And a short poem puts us in touch with poetry a shot a quick snack an amuse bouche to amp up our poetic reading lives.
Poem mix attic yellow.
Howard nemerov the view from an attic window from the collected poems of howard nemerov chicago.
Poems in the attic written by nikki grimes and illustrated by elizabeth zunon was reviewed in the november december issue of the yellow brick road newsletter in the book a girl finds poems her mother wrote as a child and the book was praised for speaking deeply to individual and intergenerational experiences.
For i think of us more as flowers in the attic.
What makes a short poem short.
For my purposes here there are super short poems fewer than 10 lines and short ish poems 10 15 lines.
This wasp nest was located under the floor boards of the attic as i explored to find the n.
I cried because life is hopeless and beautiful.
I can t tell what it s for.
The university of chicago press 1977.
It is so appropriate to color hope yellow like the sun we seldom saw.
Huge yellow jacket nest removal from an attic in west chester pa.
Ever since i moved into my house a few years ago this thing blinks either red or yellow at night.
It s connected to some wiring in my attic.
And as i begin to copy from the old memorandum journals that i kept for so long a title comes as if inspired.
So for your enjoyment here s a list of great short poems.
Past yellow lights in the street below.