Lullaby

April 2010 Writing Assignment: add a verse to a lullaby:

Original:

"Now I lay me down to sleep,

I pray the Lord my soul to keep;

Should I should die before I wake,

I pray the Lord my soul to take."

Mine:

Guard my dreams as I sleep,

And my innocence to keep.

Protect those I love through the night,

And greet us with the dawning light.

Spring Porch Sit

I am sitting on the porch in my Adirondack chair in almost 70^ weather. I can still see some snow up on the mountain through the leafless trees and am fighting myself on whether I should start iTunes up on my computer or not. There are a lot of sounds to listen to just from nature: birds calling to one another, a crow cawing, the dogs whining in the kennel since they are down there and I am up here, and the brook is babbling along merrily. It is a gorgeous day - blue skies and a bright Spring sun is shining. What wonder. Soon, there will be the whine of insects, the sound of the wind through the maple leaves, and the musical notes of the wind chimes.

Sara Groves Pantoum

Sara Groves Pantoum: written March 2010

“I can think of a time when families all lived together”

“Standing here with you and nothing to hide”

“But love is still a worthy cause”

“Loving a person just the way they are, that’s no small thing”

“Standing here with you and nothing to hide”

“That’s all I need”

“Loving a person just the way they are, that’s no small thing”

“Generations will reap what I sow”

“That’s all I need”

“Going home, I’ll meet you at the table”

“Generations will reap what I sow”

“Have I mentioned to you that this is all I am?”

“Going home, I’ll meet you at the table”

“This is the one thing I know”

“Have I mentioned to you that this is all I am?”

“A promise to wait while we’re working it out”

“This is the one thing I know”

“But love is still a worthy cause”

“A promise to wait while we’re working it out”

“I can think of a time when families all lived together”

8 Word Drama

8 Word Drama: written March 2010

Snowfall

Mail

Walk

Ice

Fall

Walk

Fall

Sprain