice, only to find the footing is more sure than they anticipated.
That’s groovy. Very.
Because I’m still establishing the "pensieve" as a substantive poetic form (if you thought I was kidding, you’d be wrong), that is the form I chose this month. The beauty of the pensieve is, because it engages the five senses, the reader draws from the writer’s experience and can more fully appreciate their perspective. That’s the goal, anyway.
Link yours anytime–and be sure to visit as many participants as you can. Encouragement and community are a lovely by-product of PPL. Feel free to grab a badge to post with your entry, too!
capturing attention, dollars..and SENSE!
A ravenous appetite for new shoes, clothes & supplies, sometimes bitter, sometimes sweet.
Aroma of "football weather" on its way,
as leaves inflame and cooler mornings extinguish
the lingering scent of dog-days.
A dull-but-growing roar of children anticipating return,
equal measures of excitement and dread.
Heart-sting from independent tug away,
yet relief of a moment’s silence.
I think with pieces like this one, your “Pensieve” format is well on its way to becoming an established poetic form. Seriously! I love it.
here you go..
Ooh, those last four lines are magic–so true!
Thanks for linking me! I didn’t realize you sent out an email reminder for this, which is wonderful. So next time I’ll be a responsible grown-up and link myself. But I was glad you did it for me. So nice!
I guess “back to school” has different meaning for us homeschoolers – no moment’s peace here!!
I have to say (and I’m not just kissing up…) I really enjoy the penseive. It’s such a great discipline to force yourself to capsulize a swarm of thoughts into such a short and structured format. Lovin’ it!
The last two lines hit the nail on the head for how i am feeling! Great poem.
Okay, I wrote a Pensieve, too. Seems the perfect form for back-to-school thoughts.
And as always, loved yours.
Okay, girlie, mine is up. Sorry about reading it with the lack of spacing. As you can see, some of my posts have the spacing I intend, and then I have nights like tonight where I can’t get the thing to space at all. Oh well…
All in all, I hope everyone enjoys the post.
I try the pensieve but somehow it just didn’t ended up that way
anyway, I sort of just wing it and decide against using any poetic form but I was influence by Karina’s poem, which reminds me how hard it was to go back to school after a long summer
“A dull-but-growing roar of children” – that sure describes well what kids are like
thanks for the prompt, Robin
Robin, this is for Steve Parolini because I couldn’t leave a comment at his place. Steve, if you read Robin’s comments, you have one of the best pensieves I’ve ever read. I really, thoroughly enjoyed reading that and “being there” in the poem. Great job!! I want to go back over and check out your writing and photos. Thanks.
I have the same problem when trying to comment on Stephen’s site but I also think it is the best poem that I read so far, great work!
Peculiar & Lissa –
Thanks for the generous words. I always enjoy the PPL challenge and especially like Robin’s new poetic form.
(Sorry about the comment problems on my site – had a little technical glitch there. It’s solved now).