PO-EMotion -- Guilt

Flickr Creative Commons photo by Dave Crosby

GUILT

rain pouring

unclaimed umbrella 

I stay dry

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2015

Carol, at Carol's Corner, will join me again this year as often as possible.

She has two poems that are thought-provoking.

Kimberley, at iWrite in Maine, is joining me this month. 

an acrostic of Guilt

Kay, at A Journey Through the Pages, is joining, too!

"This is Just to Say"

Steve, at inside the dog, is sharing his poems 

in the comments at Poetrepository.

Heidi, at my juicy little universe, will join us when she can.

Linda, at TeacherDance, will join as often as she can.

Check the comments at A Year of Reading or Poetrepository for her poems.

Kevin (Kevin's Meandering Mind) is back this year,

leaving poetry trax in the comments.

Carol, at Beyond Literacy Link, is writing alongside us when she can.

Jone, at DeoWriter, is doing a "double L" challenge. 

She and I are cross-poLLinating our challenges whenever possible.
Jone's word today is UMBRELLA.

PO-EMotion -- Wonder

FOREST FLOOR

The name of the next street over 

hints at what our neighborhood was 

before there were houses and streets: 

Forest.

The Red Oak in our front yard, 

her sisters the Burr Oak across the street, 

and the trio of Hickories in our neighbor's yard 

are all of a size that suggests they have been standing here 

for at least a century. 

Maybe longer. 

That they have survived the destruction of their habitat 

and adapted to urban living 

is a testament to their tenacity.

But the real miracle can be found 

at the base of our oak. 

On what was once the forest floor, 

(now an unmown ring around the base of the tree) 

sessile trillium, 

perhaps as old as the fragment of forest, 

emerges and blooms 

every spring.

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2015

Carol, at Carol's Corner, will join me again this year as often as possible.

Wonder Bread and Wonder the book

Kimberley, at iWrite in Maine, is joining me this month. 

"Wonder"

Kay, at A Journey Through the Pages, is joining, too!

Steve, at inside the dog, is sharing his poems 

in the comments at Poetrepository.

Heidi, at my juicy little universe, will join us when she can.

Linda, at TeacherDance, will join as often as she can.

Check the comments at A Year of Reading or Poetrepository for her poems.

Kevin (Kevin's Meandering Mind) is back this year,

leaving poetry trax in the comments.

Carol, at Beyond Literacy Link, is writing alongside us when she can.
She celebrates bloggers' voice.

Jone, at DeoWriter, is doing a "double L" challenge. 

She and I are cross-poLLinating our challenges whenever possible.
Jone's word today is TRILLIUM.

PO-EMotion -- Interest

INTEREST

At the bank

it's what you get

without trying.

You just have to be there.

(monetarily)

At the (river)bank

it's what you get

without trying.

You just have to be there.

(open-mindedly)

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2015

Carol, at Carol's Corner, will join me again this year as often as possible.

Carol shows us the evolution of interest.

Kimberley, at iWrite in Maine, is joining me this month. 

"Interest"

Kay, at A Journey Through the Pages, is joining, too!

"Invisible Trails"

Steve, at inside the dog, is sharing his poems 

in the comments at Poetrepository.

Heidi, at my juicy little universe, will join us when she can.

Linda, at TeacherDance, will join as often as she can.

Check the comments at A Year of Reading or Poetrepository for her poems.

Kevin (Kevin's Meandering Mind) is back this year,

leaving poetry trax in the comments.

Carol, at Beyond Literacy Link, is writing alongside us when she can.
Her post is here.

Jone, at DeoWriter, is doing a "double L" challenge. 

She and I are cross-poLLinating our challenges whenever possible.
Her word today is SHALLOWS.

PO-EMotion -- Happiness

from Wikimedia

SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO LOOK HARD TO FIND HAPPINESS

Before I was born, my dad was an ag pilot.

He traded freedom and flight for

responsibility and safety and John Deere parts.

Growing up,

we often went for Sunday drives in the country

to get out of town and look at the crops.

But sometimes,

he borrowed a plane and we slipped the surly bonds of earth*

and flew over the faded quilt of fields.

Ironically,

the flight pattern of our small town airport

went right over our back yard.

One summer, I planted a smiley face of marigolds

for the pilots to see

as they came in on final.

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2015

* "slipped the surly bonds of earth" is from my dad's favorite poem "High Flight" by John Gillespie Magee, Jr.

Here's John Denver singing the poem as a song (scrub to 3:25). We played this at dad's funeral.

Carol, at Carol's Corner, will join me again this year as often as possible.

A truer poem about ice cream has never been written!

Kimberley, at iWrite in Maine, is joining me this month. 

Student writing can be the happiness that keeps a teacher going!

Kay, at A Journey Through the Pages, is joining, too!

"Happiness Is..."

Steve, at inside the dog, is sharing his poems 

in the comments at Poetrepository.

Heidi, at my juicy little universe, will join us when she can.

Linda, at TeacherDance, will join as often as she can.

Check the comments at A Year of Reading or Poetrepository for her poems.

Kevin (Kevin's Meandering Mind) is back this year,

leaving poetry trax in the comments.

Carol, at Beyond Literacy Link, is writing alongside us when she can.
She finds happiness in family.

Jone, at DeoWriter, is doing a "double L" challenge. 

She and I are cross-poLLinating our challenges whenever possible.

PO-EMotion -- Sorrow

Flickr Creative Commons photo by jenny downing

Table for two

even though one of the chairs

has long been empty.

The kibble

in the cat's bowl

gathers dust.

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2015

Carol, at Carol's Corner, will join me again this year as often as possible.

"Sorrow"

Kimberley, at iWrite in Maine, is joining me this month. 

"Sorrow"

Kay, at A Journey Through the Pages, is joining, too!

"Darkness Falls"

Steve, at inside the dog, is sharing his poems 

in the comments at Poetrepository.

Heidi, at my juicy little universe, will join us when she can.

Linda, at TeacherDance, will join as often as she can.

Check the comments at A Year of Reading or Poetrepository for her poems.

Kevin (Kevin's Meandering Mind) is back this year,

leaving poetry trax in the comments.

Carol, at Beyond Literacy Link, is writing alongside us when she can.

Jone, at DeoWriter, is doing a "double L" challenge. 

She and I are cross-poLLinating our challenges whenever possible.



Robyn has today's Poetry Friday Roundup at Life on the Deckle Edge.

PO-EMotion -- Love

FOR ISAIAH

He died suddenly

after school one day.

A fifth grader

with an undiagnosed heart defect.

Every holiday

his family decorates the tree

planted in front of the school

in his memory.

In between holidays now,

the maple blooms.

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2015

Carol, at Carol's Corner, will join me again this year as often as possible.

"Languages of Love"

Kimberley, at iWrite in Maine, is joining me this month. 

True love in the classroom.

Kay, at A Journey Through the Pages, is joining, too!

"Wanted"

Steve, at inside the dog, is sharing his poems 

in the comments at Poetrepository.

Heidi, at my juicy little universe, will join us when she can.

Linda, at TeacherDance, will join as often as she can.

Check the comments at A Year of Reading or Poetrepository for her poems.

Kevin (Kevin's Meandering Mind) is back this year,

leaving poetry trax in the comments.

Carol, at Beyond Literacy Link, is writing alongside us when she can.

Jone, at DeoWriter, is doing a "double L" challenge. 

She and I are cross-poLLinating our challenges whenever possible.

PO-EMotion -- Hope

Wikimedia

SNAPSHOTS

The chemicals begin to drip.

She can feel her veins burning.

Fish are rising

in the deep pool across the stream.

Mother waves from the screen door

as the car pulls out of the drive.

Fingertips rest lightly on the keyboard.

Screen glows impassively.

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2015

Carol, at Carol's Corner, will join me again this year as often as possible.

 "Hopehymn"

Kimberley, at iWrite in Maine, is joining me this month. 

Lots of school hopes.

Kay, at A Journey Through the Pages, is joining, too!

"Hope Pokes"

Steve, at inside the dog, is sharing his poems 

in the comments at Poetrepository.

Heidi, at my juicy little universe, will join us when she can.

Linda, at TeacherDance, will join as often as she can.

Check the comments at A Year of Reading or Poetrepository for her poems.

Kevin (Kevin's Meandering Mind) is back this year,

leaving poetry trax in the comments.

Carol, at Beyond Literacy Link, is writing alongside us when she can.
"Gentle Stroll"

Jone, at DeoWriter, is doing a "double L" challenge. 

She and I are cross-poLLinating our challenges whenever possible.

PO-EMotion -- Desire

THE WHOLE SPECTRUM, PLEASE

tulip petal

monarch wing

forsythia's shock

first leaves in spring

prairie sky

shadows on snow

thunderhead's tower

dogwood, crow

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2015

Carol, at Carol's Corner, will join me again this year as often as possible.

"Longing"

Kimberley, at iWrite in Maine, is joining me this month. 

Sometimes desire takes will power.

Kay, at A Journey Through the Pages, is joining, too!

"Ode to Morning Mocha"

Steve, at inside the dog, is sharing his poems 

in the comments at Poetrepository.

Heidi, at my juicy little universe, will join us when she can.

Linda, at TeacherDance, will join as often as she can.

Check the comments at A Year of Reading or Poetrepository for her poems.

Kevin (Kevin's Meandering Mind) is back this year,

leaving poetry trax in the comments.

Carol, at Beyond Literacy Link, is writing alongside us when she can.
Hers is the desire to write!

Jone, at DeoWriter, is doing a "double L" challenge. 

She and I are cross-poLLinating our challenges whenever possible.

PO-EMotion -- Hate

image from The Home Gardener

VERMICULTURE

human headline news

chewed indiscriminately

shat out as rich soil

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2015

Carol, at Carol's Corner, will join me again this year as often as possible.

Her poem is here.

Kimberley, at iWrite in Maine, is joining me this month. 

She has another perfect classroom vignette.

Kay, at A Journey Through the Pages, is joining, too!

Hate Brings

Steve, at inside the dog, is sharing his poems 

in the comments at Poetrepository.

Heidi, at my juicy little universe, will join us when she can.

Linda, at TeacherDance, will join as often as she can.

Check the comments at A Year of Reading or Poetrepository for her poems.

Kevin (Kevin's Meandering Mind) is back this year,

leaving poetry trax in the comments.

Carol, at Beyond Literacy Link, is writing alongside us when she can.
Today's poem is here.

Jone, at DeoWriter, is doing a "double L" challenge. 

She and I are cross-poLLinating our challenges whenever possible.

PO-EMotion -- Aversion

Flickr Creative Commons photo by Larry Hoffman

VERSIONS OF AVERSION

crowds

conflict

powerpoint

lollygagging

liver and onions

being in the spotlight

committee meetings

folding laundry

gossiping

oysters

golf

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2015

Carol, at Carol's Corner, will join me again this year as often as possible.

Carol has an abecedarian aversion to housework!

Kimberley, at iWrite in Maine, is joining me this month. 

She wrote a diamante.

Kay, at A Journey Through the Pages, is joining, too!

Kay has a limerick-y aversion to greens!

Steve, at inside the dog, is sharing his poems 

in the comments at Poetrepository.

Heidi, at my juicy little universe, will join us when she can.

Linda, at TeacherDance, will join as often as she can.

Check the comments at A Year of Reading or Poetrepository for her poems.

Kevin (Kevin's Meandering Mind) is back this year,

leaving poetry trax in the comments.

Carol, at Beyond Literacy Link, is writing alongside us when she can.

Jone, at DeoWriter, is doing a "double L" challenge. 

She and I are cross-poLLinating our challenges whenever possible.
Today's word is LOLLYGAG.