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Woman's Work

Hello!

In my effort to become more inspired by poetry, I picked up a book at a local thrift store that I happened to come upon. It's a compilation of poems by Maya Angelou. She is someone I've always admired, but to be honest, I've never sat down to read her works. And I would have paid more for this book, but I am a bargain hunter at heart, so I think it was meant-to-be that this book was waiting for me at the thrift store!

What's very interesting and kismet, is that I opened the book to page 144, and on this page is a poem that I totally identify with. It's titled 'Woman Work'. I hope you enjoy it...

Woman Work

I've got the children to tend

The clothes to mend

The floor to mop

The food to shop

Then the chicken to fry

Then the baby to dry

I got company to feed

The garden to weed

I've got the shirts to press

The tots to dress

The cane to be cut

I gotta clean up this hut

Then see about the sick

And the cotton to pick.

Shine on me, sunshine

Rain on me, rain

Fall softly, dewdrops

And cool my brow again.

Storm, blow me from here

With your fiercest wind

Let me float across the sky

'Til I can rest again.

Fall gently, snowflakes

Cover me with white

Cold icy kisses and

Let me rest tonight.

Sun, rain, curving sky

Mountain, oceans, leaf and stone

Star shine, moon glow

You're all that I can call my own.  

~ Maya Angelou

                                         

Me & Haiku

Hello!

OK, you're probably wondering why this is my second post this week in regards to Haiku. I'm not trying to become poet, ha ha. This post is really just an explanation behind my Wednesday post. To  be honest, I'm not the biggest poetry lover. But a couple of things have happened in the last month that makes me think maybe I should become a little more familiar with poetry. Expand my horizons a little.

First, I got the book below by Katie Kendrick and she has a section about adding Haiku to art. The whole book is about beautifully mixing poetry with art, but something about this section caught my eye. And ever since reading it and thinking about it, I've been thinking in Haiku!

Second, I met a published poet in my altered book class. Her name is Lisa Hammond and her website is here. She gave me some insight about why [people like me] aren't really into poetry and maybe I needed to look into some contemporary poets. And I will. In fact, I'm going to check out some books of poetry from my library and familiar myself with it. Again, expanding my brain.

So this is how I came to Wednesday's post. Is it good Haiku? Probably not. But it was fun and I may try it again with some of my artwork.

What are some ways that you've expanded your horizons or artwork?

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