tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945Mon, 27 Feb 2012 11:37:00 +0000original poemhaikuHaiku StickyHappy Haiga Dayhaibunpoehistrytankahaigahttp://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Diane Mayr)Blogger491125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-7013543444396624734Mon, 27 Feb 2012 11:37:00 +00002012-02-27T06:37:00.347-05:00Yesterday I shared the inspiration piece that was sent to me, and my response to it, as part of the SPARK art from writing: writing from art challenge (the 15th quarterly challenge since the program began). Today, I have the inspiration piece that I sent to Channie Greenberg, and her poetic response.© Diane Mayr, all rights reserved.Carnival Provocations Carnival provocations, very harpy-like, http://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2012/02/sparkling-day-part-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Diane Mayr)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-5648250414814315214Sun, 26 Feb 2012 14:14:00 +00002012-02-26T13:21:47.279-05:00I participated for the first time in SPARK art from writing: writing from art. The artist in an assigned team of two sends an inspiration piece to the the writer, and vice versa. There is a period of 10 days to complete a response.Since there was an imbalance between the number of writers wishing to participate, and the number of artists, I signed up as an artist. (Most of the time I consider http://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2012/02/sparkling-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Diane Mayr)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-5564560521223671237Fri, 24 Feb 2012 05:01:00 +00002012-02-24T00:01:02.761-05:00original poempoehistryAs you may have guessed, if you follow this or my Kids of the Homefront Army blog, I'm a big advocate of using old photographs as inspiration for poems about history. I refer to the resulting poems as "poehistry." If you'd like to see examples from this blog, click on the label (on the right hand side of the page) "poehistry."Here's a list poem inspired by the Civil War tintype above:Reasons tohttp://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2012/02/poetry-friday-more-poehistry.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Diane Mayr)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-1091918831400432323Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:05:00 +00002012-02-21T06:05:00.176-05:00Haiku Stickyhaiku© Diane Mayr, all rights reserved.http://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2012/02/haiku-sticky-137.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Diane Mayr)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-6953126605151892359Sun, 19 Feb 2012 12:03:00 +00002012-02-19T07:03:00.424-05:00haigaHappy Haiga Day© Diane Mayr, all rights reserved.http://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2012/02/happy-haiga-day_19.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Diane Mayr)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-1431036397673699203Fri, 17 Feb 2012 05:01:00 +00002012-02-17T18:22:22.370-05:00This past Tuesday the winners of the 2011 Cybils: Children's and Young Adult Bloggers' Literary Awards were announced on the Cybils site.Congratulations to all the winners! I was extremely fortunate to be a judge of the 2011 award for poetry, Requiem: Poems of the Terezin Ghetto by Paul B. Janeczko. Working with four others, and our mediator, we read and reread the finalists, had lots of onlinehttp://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2012/02/poetry-friday-and-winner-is.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Diane Mayr)12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-4753782476838935810Fri, 17 Feb 2012 05:01:00 +00002012-02-17T18:22:00.335-05:00original poemLast week when I rummaged through my 2011 files looking for 15 Words or Less Poems, I came across this poem written on February 16.Watching the News, February 2011How it is that excessive stupidity has becomean infectious disease in 21st century United States? Is this something the CDC or the EPA should look into? Oh wait, certain politicians think government intervention is unnecessary, http://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2012/02/poetry-friday-one-year-later.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Diane Mayr)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-5236224725523109552Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:19:00 +00002012-02-14T06:19:00.359-05:00Haiku Stickyhaiku© Diane Mayr, all rights reserved.http://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2012/02/haiku-sticky-136.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Diane Mayr)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-822335325947416651Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:09:00 +00002012-02-12T05:09:00.144-05:00haigaHappy Haiga Day© Diane Mayr, all rights reserved. Photo courtesy Library of Congress.http://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2012/02/happy-haiga-day_12.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Diane Mayr)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-2840353143640167866Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:01:00 +00002012-02-10T08:23:00.657-05:00In honor of this week's Poetry Friday Round-Up hostess, Laura Salas, and her blog, I'm resurrecting some of the poems I wrote for her weekly 15 Words or Less Poems challenge. These poems are all from 2011. I hope these stand alone without using the original photographs that inspired them:March 10, 2011Science LessonSpring sun...my children watchtheir pupilsconstrict then closetheir eyes again. http://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2012/02/poetry-friday-15-words-or-less-poems.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Diane Mayr)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-4544092063365371317Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:57:00 +00002012-02-07T06:57:00.588-05:00Haiku Stickyhaiku© Diane Mayr, all rights reserved. I generally try to adjust my word choice so that the haiku, or, in this case, the senryu, can appear in three lines. However, I find the word "chitchat" perfect for this type of conversation. I could have used "gossip," but the feeling is not the same. What do you think? Would "gossip" have worked as well for you?http://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2012/02/haiku-sticky-135.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Diane Mayr)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-6374252888255508843Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:58:00 +00002012-02-05T05:58:00.074-05:00haigaHappy Haiga Day© Diane Mayr, all rights reserved. Photo courtesy Library of Congress.http://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2012/02/happy-haiga-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Diane Mayr)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-4571004498673928288Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:01:00 +00002012-02-03T00:01:02.253-05:00original poemThe Great Bookcase DisasterFive shelves the rightwidth and depth.A complete unit ofthe perfect height.Collections arranged alphabetically bypoet, anthologiesby title. A decorativefigure placed just so. And then the catoblivious to art,indifferent to literature,uses an upper shelf to launch herself. Bookcase sways, volumes shift, balance is lost. Chapbooks slide, pages splay, framework splintershttp://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2012/02/poetry-friday-great-bookcase-disaster.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Diane Mayr)10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-4163453512599574390Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:01:00 +00002012-01-31T06:01:00.874-05:00Haiku Stickyhaiku© Diane Mayr, all rights reserved.http://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2012/01/haiku-sticky-134.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Diane Mayr)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-3907576826585136594Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:18:00 +00002012-01-29T06:18:00.571-05:00haigaHappy Haiga Day© Diane Mayr, all rights reserved. Photo courtesy Library of Congress.http://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2012/01/happy-haiga-day_29.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Diane Mayr)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-5343320248386998518Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:01:00 +00002012-01-27T00:01:02.935-05:00I'm aging rapidly and one of problems with aging is having to get up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom. Sometimes I can almost make it through the night, but there are those times when I'm up at 5:30 or 6:00 and getting back to sleep for the final hour just isn't happening! So, I can really relate to this poem by Dick Davis:As soon as you wake they come blundering in    Like http://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2012/01/poetry-friday-6-am-thoughts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Diane Mayr)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-5561568382619081294Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:00:00 +00002012-01-24T06:00:05.842-05:00Haiku Stickyhaiku© Diane Mayr, all rights reserved.http://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2012/01/haiku-sticky-133.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Diane Mayr)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-7394902557977149263Sun, 22 Jan 2012 11:45:00 +00002012-01-22T09:50:13.694-05:00haigaHappy Haiga Day© Diane Mayr, all rights reserved. Image courtesy Library of Congress.http://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2012/01/happy-haiga-day_22.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Diane Mayr)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-8991803560425928994Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:01:00 +00002012-01-20T00:01:03.702-05:00haikuLast week, along with a rant, I posted several haiku that were inspired by Emily Dickinson's poems. I had such a good time with those, I decided to look for more haiku hiding within her words.DICKINSONAt half-past three a single bird Unto a silent sky Propounded but a single term Of cautious melody.HAIKUa single trillbreaches my dream...summer dawnDICKINSONAn awful tempest mashed the air, The http://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2012/01/poetry-friday-dickinson-inspiration.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Diane Mayr)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-5638577180482622067Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:42:00 +00002012-01-17T05:42:00.609-05:00Haiku Stickyhaiku© Diane Mayr, all rights reserved. Winter is really here--stay warm!http://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2012/01/haiku-sticky-132.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Diane Mayr)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-1436456399976619501Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:07:00 +00002012-01-15T09:15:19.394-05:00haigaHappy Haiga Day© Diane Mayr, all rights reserved.http://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2012/01/happy-haiga-day_15.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Diane Mayr)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-7235926952589146870Fri, 13 Jan 2012 05:01:00 +00002012-01-13T00:01:04.698-05:00haikuI have a Google Alert set up for the term "haiku," and as a result I get many interesting or odd links in my inbox. Some have to do with the Maui town of Haiku in Hawaii--everything from obituaries to announcements of Unified Field Theory seminars. Others have to do with the Haiku operating system for computers. Some lucky days I get links for haiku poetry! Over the past two weeks I found http://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2012/01/yet-another-haiku-miss.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Diane Mayr)15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-1495795924176548971Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:05:00 +00002012-01-10T06:05:00.640-05:00Haiku Stickyhaiku© Diane Mayr, all rights reserved.http://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2012/01/haiku-sticky-131.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Diane Mayr)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-3209672515562597064Sun, 08 Jan 2012 11:13:00 +00002012-01-08T06:13:00.917-05:00haigaHappy Haiga DayStill celebrating moving into the year of the Dragon!© Diane Mayr, all rights reserved. Photo courtesy Library of Congress.http://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2012/01/happy-haiga-day_08.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Diane Mayr)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3868976411159042945.post-7153390900734674423Fri, 06 Jan 2012 05:01:00 +00002012-01-06T00:01:05.170-05:00original poemGot a few hours to kill? If so, then head over to OEDILF: The Omnificent English Dictionary In Limerick Form. The goal of the OEDLIF "is to write at least one limerick for each meaning of each and every word in the English language." Since the source of the words is the massive Oxford English Dictionary, the limerictionary isn't projected to be completed until 2039! What an undertaking! http://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2012/01/poetry-friday-oedilf.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Diane Mayr)11