IMPERFECT II

Two people in a conversation amount to four people talking. The four are what one person says, what he really wanted to say, what his listener heard, and what he thought he heard.
~WJ Bryan

Happy Poetry Friday and Happy National Poetry Month! I'm celebrating a new book: IMPERFECT II. It's another poetry anthology for middle schoolers. Last time, the poems were about mistakes; this time, the theme is poems about perspective. The themes fit together well.

I didn't have any plans to do a second book (or I would have called the first book IMPERFECT I) but this one grew from a seed of an idea the same way the first book did, something that nagged at me until I went ahead and took the plunge. It was a bit of a difficult process, not gonna lie, and I teared up when I saw my copy. (The first time I've done that!)

Preston gave it the lick test

Want to know who's in the book? Come visit the IMPERFECT II blog! The poets are all listed, plus we will feature poets' bios on an on-going basis. I will be posting there every day or nearly every day in April.

I made a Pinterest Board for IMPERFECT II which has quote pins, art perspective lessons, thoughts about thinking, etc.

Today's poem is about someone who realizes that their point-of-view may have limitations they aren't even aware of:

All But Blind
by Walter De La Mare

All but blind
In his chambered hole
Gropes for worms
The four-clawed Mole.

All but blind
In the evening sky
The hooded Bat
Twirls softly by.

All but blind
In the burning day
The Barn-Owl blunders
On her way.

And blind as are
These three to me,
So, blind to Some-one
I must be.

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Leaving you with a song! This book is written, but what comes after...the rest is still unwritten!



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My Juicy Little Universe has the Poetry Friday roundup today. Thanks, Heidi!