Shake This Poem
Drink the blue slowly
Let the bite-sized words
CLINK
Like ice cubes come together
for the sake of a drink
"A blog is to a writer what a canvas is to an artist." ~ Colleen Redman
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December 1st, 2006 9:51 am
The wind is picking up.
The temperature is expected to be 80 today… balmy.
They say we will have rain but no ice, no snow…. and not much rain at that.
Tomorrow is supposed to be 32 degrees cooler.
I think there is one more week of class and then finals at W&M. They started later this fall because of a planned Jamestown celebration over the Christmas break. Since she is an RA, she has to stay until all the others leave. This means I have no idea when she will be here for Christmas.
December 1st, 2006 9:53 am
Michele sent me over to your side of the state, Colleen.
That’s a pretty picture and a very short but eloquent poem. “clink” certainly changes the tone of things.
December 1st, 2006 10:08 am
Hello again. Are you now sitting there thinking… “srp has lost her mind” from my last comment? My eyes are blurred this morning. I thought a comment left on mine asking about Nyssa was you… my mistake….
But, is it cold there in Floyd yet? Are you expecting to get snow or rain?
December 1st, 2006 10:15 am
That is a lovely photo and the words fit so perfectly with the context. Came here via Claire’s, Being Me.
December 1st, 2006 10:46 am
Shaken, not stirred? I’ll drink to that, another great poem by Colleen.
December 1st, 2006 10:48 am
SRP, I thought you were just more talkative than normal! They keep threatening it will be colder soon, but it’s still warm just wet and windy now. It’s supposed to drop down tomorrow.
Susan, Actually the word maybe should be swirl or swish?” But those just don’t have the right impact. What’s the word for when you stir a glass in a circle pattern to allow a drink to breathe?
December 1st, 2006 11:39 am
Since my aura color is blue, I am taking the “Blue” in your poem and applying it literally to my life.
So this weekend, I shall drink the BLUE slowly and no telling what will happen. 😉
SusanC
December 1st, 2006 11:55 am
aerate
December 1st, 2006 12:10 pm
Nice picture. Happy Dec. 1.
December 1st, 2006 2:55 pm
Short and Sweet, Colleen!
Lovely picture, too!
December 1st, 2006 8:01 pm
Let’s Clink in December
A month we remember
It’s just barely here
Then we’ve got Christmas cheer!
December 2nd, 2006 6:03 am
Beautiful poem
December 2nd, 2006 8:33 am
The title reminds me of “Shake-the-Bag Poems” I used to do with kids. They fill the bg with words, shake the bag and draw some, then arrange them into a poetry form. Was neat since you could do theme words and it would help them in their spelling and journals! I always wanted to do that with adults at a workshop!
December 2nd, 2006 12:20 pm
Grinning at both the picture and the poem! Was happy to see you in my newly-arrived copy of We’Moon 07, too.
December 2nd, 2006 2:05 pm
ooh now that reminds me… the lets are in bed. time for a gin and tonic methinks 🙂
lovely.
December 2nd, 2006 2:14 pm
Keda, Are you saying that my poetry is going drive you to drink? Ha!