Kimberly Hutmacher Writes: July 2019

Thursday, July 25, 2019

Poetry Friday: A Found Spider Web Haiku

Welcome to Poetry Friday! This week's round up is hosted by Margaret Simon at Reflctions on the Teche blog. This week, Margaret shares a lovely poem she created as a result of an exercise from the book, STEAL LIKE AN ARTIST. Be sure to click over to enjoy that poem and all of this week's other poetry goodness.

My post this week is in response to Linda Mitchell's Today's Little Ditty Challenge to create a "found haiku" from phrases taken from an article that fascinates us. I recently wanted to learn a bit more about spider webs, so I read this article. I pulled three phrases from the article with just the right syllable counts to create my new "found haiku." This web on some bushes in my front yard also served as inspiration.

Half as strong as steel

Silk produced from spinnerets

All done by instinct

Be sure to check out Michelle's padlet with all of the contributions that have been made to this month's challenge.

One last thing! We've added a few more videos and support materials over at STEAM Powered Poetry. Be sure to pop over and check it out, and thanks again for all the likes, shares, and love you've given to our new endeavor. We truly appreciate it.

Friday, July 5, 2019

Poetry Friday: Be changed

Welcome to Poetry Friday! This week's round up is hosted by Tricia at The Miss Rumphius Effect blog. Be sure to click over to enjoy all of this week's poetry goodness.

A few weeks ago, Linda, at A Word Edgewise, not only hosted poetry friday, she also hosted a clunker swap. Linda shared a list of poetry lines that didn't go anywhere for her (clunkers). Those participating, were asked to take a clunker and leave one behind. One poet's clunker can be another's treasure. I chose the line, Be changed.

Some of you know that I babysit my granddaughter while my daughter works and goes to school. When she's with me, I try to plan preschool lessons for us revolving around specific themes. It just so happened that this week's theme was butterflies. Butterflies provided the perfect inspiration for a Be changed poem.

Be Changed, Be You

by Kimberly M. Hutmacher

Be changed

tiny egg

perched upon that leaf.

Your time as an egg

will be so very brief.

Be changed

furry caterpillar,

eat and eat and eat.

Your time as a caterpillar

will be so very sweet.

Be changed

snuggled chrysalis

wrapped in your coccoon.

Your time as a chrysalis

is ending very soon.

Be you

beautiful butterfly

billowing in the breeze.

Don't change beautiful butterfly-

please, please, please!

One last thing! If you happen to have a subscription to Children's Book Insider, check out this month's issue and the article I contributed, "Challenge Accepted."