In honor of the event, here is "What Changes?"
What Changes?
by Tabatha Yeatts
Asleep, waked.
Batter, baked.
Winter, springed.
Finger, ringed.
Nail, pounded.
Lost, founded.
Found, lost.
Pasta, sauced.
Moths, cocooned.
Plums, pruned.
Cream, churned.
Lesson, learned.
Book, read.
Word, said.
Fear, surmounted.
Vote, counted.
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Marjorie has the Poetry Friday round-up today.
14 comments:
Marvelous, says what is needed, no more, Tabatha. I am glad to see you wrote for this day, and so beautifully.
Fear, surmounted.
Vote, counted.
This is in my mind so much these days...thank you for phrasing it so beautifully.
Hi, lovely Tabatha! My favorite lines are "Winter, springed./
Finger, ringed."
And, of course, the pasta, sauced. Reminding me that we should meet for lunch soon.
Tabatha, I'm so happy you are participating in tomorrow's event. It will be a first for me, and I am so honored. Your poem is fantastic! So simple yet it conveys how change surrounds us and some change is within our control and some is not. I love that the last line shows that we effect change with our voices, even silent ones.
Tabatha,
I loved your sparse spine poem. There is lots of room for the reader to contemplate each line and word combination. I especially like the end line "Vote counted" which echos the thought of each reader counts. Well done.
Wonderful poem - says so much with exactly the right words! Glad to hear about your participation in this event too. Enjoy every minute!
Love love love your poem! Each and every word, so powerful. Each a seed for contemplation, together, a beautiful paean to transformation. Bravo!!
Oh, wow! Love this! I read it twice just to savor the juxtaposition of images, and to feel the punch of the ending. Powerful. True.
This is great! I love "winter, springed."
Fun! I've seen other poems with a similar form but never about this subject.
This is terrific! I was married in the month of December so "winter springed, finger ringed" had a particular zing to me.
LOVE THIS, Tabatha! Wow, so punchy and clever and every line is lip-smacking good. Bravissima!!!
Hey, Tabatha -- wonderous and lithe--just beautiful! I wanted to participate but I'm busy surmounting and counting--never got it together...next year!
Thanks for posting this!
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Tabatha! I love this poem!! I am especially enamored of "winter, springed" Thank you so much for sharing. You make me want to write!
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