Tuesday 30 October 2012

100 word challenge week 64




This week Julia's challenge is to create a recipe fit for a witch.
Now, I thought about this when I read it and decided to try to  do something different to what I expect the others to do, for after all witches do not have to be bad do they?

This time of the year, with Haloween looming (and I hope the forecast is correct so that the trick or treaters stay home) it is all too easy to slip into bad witch territory.

So, here is mine- hope you like it. If it seems somewhat confusing see the note at the end :)

Comments good or bad welcomed. 

(By the way, have I ever mentioned that I own not one, but two little black cats? ) 


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Recipe
A breath of air,
From a mother’s kiss silver dust,
From a butterfly’s wing a newborn babe,
Suckling from the breast an orb spider
Weaving her intricate web.

Sparkling dewdrops,
From snowdrop’s petals a fizz,
From a sherbert dip a tender kiss,
From a lover to his sweetheart a glorious tune,
From a skylark  warmth.

From the midday sun a flicker,
From  a fire gentle purring,
From a sleeping cat bubbles rise,
From a freshwater brook hope springs ,
From an eternal optimist.

Lastly I will stir it once, twice, thrice.
My recipe for a future not yet told.





If this all seems somewhat random, I used the poem , "I saw a peacock with a fiery tail" as my inspiration; it is a poem I have often used in class with children to stimulate creativity. http://www.potw.org/archive/potw193.html

I adore poetry and love teaching it to children ; if I was in charge of the curriculum I would have far more emphasis on it because it is such a rich and varied genre of writing. But I'm not , so I just do it as much as I can.  And I wouldn't be without this book http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rhyme-Not-Teaching-Children-Poetry/dp/0340611480/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1351617050&sr=1-1 
I have been in the classroom for more than 20 years now and have not found a better poetry book than this.


13 comments:

  1. Love the poem and how you written it. :-)

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  2. Took me a moment to realise :-). Might it work even better entirely without punctuation?

    Thanks for the link to the Peacock, I didn't know it. Made me think of Prévert's raton laveur, love that one too. Is the book useful for adults?

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    1. That's an interesting comment...I first wrote sans punctuation but thought it looked better with. But now,not so sure.
      Not heard f Prevert...will google :-) I'd say the book is useful for anyone interested in poetry...

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  3. Anna I think this is possibly one of the best pieces of writing I've read of yours. Hope you're realy proud of it.

    The first time I read it through I wondered the same as Delft, whether it might be better without punctuation at all. But then I read it a second time and decided it's better the way you have written it - I really like the different images that get thrown up by the quirky punctuation.

    I wouldn't change a thing in this :-)

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    1. Thank you SJ, I did enjoy this one. Still not really sure poetry is my thing..bu it does ensure that I don't waffle on ;)

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    2. I'd say poetry is definitely your thing!

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  4. Anna, this is beautiful. I love the idea of a good witch spell. Nice witches are sometimes called White Witches.

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    1. Thanks Ali, glad you liked it.
      I love the idea of white witches ;)

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  5. Hooray for white witches! this is lovely Anna :-)

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    1. Thanks; I couldn't be doing with a gory one !

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  6. Lovely poem and great to see a magic brew that's full of nice things!

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    1. Thanks; I didn't fancy making a gruesome concoction.

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