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Poetry Friday: Lunacy

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I’ve been on the road for over a week now. First I flew to Adelaide for a conference of English and literacy teachers, and now I’m in Wagga Wagga for a conference of children’s literature academics. Tomorrow, I fly home, and, while I love travel, I’m ready to head back to my family.

Anyway, last Sunday I attended a session presented by Alan Wright, a teacher and poet who seems to love poetry as much as I do. The session was packed with poetry and poetry ideas, but one form that he mentioned looked like a lot of fun, and the next day I found myself  writing them in a cafe.

I’m talking about lunes, a poetic form which consists of just three lines – the first one including just three words, the second one five, and the third three. The last line should also try to be a surprise or a twist. You can see Alan’s explanation of the form here.

So, I had just been for a walk along the river in Adelaide, admiring the river, the bird life and the sights, so I had plenty of material to write about. What I didn’t instantly realise is that I had enough for a suite of three linked lune, ad with a bit of a nod back to last week’s Poetry Friday post.

So, here goes, complete with pictures (and a video).

Swan on Torrens

A morning walk

Admiring the beauty all around

Chased by goose.

Chased by goose

Wanting his own special souvenir

From this day

Goose

From this day

I will love only you

My beautiful selfie.

Adelaide Salfie

Today’s Poetry Friday roundup will be hosted  by A Year of Reading. Head over there to see  what other poetry goodness is happening across the blogosphere.

 

Comments

  4. Thanks for sharing your lunes. What an inviting format! I also love the photo of the goose and admire your bravery in standing your ground and filming the chase!

  6. How great to see Alan Wright present, then to have another ‘water’ adventure to write about. Love that ‘goose attack’, and I guess he didn’t bite!

  7. Sally,
    Your lunes are a treat to behold. So glad I was able to share this form of poetry and that you found it worthy of a run. I first learnt them from a poet from Brooklyn by the name of Jack Collum, who wrote for the Teachers and Writers Collaborative. They are short, yet delightful poems.

  8. Walks are a great source of inspiration for me, also, although I’ve never been chased by a goose! Lunes are new to me, but sound like fun. Thanks for sharing!