Community Poetry Project - What I Carry

Hi Folks I’ve been wanting to do something creative together as a community. You all write such beautiful thoughtful comments. So lets do a community poem project this week!

Instructions are below. I’ll gather your responses and create a list poem from your responses in my next Wednesday post!

Here’s how to join in the fun…Instructions for “What I Carry…”

1. Each person is invited to put in the comment section a sentence that finishes the line

   “What I carry….

Here’s a few of my examples —“What I carry is my father’s crooked smile” or “What I carry is what was lost in the fire.” or “What I carry is the hope for a better world.” or “ What I carry is watching my daughter joy as she pedalled down the sidewalk on her red two-wheeler bike.” or “What I carry is that day in october when the leaves were so brightly it looked as if the color had been painted on. “ or “ What I carry is nameless and ageless and made mostly of mistakes and applesauce.”

The sentence can be funny or fun, tender or bittersweet. It can be about loss or about new understanding and beginnings. It can be anything. Try to keep it to one line- but more is alright if you get on a roll!

I’ll put them all together and next week we’ll have a poem!