Posted August 28, 2021 by Sheri Edwards CLMOOC

Day 534 Word-Dance on Thirsty-Soil

Daily Note

Every day, a photograph, a poem. A fun poem today, an invitation from @dogtrax:

Honoring the mad poets and remixers and writers in my connection mix with today’s #smallpoems (using a kenning device of combined words) — shouting out to you @telliowkuwp and @grammasheri and @jgmac1106 and @wentale and others … #clmooc #nwp #nwpstudio pic.twitter.com/NRdHIvqQZX
— KevinHodgson (@dogtrax) August 28, 2021

Write a poem with the figurative language of a kenning— a metaphor in hyphenated combinations or in phrases. Learn about my process with the link Kevin [@dograx] shared: Ethical ELA Kennings: Atmospheric Atoms.

So my photograph today was taken up the hill behind city hall looking east towards the Grand Coulee Dam, reservoir that irrigates the desert, giving it life to grow our foods. You will recognize, I hope, the nouns I replaced with kennings: dam, desert, food. And my kenning for a kenning: word-dance.

Word-Dance on the Thirsty-Soil
Water-saver floods
thirsty-soil for ever-grow
and sustenance-musts.
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Word-Dance on the Thirsty-Soil

Water-saver floods
thirsty-soil for ever-grow
and sustenance-musts. pic.twitter.com/nRG7dPEUEq
— Sheri Edwards (@grammasheri) August 28, 2021