new moon -
first harvest
from the feijoa tree
Copyright © 2011 Kirsten Cliff
For the prompt used to write this poem, please go here.
Showing posts with label poetry writing exercise. Show all posts
Showing posts with label poetry writing exercise. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
April PAD Challenge: Personal Mythology Prompts Day Thirty - Beginnings
Poem #30
Copyright © 2011 Kirsten Cliff
For the prompt used to write this poem, please go here.
Copyright © 2011 Kirsten Cliff
For the prompt used to write this poem, please go here.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
April PAD Challenge: Personal Mythology Prompts Day Twenty-Nine - The Fifth Element
Poem #29
Copyright © 2011 Kirsten Cliff
For the prompt used to write this poem, please go here.
words -
the way God
creates through me
Copyright © 2011 Kirsten Cliff
For the prompt used to write this poem, please go here.
Monday, May 2, 2011
April PAD Challenge: Personal Mythology Prompts Day Twenty-Eight - Place
Poem #28
my soul
no longer sings
in this place
my mind & body too
seek safer shelter
Copyright © 2011 Kirsten Cliff
For the prompt used to write this poem, please go here.
my soul
no longer sings
in this place
my mind & body too
seek safer shelter
Copyright © 2011 Kirsten Cliff
For the prompt used to write this poem, please go here.
Sunday, May 1, 2011
April PAD Challenge: Personal Mythology Prompts Day Twenty-Seven - The Shadow
Poem #27
May Day
a storm is brewing
all I can do
is keep saying "yes"
to my growing anxiety
Copyright © 2011 Kirsten Cliff
For the prompt used to write this poem, please go here.
May Day
a storm is brewing
all I can do
is keep saying "yes"
to my growing anxiety
Copyright © 2011 Kirsten Cliff
For the prompt used to write this poem, please go here.
Saturday, April 30, 2011
April PAD Challenge: Personal Mythology Prompts Day Twenty-Six - Revelation
Poem #26
the realisation
that my dreams are full
of His wisdom -
I can never go back
to who I was before
Copyright © 2011 Kirsten Cliff
For the prompt used to write this poem, please go here.
the realisation
that my dreams are full
of His wisdom -
I can never go back
to who I was before
Copyright © 2011 Kirsten Cliff
For the prompt used to write this poem, please go here.
Friday, April 29, 2011
April PAD Challenge: Personal Mythology Prompts Day Twenty-Five - The Image
Poem #25
the image
as I sit at my desk to write
there's a daytime shadow
that keeps catching my eye
before I turn to take a look
my mind sees bird, cat, man
but it's just the pathway
strewn with autumn leaves,
just the overgrown grass
& the jacaranda tree
both moving to the tune
of the traffic's steady flow,
just the two pairs of shoes
that are waiting by the mat
& my reflection in the window
as I sit at my desk to write
Copyright © 2011 Kirsten Cliff
For the prompt used to write this poem, please go here.
the image
as I sit at my desk to write
there's a daytime shadow
that keeps catching my eye
before I turn to take a look
my mind sees bird, cat, man
but it's just the pathway
strewn with autumn leaves,
just the overgrown grass
& the jacaranda tree
both moving to the tune
of the traffic's steady flow,
just the two pairs of shoes
that are waiting by the mat
& my reflection in the window
as I sit at my desk to write
Copyright © 2011 Kirsten Cliff
For the prompt used to write this poem, please go here.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
April PAD Challenge: Personal Mythology Prompts Day Twenty-Four - Renewal
Poem #24
thinking
that moving away
will change things
but each time I'm
still left with me
Copyright © 2011 Kirsten Cliff
For the prompt used to write this poem, please go here.
thinking
that moving away
will change things
but each time I'm
still left with me
Copyright © 2011 Kirsten Cliff
For the prompt used to write this poem, please go here.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
April PAD Challenge: Personal Mythology Prompts Day Twenty-Three - Memory
Poem #23
Copyright © 2011 Kirsten Cliff
For the prompt used to write this poem, please go here.
white lilies... just like in hospital
Copyright © 2011 Kirsten Cliff
For the prompt used to write this poem, please go here.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
April PAD Challenge: Personal Mythology Prompts Day Twenty-Two - The Animal
Poem #22
wind and rain, but I want to see if anymore monarch's have hatched this autumn day, and there, on the cyclamen, a butterfly fresh from it's chrysalis, swaying, wings closed, waiting still for the right time to go... how will it know? how will I?
Copyright © 2011 Kirsten Cliff
For the prompt used to write this poem, please go here.
wind and rain, but I want to see if anymore monarch's have hatched this autumn day, and there, on the cyclamen, a butterfly fresh from it's chrysalis, swaying, wings closed, waiting still for the right time to go... how will it know? how will I?
Copyright © 2011 Kirsten Cliff
For the prompt used to write this poem, please go here.
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Monday, April 25, 2011
April PAD Challenge: Personal Mythology Prompts Day Twenty-One - The Element of Fire
Poem #21
Copyright © 2011 Kirsten Cliff
For the prompt used to write this poem, please go here.
sheets of rain from no where talk of us spooning
Copyright © 2011 Kirsten Cliff
For the prompt used to write this poem, please go here.
Sunday, April 24, 2011
April PAD Challenge: Personal Mythology Prompts Day Twenty - The Body
Poem #20
Copyright © 2011 Kirsten Cliff
For the prompt used to write this poem, please go here.
autumn sun
my right hand colder
than the left
Copyright © 2011 Kirsten Cliff
For the prompt used to write this poem, please go here.
Saturday, April 23, 2011
April PAD Challenge: Personal Mythology Prompts Day Nineteen - Archetypes
Poem #19
Said the mage,
"You too possess the skills
to unlock the
beautiful power within
yourself. Now go forth!"
Copyright © 2011 Kirsten Cliff
For the prompt used to write this poem, please go here.
Said the mage,
"You too possess the skills
to unlock the
beautiful power within
yourself. Now go forth!"
Copyright © 2011 Kirsten Cliff
For the prompt used to write this poem, please go here.
Friday, April 22, 2011
April PAD Challenge: Personal Mythology Prompts Day Eighteen - The Story of Dog and Squirrel
Poem #18
The Blackbird and The Birdbath
"Why do you come
to splash with such fuss
at the birdbath each day
Mr Blackbird?" I asked.
"Why, to wash away the curse
that has turned my feathers black
as black as the darkest night!"
He replied.
Copyright © 2011 Kirsten Cliff
For the prompt used to write this poem, please go here.
The Blackbird and The Birdbath
"Why do you come
to splash with such fuss
at the birdbath each day
Mr Blackbird?" I asked.
"Why, to wash away the curse
that has turned my feathers black
as black as the darkest night!"
He replied.
Copyright © 2011 Kirsten Cliff
For the prompt used to write this poem, please go here.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
April PAD Challenge: Personal Mythology Prompts Day Seventeen - The Element of Air
Poem #17
Copyright © 2011 Kirsten Cliff
For the prompt used to write this poem, please go here.
full moon
the strength of
my voice
For the prompt used to write this poem, please go here.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
April PAD Challenge: Personal Mythology Prompts Day Sixteen - Beauty
Poem #16
Copyright © 2011 Kirsten Cliff
autumnal light
on the monarch's wings
i believe again
Copyright © 2011 Kirsten Cliff
For the prompt used to write this poem, please go here.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
April PAD Challenge: Personal Mythology Prompts Day Fifteen - The Adversary
Poem #15
Bubbles
So many unsolved niggles
that pop into my head
with too many speech bubbles
of what I should have said
Today I choose to set free
the bubbles to the light
to bask in rainbow beauty
and let go of the fight
Copyright © 2011 Kirsten Cliff
For the prompt used to write this poem, please go here.
Bubbles
So many unsolved niggles
that pop into my head
with too many speech bubbles
of what I should have said
Today I choose to set free
the bubbles to the light
to bask in rainbow beauty
and let go of the fight
Copyright © 2011 Kirsten Cliff
For the prompt used to write this poem, please go here.
Monday, April 18, 2011
April PAD Challenge: Personal Mythology Prompts Day Fourteen - Tribe
Poem #14
Copyright © 2011 Kirsten Cliff
For the prompt used to write this poem, please go here.
my tribe
we cancer patients
long after
the treatment's done
a bond remains
Copyright © 2011 Kirsten Cliff
For the prompt used to write this poem, please go here.
The Query Letter
I emailed a query letter to the editor of Australia's The School Magazine this morning proposing an activity on writing Found poetry.
This evolved in 2009 after I did a series of four poetry workshops for children from four local primary schools who were part of the Gifted and Talented Literary Programme. I had so much fun doing those workshops that I wanted to share the poetry writing exercises I'd devised with more children.
New Zealand's School Journal published by Learning Media was my first choice for publication. Many of New Zealand's great writers of children's literature have begun their publishing journey within the pages of the School Journal.
I adapted my Found poetry and List poetry worksheets into activities that I felt would sit well and work well within the School Journal set-up. I sent my query in and received a reply quicker than expected: the editors deciding that my activity wouldn't work as a self-directed classroom activity. So, I put the idea to bed.
Over the weekend I was reading an article about educational publishing and how many children's writers use this market to supplement their income. And that is where I found out that Australia had a school publication similar to ours.
I went through the guidelines on their website and found that with activities the protocol was to email the Editor first indicating the type of activity you have in mind. I only had to make a few small changes to my original query letter and I was good to go.
Now all my hard work in 2009 has a second chance to shine and I've got nothing to lose by putting myself and my ideas forward. Watch this space!
This evolved in 2009 after I did a series of four poetry workshops for children from four local primary schools who were part of the Gifted and Talented Literary Programme. I had so much fun doing those workshops that I wanted to share the poetry writing exercises I'd devised with more children.
New Zealand's School Journal published by Learning Media was my first choice for publication. Many of New Zealand's great writers of children's literature have begun their publishing journey within the pages of the School Journal.
I adapted my Found poetry and List poetry worksheets into activities that I felt would sit well and work well within the School Journal set-up. I sent my query in and received a reply quicker than expected: the editors deciding that my activity wouldn't work as a self-directed classroom activity. So, I put the idea to bed.
Over the weekend I was reading an article about educational publishing and how many children's writers use this market to supplement their income. And that is where I found out that Australia had a school publication similar to ours.
I went through the guidelines on their website and found that with activities the protocol was to email the Editor first indicating the type of activity you have in mind. I only had to make a few small changes to my original query letter and I was good to go.
Now all my hard work in 2009 has a second chance to shine and I've got nothing to lose by putting myself and my ideas forward. Watch this space!
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
April PAD Challenge: Personal Mythology Prompts Day Thirteen - The Talisman
Poem #13
that song
and I'm taken back to
a sadder time
where I was alone, but
I had found writing
Copyright © 2011 Kirsten Cliff
For the prompt used to write this poem, please go here.
that song
and I'm taken back to
a sadder time
where I was alone, but
I had found writing
Copyright © 2011 Kirsten Cliff
For the prompt used to write this poem, please go here.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
April PAD Challenge: Personal Mythology Prompts Day Twelve - Desire
Poem #12
the vision board
I collaged last year
before cancer
questioning now if I
still want those things
Copyright © 2011 Kirsten Cliff
For the prompt used to write this poem, please go here.
the vision board
I collaged last year
before cancer
questioning now if I
still want those things
Copyright © 2011 Kirsten Cliff
For the prompt used to write this poem, please go here.
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