Thursday, February 9, 2017

DMC: "She hears from her creative voice" by Tabatha Yeatts





She hears from her creative voice

The other voices—loud and grim—
clamor so I can't come in—

They draw your eye, confound your ear,
make me feel unwelcome here.

My steps are light, my scent is slight—
I come to you most every night

in dreams you might remember when
you exile the others and let me in.



© 2017 Tabatha Yeatts. All rights reserved.


Jeannine Atkins has challenged us to write a poem that uses personified feeling. For more details, click HERE. Jeannine offers the following guidance to those feeling stuck:
"Maybe start with a character in motion and think of her main feeling. Then let her or him speak to Joy, Anxiety, Peaceful Nature, Curiosity, Grief, etc to set a dialog back and forth. Or here's a prompt: Happiness, where are you? — let Happiness answer."

Post your poem on our February 2017 padlet.  All contributions will be included in a wrap-up celebration on Friday, February 24th, and one lucky participant will win a personalized copy of her latest novel-in-verse from Atheneum Books/Simon & Schuster:






4 comments:

  1. Love this, Tabatha! Especially "My steps are light, my scent is slight"— such a slip of a girl.

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  2. Thanks, Michelle (and Jeannine)! I appreciated the cool prompt.

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  3. Beautiful thought Tabatha, her voice coming to her in her dreams!

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  4. Catching up! This is lovely to imagine creativity having "light steps" and arriving in dreams.

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