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Welcome to National Poetry Month. Last year, I missed out on participating in the Progressive Poem Party (much like a progressive dinner but with poetry). Irene invited me to start off this year.
I am anxious to see where it travels and how it unfolds.. A friend recently said to me, “Live without a net.” Great line. So with that idea in mind, and the word alluvium, here’s my opening line for 2015:
She lives without a net, walking on the alluvium of the delta
Now Joy will add on to this line.
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1 Jone at Check it Out
2 Joy at Poetry for Kids Joy
3 Heidi at My Juicy Little Universe
4 Laura at Writing the World for Kids
5 Charles at Poetry Time Blog
6 Ramona at Pleasures from the Page
7 Catherine at Catherine Johnson
8 Irene at Live Your Poem
9 Mary Lee at Poetrepository
10 Michelle at Today’s Little Ditty
11 Kim at Flukeprints
12 Margaret at Reflections on the Teche
13 Doraine at DoriReads
14 Renee at No Water River
15 Robyn at Life on the Deckle Edge
16 Ruth at There is No Such Thing as a Godforsaken Town
17 Buffy at Buffy’s Blog
18 Sheila at Sheila Renfro
19 Linda at Teacher Dance
20 Penny at A Penny and her Jots
21 Tara at A Teaching Life
22 Pat at Writer on a Horse
23 Tamera at The Writer’s Whimsy
24 Tricia at The Miss Rumphius Effect
25 Tabatha at The Opposite of indifference
26 Brian at Walk the Walk
27 Jan at Bookseedstudio
28 Amy at The Poem Farm
29 Donna at Mainely Write
30 Matt at Radio, Rhythm & Rhyme
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Oh to be brave and to not make choices out of fear! I love this “living without a net.” And wow, with “alluvium” in the first line, I’ll be looking for some elevated, perhaps challenging language in the lines to come. Who is “she” ?? I’m excited to find out. Thank you, Jone! xo
I am going to let this line help guide me through this month, Jone. Thank you. Such a setting to begin our poem-of-friends. Happy Poetry Month! xo, a.
What a magical first line, Jone! Can’t wait to see where this courageous journey takes us.
I love it too, but I saw a different kind of net, and here’s a girl who fishes with her bare hands…
Can you tell I recently read HOOT? “Alluvium” is a rich and beautiful word….
Wonderful first line, Jone! I did not see that fishing girl until Heidi mentioned her, but now I want to know her story (if the poem doesn’t go in that direction, Heidi will have to write it anyway.) Thanks for bravely starting us off, Jone.
Wow! What a start!
And here we go, Jone. You’ve included much thought in this. My mind is going all sorts of places. Well started!
I read this after I wrote the line, by David Huerta, alluvium and poetry: http://tinyurl.com/muwdue9
That’s a fabulous start Jone. Gives us all a sense of wonder, bravery and alluvium.
Great beginning! Can’t wait to see where it leads!
Jone, this line sounds like the opening to a novel and so the poem progresses onward. I will watch with great enthusiasm for the art of collaborative writing.
Jone, I hope you like where I took your line. thank you for a great beginning.
What an evocative first line you’ve given us, Jone! Can’t wait to see where we all take it. 🙂
Much packed into that first line, Jone – thank you for the strong start!!
Thanks for this beautiful first line, Jone 🙂
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