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- Snowfog is the perfect word and this poem is just all-around...December 27, 2020 - 8:50 am by Liz Garton Scanlon
- So beautiful, Liz. Love the haiku and the sense of peace...December 26, 2020 - 11:36 am by Michelle Barnes
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Oh Liz, I love love LOVE these!!!
Thanks, Michelle! They’ve all been rejected by one or more journals but I still love them and wanted to share them.
What an amazing array of compelling words and visuals. Thank you soooooooo much for sharing. I love playing with space! Tried doing something with the visual space/font/point size to express dying within a haiku last night. Think my “no-frills” platform doesn’t accommodate–or maybe, new to this, I just don’t know how to manipulate.So enjoyed your talents! I love how crisp and clean your site is; makes a visually pleasant and strikingly vibrant backdrop/palette for you words and photos Thanks again. God bless you!
Thanks so much for stopping by and for your kind words. I wrote and played with these in Word, then took a screen shot, and pasted the photos here. It’s a trick I learned from a Poetry Friday friend. I find it really challenging to play with space on WordPress.
Thanks so much for passing along your trick! (Unlike you, I’m not sure I can make it work..) My fascination with form and space comes, in part, from having spent a number of years in marketing. Although I was the one doing the copywriting, I know I drove the art dept. crazy with my insistence that they give me “playground space/shapes”within which to write (They wanted the words first before doing any layout concepts.) In the end, we collaborated. I always told them that the impact of their “look” was in many ways much more important–at least initially– than were the meanings of any or all of my words. What a joy to see how you play with both space and words. “Visual noise” is something I find off-putting and intrusive. What a gift to be able to do what you do so beautifully! Thank you so very much for dignifying my comment and for taking time to share your response. God bless you!
Guess what! I did what you said!!! THANK YOU! http://cbhanek.com/2015/10/02/between-haiku/
Yay!
Love these!
Thanks, Jama!
Me too <3
Thanks, Catherine!
Perfect dewdrop!! And exquisite footprints! Keep submitting these; they are wonderful!
Thank you!
These are simply lovely. I particularly like the last one. Thanks for sharing them here.
Thanks, Rosi!
I love the suspense of the dewdrop poem. Is the second one intended to be read from the bottom up? What fun! I’m sorry to hear they’ve been rejected & glad you decided to share them here.
They’re all wonderful, Liz, so creative. I love the “tendrils of/the past”. Sneaky!
These are fabulous. My favorite is the dew drop. The “p” is even the right shape.
Thanks for sharing these, Liz! I think my particular favorite was the second one — it gave me a real sense of story, even within so few words.
These are just amazing Liz. And your tip about using a screen shot? Amazing!!!! Thanks so much!
White space and alignment are such a powerful part of poetry. These look fabulous. I especially love the drip!
My favorite is the dew dro p.
Each of these is terrific, Liz! I especially like the dandelion fluff – it left me breathless. =)
Small poems can be so powerful. The dandelion fluff carried me away.