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Poetry Friday :: Peace Poems

10 February 2017 by Kortney

Here’s a selection of the postcards that have made their way west so far…

I love how very American they are–Smokey the Bear and Mesa Verde, that general store and Charlie Harper.

The image in the middle is a peace snowflake sent by Irene Latham.  (She also sent me poems and treats in December as a part of Tabitha’s poetry exchange…I haven’t mentioned that yet because it deserves a really thoughtful response!) Here’s the poem that came with the snowflake:

Snowflake Speaks of Peace

to slow-dance
with my sisters

to whirl,
twirl
all night long

to sing
as we kiss
the world

and tumble
ourselves

into soft heaps
and peaks
for sleeping.

So much to love here–the easy rhyme and the clear images spoken in the snowflake’s voice.  Irene is masterful in her ability to work from prompts (or props in this case) in an authentic and deep way.  But most I love the echos of that American great, Langston Hughes and The Negro Speaks of Rivers.

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Comments

  1. Jane @ Raincity Librarian says

    10 February 2017 at 3:37 pm

    What a beautiful array of creativity and expression – such a lovely diversion from the typical mailbox full of advertisements and bills!

    • Kortney says

      11 February 2017 at 4:46 pm

      I’m so eager to check the mail each day!

  2. Kay McGriff says

    10 February 2017 at 4:43 pm

    Lovely postcards and verse. I’ve enjoyed seeing all the poetry postcards across the way.

    • Kortney says

      11 February 2017 at 4:49 pm

      It’s been a treat!

  3. Catherine says

    11 February 2017 at 2:37 am

    Irene’s poem is magical. I especially love that last stanza. Thanks so much for sharing!

    • Kortney says

      11 February 2017 at 4:47 pm

      Sleeping snow! <3

  4. Tabatha says

    11 February 2017 at 3:24 am

    Such a gorgeous, peaceful poem! Makes me long for snow (which we haven’t had yet this winter)…

    • Kortney says

      11 February 2017 at 4:47 pm

      We’ve had more than our share of snow here…but now it’s just sloggy rain and grey skies.

  5. Linda Mitchell says

    11 February 2017 at 11:25 am

    Beautiful. Just beautiful…..I love them. Every one.

    • Kortney says

      11 February 2017 at 4:48 pm

      Me too!

  6. Linda Baie says

    11 February 2017 at 2:49 pm

    I would have liked to take that challenge, but was already doing another. Irene’s poem is indeed peaceful, that “tumbling into soft heaps and peaks”.

    • Kortney says

      11 February 2017 at 4:48 pm

      Doesn’t that sound *just right*?!

  7. Mary Lee Hahn says

    12 February 2017 at 6:29 am

    I prefer these snowflakes of peace, rather than the insult of “snowflake” that is being hurled back and forth these days…

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