I enjoy reading poems about poetry. Here's one I found yesterday when I was looking for a poem to post for this Poetry Friday.
I Leave Bits of Me Everywhere
by Karen Swank-Fitch
poem-words are my clothing, stripped late at night
a trail from the threshold to the foot of bed
along the stairs lay verbs
the actions i need to climb twelve steps at 2 am
a vowel left adjacent to toothbrush
i get sloppy with tartar and allusions
over the cornice of mirror, hangs a strand of pearly metaphors
a simile in my sink
a limerick needing to be laundered
the clothes hamper is full of rimes & meters in want of mending
You can read the rest of the poem here.
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At Wild Rose Reader, I have two poems about eating poetry and a look at of some of the children's poetry books that will be publshed in the first half of 2010 that I can't wait to read.
Liz Garton Scanlon, author of that fabulous picture book All the World, is doing the Poetry Friday Roundup this week.
I like that one! Especially laundering the limerick :).
ReplyDeleteJama -- that's the EXACT line that jumped out at me!! Love this, Elaine...
ReplyDeleteJama--
ReplyDeleteI love it--and the humor in it! It's now one of my favorite poems about poetry.
Liz--
ReplyDeleteI guess you and I were writing comments at the same time.
Another favorite part:
a vowel left adjacent to toothbrush
i get sloppy with tartar and allusions
Fun, fun!
ReplyDeleteHello Poetry Lovers. I'm Karen Swank-Fitch, author of "I Leave Bits of Me Everywhere." I'm so pleased that you like the piece & that is "speaks" to you.
ReplyDeleteKaren