Earlier this month, Margaret Simon shared a post about a book of poetry by Georgia Heard and Rebecca Kai Doltish entitled Welcome to the Wonder House. Each featured room is full of wonderful things – the room of science, the room of imagination, the room of nature, and so many more! I ordered a copy right away, and I discovered what a charming book it is…..hence, today’s visit to the Room of Charms. Thank you, Margaret, for sharing the book. Happy St. Patrick’s Day, everyone, and may all good luck and charms be with you all weekend.
Tomorrow begins the March Open Write at http://www.ethicalela.com, and I hope to see you there. James Coats will be hosting with a prompt to inspire us on Saturday morning. I like to blend all of my daily writing into one blog post that serves as a poem for the Stafford Challenge, a slice for Slice of Life, and a poem for the Open Write so that I can triple-dip into three different writing groups with one poem or slice. That’s my writing strategy when multiple writing opportunities intersect on the calendar.
Welcome to the Room of Charms
step inside this room with me ~
let's take a look at all we see
locks and keys and pretty please
pixie dust and rosebud teas
pearls and gold in velvet case
satin masks and angel's lace
gossamer wings and sparkly things
royal flush of queens and kings
seashells with the ocean's roar
oak tree with a fairy door
talismans and amulets
spirit-filled dreamcatcher nets
poetry and chanted verse
rabbit's foot and mermaid's purse
leprechauns and unicorns
green shamrocks and capped acorns
mood rings and milagros
horseshoes and mist rainbows
carp scales and ancient runes
crystal balls and pan flute tunes
welcome to the charming room!
Common Threads 
The Room of Charms: I must go there next. I adore this book. And your rhythmic rhyme, especially “oak tree with a fairy door.” I want to read this one aloud to my kiddos. Thanks for the inspiration.
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Thank you for sharing it!
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Thank you so much!
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Kim, you’ve got an excellent plan for how to tackle all the writing challenges you’re invested with. I adore your poem! Wow, what a perfect children’s verse. The catalog of all the charming things brings this poem to life, but it’s your effortless rhyme and rhythm that makes your poem especially charming.
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Smart girl…I love the way you will handle three projects with one writing. This poem is “charming”. Your list of objects is so perfectly created in the rhyme. The poem makes me smile and is certainly timely this weekend. Happy St. Pat’s Day!
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Thank you, Rita!
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Kim,
I love the poem. It inspires me to think about the many historic rooms I’ve visited and how I can write about them. As you know, I don’t blend the challenges. I treat blogging and poem writing as separate but occasionally share a poem, as I did yesterday, and which no one read? or commented on. 🤷♀️ I’d probably have a different approach if I weren’t retired.
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Yes, time is my main constraint and reason for trying to overlap where I can. Thank you, Glenda!
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Your poem is magical!!So many wondrous images, and I love the rhyming. It is a song. I appreciate your strategy on these three writing circles- why haven’t I thought of that? Thanks, Kim!
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Thank you, Maureen!
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I need to read the Heard & Doltish collaboration. Your poem, the perfect triple scoop, is bubbling with some of my favorite words…magical.
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Thank you, Trish!
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Magical verse indeed, Kim, with its luck-symbols, lilting rhythm, and impeccable rhyme. I would love the Room of Charms and, really, all those rooms in that book. “Talisman” is a word I love. I have a poem about it. I am so looking forward to the poetry-writing at Ethical ELA; I will likely spread mine out a bit!
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Thank you, Fran! I can think of so many rooms that would be amazing to write about, and it makes me want to write about more wonders. See you in EthicalEla tomorrow!
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Oh, your room of charms is beautiful. It’s like a great list poem of wonders. Your rhyme and rhythm are perfect and so fun!
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Thank you, Denise! That is one beautiful book that Margaret shared, and I loved the illustrations. I think it has endless possibilities for poems.
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