 Happy Poetry Friday! It's great to be back in the round-up with friends this week! Rebecca is hosting this week at her space, Sloth Reads. Be sure to drop in there! I just love the merry merry month of May! There is much to notice and observe. Birds and bugs fill the air. There's a sense of calmness everywhere! This marvelous month has me singing and wanting to write tons of rhyming poems. I came up with this little rhyming poem while I was lying lazily on a blanket in my yard last weekend. I was enjoying a long overdue rest when I noticed all the winged creatures of the air busy in flight. I thought of how wonderful it must feel to stretch your wings and go. I wish you many more May days filled with rest and times of giddy-up and go. Happy May days everyone!  Invitation to Write:It's fun to play with rhyming poems! Sometimes when I'm writing a poem and get stuck, I pick a word or two from my poem and make a list of rhyming words. This often helps me get going again so I can generate more ideas for my poem. It can even surprise me by offering a new direction for my poem entirely. So whenever you're stuck, you might try some rhyming word fun!
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I love your May Days poem. All I have been seeing lately is the crazy lovebugs--they're pretty bad this year in FL. I'm also raising some monarch caterpillars right now. Hopefully they'll survive--the last batch all got eaten by the birds! Thank you for sharing your poem! 5/17/2018 06:17:15 pm
Happy May, and thank you for sharing your May-inspired poem. It's lovely. 5/17/2018 07:21:55 pm
What a lovely May poem, Kiesha! I often think of winged creatures like you, "... how wonderful it must feel to stretch your wings and go." I think we need more weekend relaxation tme like you described. 5/17/2018 07:59:14 pm
Lovely, fanciful poem Kiesha, I'd like to find some wings and join the flight, thanks! 5/17/2018 08:44:52 pm
No hummingbirds yet, but yes, bee and birds and I saw my first butterfly yesterday. Your poem made me want to sing it, and I can imagine walking through May, skipping a bit, happy it's hear! Love this image, Kiesha! 5/18/2018 07:10:52 am
Your May poem is such a celebration! I want to join right in and either flit and fly away or sit and dream awhile. 5/18/2018 10:22:07 am
May is absolutely one of my favourite months, too - winter is finally, finally, FINALLY behind us, and sunshine, blue skies, green grass and warm days lie ahead!!
Linda Mitchell
5/18/2018 04:51:52 pm
Oh, how fun! You capture the bouncy, giddy feeling of the weather finally turning. I love May's balminess...short sleeves and slides are my goal for most days. Happy May to you! I do love a poem that starts with Lovebugs.
Heidi Mordhorst
5/20/2018 05:20:38 am
Hi, Kiesha--we both made something of May this week! I like how you give the bugs credit and grace instead of complaining about them. Wishing you more merry May!
Diane Mayr
5/20/2018 06:27:02 am
I like the butterflies, but the black flies, not so much! In the rare times I write rhyming poems, my favorite tool is www.rhymer.com . 5/22/2018 03:28:11 pm
Kiesha, I have never seen a hummingbird so I always love reading about that bird. Diane's advice about using the rhyming site is a good one. I am going to bookmark that one, too. I am collecting digital inspirations for my spring gallery this week. I look forward to receiving one or more from you. Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWelcome! I'm Kiesha Shepard, and I have a love for writing and the teaching of writing. Whispers From the Ridge is a place where I can share my words and ideas for teaching writing. It's also a place for you to find inspiration for writing the words inside of you. I invite you into my world of writing as I capture the whispers from the ridge. 
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