{"id":91572,"date":"2012-06-26T20:00:02","date_gmt":"2012-06-27T00:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/91572\/cpc-pick-apart-poetry-celebrates-arrival-summer\/"},"modified":"2012-06-26T20:00:02","modified_gmt":"2012-06-27T00:00:02","slug":"cpc-pick-apart-poetry-celebrates-arrival-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/91572\/cpc-pick-apart-poetry-celebrates-arrival-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"CPC PICK-APART POETRY CELEBRATES THE ARRIVAL OF SUMMER"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n
\n
\"Photobucket\"<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n

\"Photobucket\"<\/p>\n

\n


\n<\/font><\/p>\n

<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

\n

<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Pick-Apart Poetry Celebrates
\nthe Arrival of Summer
\nwith Sara Teasdale<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/font><\/font> <\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


\n<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

\n

Welcome to the June 2012 edition of Pick-Apart Poetry
\nas we celebrate the arrival of Summer.<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/strong> <\/strong>This month we feature Sara Teasdale (August 8, 1884 \u2013 January 29, 1933), an American lyrical poet
\nwhose poetry touches our hearts in so many ways.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

We bring you two of her pieces which
\nfeature Summer and the Seasons.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/span><\/p>\n

PLACES<\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/font>Places I love come back to me like music,
\nHush me and heal me when I am very tired;
\nI see the oak woods at Saxton’s flaming
\nIn a flare of crimson by the frost newly fired;<\/font><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

And I am thirsty for the spring in the valley
\nAs for a kiss ungiven and long desired.
\nI know a bright world of snowy hills at Boonton,
\nA blue and white dazzling light on everything one sees,<\/font><\/p>\n

The ice-covered branches of the hemlocks sparkle
\nBending low and tinkling in the sharp thin breeze,
\nAnd iridescent crystals fall and crackle on the snow-crust
\nWith the winter sun drawing cold blue shadows from the trees.<\/font><\/p>\n

Violet now, in veil on veil of evening
\nThe hills across from Cromwell grow dreamy and far;
\nA wood-thrush is singing soft as a viol
\nIn the heart of the hollow where the dark pools are;<\/font><\/p>\n

The primrose has opened her pale yellow flowers
\nAnd heaven is lighting star after star.
\nPlaces I love come back to me like music —
\nMid-ocean, midnight, the waves buzz drowsily;<\/font><\/p>\n

In the ship’s deep churning the eerie phosphorescence
\nIs like the souls of people who were drowned at sea,
\nAnd I can hear a man’s voice, speaking, hushed, insistent,
\nAt midnight, in mid-ocean, hour on hour to me.<\/font><\/p>\n

<\/font>Sara Teasdale<\/font><\/p>\n


\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

SUMMER NIGHT, RIVERSIDE<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the wild, soft summer darkness<\/font>
\nHow many and many a night we two together
\nSat in the park and watched the Hudson
\nWearing her lights like golden spangles
\nGlinting on black satin.
\nThe rail along the curving pathway<\/font>
\nWas low in a happy place to let us cross,
\nAnd down the hill a tree that dripped with bloom
\nSheltered us,
\nWhile your kisses and the flowers,
\nFalling, falling,<\/font>
\nTangled my hair. . . .<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

The frail white stars moved slowly over the sky.<\/font><\/p>\n

And now, far off
\nIn the fragrant darkness
\nThe tree is tremulous again with bloom,
\nFor June comes back.<\/font><\/p>\n

Tonight what girl
\nDreamily before her mirror shakes from her hair
\nThis year’s blossoms, clinging in its coils?<\/font><\/p>\n

Sara Teasdale<\/font><\/p>\n


\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\"\" <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

Please select your 25 words from these two poems
\nand create a new piece (or pieces)
\nof your own using only those 25 words.<\/p>\n

Remember though that the words
\nmay be repeated and the tenses changed
\nso that your piece may be well over 25 total words.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

You’re most definitely not limited to a 25-word piece.<\/p>\n

And who’s really counting anyway?<\/p>\n

The object is to have fun with this
\nand to share with one another.<\/p>\n


\n<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

It’s always a such a joy to be here with you each month<\/p>\n

and such fun we have sharing poetry and creating<\/p>\n

with the 25 words selected from the posted pieces.<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font>
\n
\nWe look forward to what you bring to share with us tonight <\/strong><\/strong>and throughout tomorrow as Pick-Apart Poetry celebrates the arrival of Summer with Sara Teasdale.<\/strong>
\n<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n


\n~Barb K and Cherie~<\/font><\/font><\/strong><\/div>\n

<\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

\n

<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pick-Apart Poetry Celebrates the Arrival of Summer with Sara Teasdale Welcome to the June 2012 edition of Pick-Apart Poetry as we celebrate the arrival of Summer. This month we feature Sara Teasdale (August 8, 1884 \u2013 January 29, 1933), an American lyrical poet whose poetry touches our hearts in so many ways. We bring you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,19,21,837,2,11,29],"tags":[159,3751],"class_list":["post-91572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life","category-lifestyles","category-literature","category-nature-2","category-other","category-people","category-poems","tag-cpc","tag-pick-apart-poetry-challenge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91572\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}