Happy Friday, everyone! We’ve made it to another Poetry Friday celebration!
Each year, school librarian and Poetry Friday contributor Jone Rush MacCulloch hosts a Poetry Program in which her creative students write and illustrate poems on postcards which are sent out to happy poetry lovers.
I was delighted to discover this little treasure in my mail box, nestled in among the grocery store flyers and dentist visit reminders:
Well done, Penny! I love the imagery here – so many senses in play, with some pretty imaginative descriptions. Can’t you just picture the harried writer typing away on their typewriter in a motel room, with a pencil tucked behind their ear and bubble gum in their mouth? 😉
This is such a fun project, and it was so lovely to find such an imaginative surprise in the mail! A big thank you to Jone for putting this all together.
Have a great weekend!
I received something like this in my mail a few years ago. I love how alive this is, i could actually visualize ‘imaginative’ typing in a motel. 🙂
Me too! There’s a story there, just waiting to be written! 🙂
Thanks so much for sharing this! It’s a perfect mentor poem to share today with my fourth grade writers. 🙂
Wonderful!! 🙂
Imaginative is white like a blank page or empty canvas, waiting for someone to come along! What a treat to find in your mailbox.
Absolutely! All we seem to get these days is advertisements, since even our bills come online now. It’s such a nice surprise to actually find something special like this in the mail.
It is a wonderful surprise to find those postcards from Jone’s students. This a wonderful image-filled poem from Penny.
It was perfectly timed – I’ve been working on some writing myself, so it was lovely to receive some encouragement in a way from a fellow writer. 🙂
Mmm…the smell of pencil lead…and freshly sharpened pencils…Yes! Bring on the Imaginative!
Absolutely! There’s nothing quite like a freshly sharpened pencil to get the creative juices flowing!
It was such a joy to receive my postcard a few weeks ago. I do agree that Penny has created a vivid image of imagination.
It’s so lovely to get a poem in the mail!!
What a treat in your mailbox! Thanks for sharing Penny’s imaginative poem.
You’re very welcome – it was such a treat indeed!
What a sweet treat.
Indeed! A bubble-gum flavoured treat! 🙂
I adore receiving Joan’s treats in the mail. This one is imaginative, Jane. I love your Poetry Friday image at the top.
Thank you! That’s how I think of poetry – like a soothing cup of tea for my soul. 🙂
I do enjoy receiving those poetry postcards. Such a great project!
It really is!
Penny nails it! I wish I had her clarity when I was in the sixth grade. Thanks for sharing this.
Me too!
Thanks for sharing your lovely surprise! I too think its a great mentor poem.
I agree completely!
This is wonderful! I love how Penny sets the scene and describes “imaginative” with such vivid detail.
Such creativity! A budding writer, to be sure.
I can only imagine there is a story behind that motel reference. I hope Penny C. writes it some day!
I was thinking the same thing! Furiously writing while chewing bubble gum! 🙂
So great! Yes, I can imagine the scene and pace of this writer. A welcome surprise in your mailbox indeed!
I’d love to do more like this – it’s such a lovely surprise to actually get something personal in the mail these days!
Lovely! And I love the gentle nod to the necessity of cupcakes, in the illustration. Another key ‘ingredient’ for creativity. 😉
Oh, absolutely! Nothing like a sweet treat to get the creativity flowing! 😉
Love seeing what young folks come up with when they have the opportunity to contemplate the world around them!
Wow! I’m picturing Imagination as an author, who’s taken a vacation from his or her family and is holed up in a motel with only the typewriter for company. This is such a vivid portrait.