We've just returned from a trip out of town, where I ran across gobs of lost things. Of course, I took pictures. Glad to be home. More to come!
Jone Rush MacCulloch has today's Poetry Friday Roundup. Enjoy!
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National Poetry Month Day 12 & Poetry Friday!
April 12, 2024
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Apr 12, 2024 11:58 PM EDT
Joann, what a fun poem with the surrounding pictures. I like the switch of glove and shoe to match the rhyming words. It's fun to read. A great children's rhyme, I think.
- Denise Krebs
Reply by JoAnn on Apr 13, 2024 3:27 PM EDT
Thank you, Denise! Lost things seem to jump out at me wherever I go!
Apr 13, 2024 10:49 AM EDT
Oh YAY! Ode to Lost Things! I'm thinking of my snow gloves that lie under 5 feet of snow on a path --that perhaps will make their way into someone's poem (or back home to me) because some wonderful soul will perch them on a branch.
- PATRICIA J FRANZ
Reply by JoAnn on Apr 13, 2024 3:29 PM EDT
I lost one of a favorite pair of warm winter gloves in a park one winter, and I kept going back to search but never found it. I hung onto the mate for ages just in case. I hope you find yours!
Apr 13, 2024 11:26 AM EDT
Poetry is literally everywhere inside of everything!
- Mary Lee Hahn
Reply by JoAnn on Apr 13, 2024 3:30 PM EDT
So true! Staying open to it is the key.
Apr 13, 2024 2:54 PM EDT
Capturing the moments, love it, JoAnn! I've lost a glove or two but never a toothbrush - fun!
- Linda Baie
Reply by JoAnn on Apr 13, 2024 3:42 PM EDT
Believe it or not, that isn't the first toothbrush I've found. I wonder how it ended up in the woods!
Apr 13, 2024 8:31 PM EDT
Joann, this immediately made me think of the huge bag of single socks that we had sitting on our laundry-folding table. I finally got rid of most of them a week ago, but the collection was years in the making! I love your poem of love and loss!
- Tracey Kiff-Judson
Reply by JoAnn on Apr 14, 2024 9:41 AM EDT
Single socks! I'm surprised I've never run across any where I walk. They must all be hiding inside, wrapped up in blankets or stuck in jacket sleeves from tumbling around in the dryer. I'll keep looking!
Apr 13, 2024 10:48 PM EDT
So true, JoAnn! We've all lost plenty. Losing a glove is easy as falling off a log.
- Tabatha
Reply by JoAnn on Apr 14, 2024 9:45 AM EDT
So easy! I've retraced my steps so many times to retrieve mittens or hats I've taken off when the weather warmed up as I walked. Finding something I've lost is always a huge relief.
Apr 14, 2024 10:10 AM EDT
So fun! Yes, it's so interesting to see lost things. I love your collection of them.
- Marcie Flinchum Atkins
Reply by JoAnn on Apr 14, 2024 10:23 AM EDT
Thank you, Marcie! I found another glove yesterday. I must not look up enough!
Apr 15, 2024 12:51 AM EDT
Fun poem! Thank you! It reminds me of an art installation in a train station where I grew up, where they bronzed a whole bunch of gloves and stuck them on the escalator, like a lost and found bin frozen in time!
- Sarah Grace Tuttle
Reply by JoAnn on Apr 15, 2024 6:44 PM EDT
Oh, that would be an interesting exhibition! I bet there would be lots of lost (& found) gloves in a train station. At least someone could enjoy them!
Apr 15, 2024 8:31 AM EDT
Oh, my goodness. Your ditty made me laugh. It's a relief to look at lost things that are NOT that important. And yes, I've lost plenty :>D
- Laura Purdie Salas
Reply by JoAnn on Apr 16, 2024 9:54 AM EDT
I'm glad to know it made you laugh, Laura!
Apr 15, 2024 9:11 PM EDT
This is a fun project. I am constantly losing keys.
- Jone MacCulloch
Reply by JoAnn on Apr 16, 2024 9:54 AM EDT
Oh, keys! Me, too. I usually find mine in the door.
Apr 16, 2024 10:51 AM EDT
A rousing "Yes!" — I relate to losing things, and also love the idea of odes to lost things we've discovered.
- Karen Edmisten