Howdy Campers and Happy Poetry Friday!
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We've been talking about writing rituals. In her post, Carmela wrote:
"I didn't know that JoAnn likes to start her day writing in longhand before turning on her computer. Or that Jill tries to exercise first thing, even before breakfast. (Now that's what I call discipline!) Or that Laura, our newest TeachingAuthor, works best when she writes in short, intense bursts. But I was especially surprised to learn that none of them practice what they consider to be true writing rituals."
I'm not sure I have a ritual per se.
Before exercise class, I meditate for 30 minutes. Part of my ritual as I settle down to meditate is to open an invisible book and ask to be a channel as a writer.
"I didn't know that JoAnn likes to start her day writing in longhand before turning on her computer. Or that Jill tries to exercise first thing, even before breakfast. (Now that's what I call discipline!) Or that Laura, our newest TeachingAuthor, works best when she writes in short, intense bursts. But I was especially surprised to learn that none of them practice what they consider to be true writing rituals."
I'm not sure I have a ritual per se.
Before exercise class, I meditate for 30 minutes. Part of my ritual as I settle down to meditate is to open an invisible book and ask to be a channel as a writer.
Perhaps my ritual is Doing Everything But Write First (which can be incredibly productive or incredibly fattening.)
PROCRASTINATION
by April Halprin Wayland
Ancient dog
circled in the grass
round and round
to tamp it down
I am dog
circling, too
round and round
as all dogs do
round my homework,
round my desk
finally, working
then I rest.
published in Cricket Magazine
poem and drawing (c) 2014 April Halprin Wayland all rights reserved
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The above poem is a mask poem--written from the point of view of something that doesn't speak.
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What's your ritual? Monkey wants to know.
You can get all grade levels, K-5 in one magnificent book...
P.S: MUCH more on this later, but we are proud to announce that several TeachingAuthors have poems in the newest edition of Janet Wong and Sylvia Vardell's amazing Poetry Friday Anthology series...this one is the Poetry Friday Anthology for Science-grades K-5--wooo wooo!
...or individual books available by grade level...check them out!
posted by April Halprin Wayland with help from Monkey and Eli.
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