Q2Ink - The Studio

It's April Again!

National Poetry Month

My favorite time of the year!

This is a new venture:

posting my poetry on line.

I hope to add something new each week, and now and then a bit of information about the poetry world.  Please stop by and see what magic is working inside this head of mine.  

Home

The hills and hollows of the beautiful Appalachians — my home — home of my mother’s people — home of those West Virginia families who wrote psalms to Aspen and Willow — families who sang hymns to Elm and Sycamore - trees with huge hands that clap and dance in harmony with banjo and harmonica — where spirits of loved ones long passed still remain, unable to leave the beauty and wonder of heaven here on earth.

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POEM IN YOUR POCKET DAY

APRIL 17th

One of the things I like to do in April is print at least one small poem on business cards, carry them with me on the 17th and pass them out to friends and strangers.  You will be surprised at all the smiles you receive along with their thanks. And, who knows, you may inspire someone to try their hand at poetry.

The very first poem I shared on a business card is considered a

*Pindaric ode:

MAGIC

There's magic in starlit skies

Full moons and babies' eyes,

Children's laughter ocean waves,

Thunderstorms that misbehave.

Magic lives at rainbow's end

With hummingbird and fairy friend

In the lift of eagle's wings,

Deep within a lark that sings

And in every line of poetry

Magic flows to you from me.

Mary Lenore Quigley

(By Fools Like Me)

(LESSON: *Pindaric ode consists of a series of three stanza units, known as triads. The first unit is called the strope, the second the antistrope and the third (concluding) the epode.)