Our host today at http://www.ethicalela.com for VerseLove is Amy Vetter, who inspires us to create Found Poems from any text. I chose a page from Tom Sawyer for my Found Poem.
But there shall be no more gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time, he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali; but in the latter time he has made it glorious, by the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.
Our host today for VerseLove at http://www.ethicalela.com, Linda Mitchell, inspires us to write Scientific poems by making an observation, asking a question, forming a hypothesis, making a prediction based on the hypothesis, testing the prediction, and making a new prediction based on the results.
Jessica Sherburn is our host for VerseLove at http://www.ethicalela.com today, inspiring us to write Found Annotation poems. These are also called Talking Back to the Text poems. You find a short passage of text to read and annotate, and talk to the text.
Our host for VerseLove at http://www.ethicalela.com today is Stefani Boutelier, who inspires us to write Metaphor Poems. I have the Metaphor Dice App on my phone, and my roll of the dice was bad data, delusional, touchdown. I checked the jumpstart option and went in a different direction.
False Start Replay
Bad data is a delusional touchdown that will flat have you optimistically living full-fledged lies.
Like when you balance your checkbook
It’s a beautiful day when you add that extra few million on top of your regular paycheck.
You come home to a majestic new mansion with mid-century modern furnishings and shiny faucet fixtures roll up to your four-car garage in your spiffy new Porsche and park by the money tree.
You celebrate your sudden success as your private chef serves you lobster and a drink with a little umbrella in it. And you wonder……
Now there is great gain in godliness with contentment, for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world. But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content.
Tammy Belko is our host today at http://www.ethicalela.com for VerseLove, and she inspires us to write All Things Cheese Poems, or poems about favorite foods.
Mississippi Pot Roast
Mississippi Pot Roast –
Eating in at our house
slow cooked, juicy, tender
au jus, ranch, and pepper
savoring the gravy
asking God’s rich blessings
thanking Him for dinner
loving every minute
feeling warmth and comfort
hanging out with my boys
mourning for the cow killed
(should I be a vegan?)
Genesis 1:26 – And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Our host at ethicalela.com for VerseLove today, Leilya Pitre, inspired us to take a walk to a place of comfort. Ill be adding haiku stanzas as I walk through the day and finishing this evening.
Today our host at http://www.ethicalela.com for VerseLove, Sheri Vasinda, inspired us to write How To Be Poems. I immediately thought of the video I received from my son on Easter, after the kayaking adventure with his two older children when they saw a pod of dolphins. They live on the coast and kayak frequently.
I love the way he and his wife are raising their children to be lovers of the outdoors, and it made me think about how to be a coastal adventure parent.
How to be a Coastal Adventure Parent
Teach your babies how to swim.
Model safety by wearing a life jacket out on the water.
Show your children how to respect nature – wild animals included.
Spend quality time together away from screens!
Be thrilled and remain calm when you encounter the unexpected.
Make every single moment matter.
Invest time in making memories.
Seize the sunshine – and relish the rain!
Share videos with Nana and Poppy so they, too, can be amazed.
Never underestimate the power of a dolphin to outdo the Easter Bunny.
O Lord, how manifold are your works! In wisdom have you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures. Here is the sea, great and wide, which teems with creatures innumerable, living things both small and great.
The Coastal AdventurersAdventurers Special thanks to Two Writing Teachers at Slice of Life for giving writers voice and space!
Gayle Sands is our host today at http://www.ethicalela.com for VerseLove, inspiring us to write poems about choices. One Easter, my oldest daughter and I chose to make our eggs to last – not a year we dyed them, but a year we painted them instead, because she wanted to try something artistic and different.
Common Threads 