Who will be my next guest reader?

REMINDER: Tonight at 10:00 CST is the cutoff for posting June Word of the Month poems. Don’t miss out!

I’m so pleased to have already featured three poets in the brief time since I invited guests to post a poem and picture with me. My thanks to Amy Ludwig VanDerwater from New York,

Charles Waters from Florida,

and,
Mary Nida Smith from Arkansas

for stepping up right away and showing us how much fun this can be.

So? Who’s next? Your fans await!

David

Amy Ludwig VanDerwater today

It is my pleasure today to introduce my very first Featured Reader, a new feature of my blog that highlights poets who decide to share their picture and a poem. Amy Ludwig VanDerwater from Holland, New York also intends to share an article when it’s ready.

Thanks, Amy!

 

Abalone

A lone abalone
adrift in the sea
was found by a sailor
who gave it to me.

It lives on my nightstand
all rainbow and motion
reflecting each story
it learned in the ocean.

So mermaids and pirates
are real to me now.
My shell sings them back
as I stand on the prow
of a ship bound for treasure
salt spray in my face.

But when Mom tucks me in
she cannot find a trace
of gold in blue moonlight
seaweedy air.

My bedroom looks normal.

But oh!
I was there.

© Amy Ludwig VanDerwater

For more about and from Amy, visit her poem-a-day-for-a-year blog, The Poem Farm (www.poemfarm.blogspot.com).Another reader, Carol-Ann Hoyte, has promised to share a poem and article too. I’m eager to see them when Carol-Ann is ready.
David