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March 26, 2012 28 Comments

Looking for Jewels

Last week, I participated in a Tweetspeak Poetry party. During that one-hour gathering, we snatched ideas, images, words or phrases from one another and spun something new, to complement, to add to the beauty, 140 characters at a time.Connections are made. Wordplay abounds. Raw material appears, woven later into actual poems and published at Tweetspeak Poetry.[blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/#!/annkroeker/status/183001552255057920″]Here are my lines, spontaneous and odd, presented in the order they appeared during the mingling of minds and hearts:

Dripping from the silver-lined box,pink nectar.I find a clutter of heartsscattered like blossoms.Gather them.Tuck them in the golden box.How like us to love a mess.There. There we are, in the petals, the sugar, the shards, the myths. There we are, in the pink, the blossoms.Let’s cook, let’s taste, let’s race through time, through centuries. I tumble into the invisible space between uscaught by tapestry woven by dragonwings.Dissolve into the river;rush downstreampast smooth stones.I am here in the river, in the rush, in the blue perfectionThere’s always time, centuries, even, to look amongst the stone for jewelsSome say time is a river.Stop time for me. Play a love song on your lute.Come back, please. Bring lyrical love songs with you. Whisper them softly.Bring the blues, the canoesPaddle hard, for the current is strongWe are lifted on dragonwings.We aregrasping as the last lines slip away snatching for a synonymdissipating like smokeAll is vanishinglifted from sightleaving only crumbs.

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  1. laura says

    March 26, 2012 at 2:01 pm

    Beautiful, Ann! I missed this one, which I hate–always so much fun. I’m glad you enjoyed the party. Lovely lines.

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    • annkroeker says

      March 26, 2012 at 2:10 pm

      Laura, you add to the beauty, always. Hope we can mingle at the next Tweetspeak party.

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  2. L.L. Barkat says

    March 26, 2012 at 2:04 pm

    Love. 🙂

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    • annkroeker says

      March 26, 2012 at 2:10 pm

      And look! A blackbird pie embedded tweet!

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  3. Sandra Heska King says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:07 pm

    This is amazing, Ann! From dripping to crumbs. Now I’m going to go see what happens when I string mine together. I don’t think I shared as many.

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    • Sandra Heska King says

      March 26, 2012 at 3:20 pm

      Okay, here are mine. I didn’t realize I was so wordy, and I never thought to string my lines together like you did. It’s very cool. 🙂

      Lilac lips warm to whispers
      and sing a sugar song
      as the pink pony spins.
      The pony holds the key
      to pink sugar dreams.
      Sweet memories melt
      like spun sugar warmed.
      Boxes cluttered,
      pink nectar spilling–
      this room’s a mess!
      Let’s cook pink souffles
      in golden bowls,
      chocolate dusted,
      make a mess,
      fly through invisible air,
      misty pink,
      sweet breath.
      I carry my harp in a pink canoe
      and play a blue melody–
      I scale, you scale,
      we all scale for pink kale.
      Slide down the rainbow
      into the golden box.
      Oh, sweet crumbs of simplicity,
      grief bleeds in my dreams.

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      • annkroeker says

        March 26, 2012 at 3:59 pm

        Hey, look here! Delightful! You’ve got a blog post, don’t you, dear one?

        Those last two lines…those are precious. I am going to tuck them into my golden box. 🙂

        Seeing yours streaming down here, I can see how we were affecting each other. Sweet, so sweet.

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  4. Seth says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:35 pm

    I want to spend some time with this. I love what came from it. Really, really. Great work, Ann.

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    • annkroeker says

      March 26, 2012 at 4:00 pm

      Aw, Seth. You’re so encouraging.

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  5. Lyla Lindquist says

    March 26, 2012 at 3:38 pm

    Look what you did!

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    • annkroeker says

      March 26, 2012 at 4:00 pm

      It’s sort of funny, streaming down without anyone else’s stuff. I look forward to Glynn’s magical tapestry weaving. 🙂

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  6. John says

    March 26, 2012 at 4:05 pm

    nice job, Ann…sounds like you had fun…this poetweet stuff has somewhat intrigued me, might have to try myself one of these days.

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    • annkroeker says

      March 27, 2012 at 8:40 pm

      Yes, it was fun and I enjoy seeing how some spin serious stuff while others are generating humor to see what we do with it. I’d love to see what you toss into the mix.

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  7. Matthew Kreider says

    March 26, 2012 at 4:38 pm

    A delight. Full of light. A treasure.

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    • annkroeker says

      March 27, 2012 at 8:40 pm

      Everything you write, a poem.

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  8. Simply Darlene says

    March 26, 2012 at 5:23 pm

    Miss Ann,

    I reckon I only have two lines since I barely made it into the party. It was my first ever tweet-ing. Sandra helped me get there, but I was hungry, tired, confused, and dizzy. Really dizzy. I think you all should pass out mild sedatives beforehand so the newbies could push the door open.

    You all are wild under the influence of pink.

    Blessings.

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    • annkroeker says

      March 27, 2012 at 8:41 pm

      Darlene, that is how I felt the first party I joined. And the second. This one I just jumped in and I was sorta melancholy, so my offerings were more serious than the last time.

      Try again. Slip in with your surprises. You always bring good stuff.

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  9. Megan Willome says

    March 26, 2012 at 7:30 pm

    You are a poet, Ann. Own it. Hug it. And I’m printing it–for keeps.

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    • annkroeker says

      March 27, 2012 at 8:42 pm

      I need to roll it up and stuff it in a shell, to wear around my neck.

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  10. Diana Trautwein says

    March 26, 2012 at 8:48 pm

    This is just amazing, Ann. What a great idea to go back through and find your own stream of consciousness in the midst of the weaving. And Sandy’s is terrific, too. See what a great idea you had?? Thanks.

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    • annkroeker says

      March 27, 2012 at 8:43 pm

      Diana! Yes, that’s exactly right–I know I was feeding off of other people’s lyrical language, so I can’t take credit for some of those ideas…but then the lines unfold and there’s this. It’s fun. I agree, Sandy’s is terrific, and reflects her spunky personality.

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  11. Hazel says

    March 26, 2012 at 9:44 pm

    I love your submission to The Tweetspeak Poetry party.

    By the way, my Third week of the Blog Party “Tell Me a True Story” opens tonight at 8:00 PM at: http://letmetelluastory.blogspot.com/

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    • annkroeker says

      March 27, 2012 at 8:44 pm

      Hazel, I’m so glad to read your note. Thank you for stopping by. I have failed to poke around your story linky. Will visit soon!

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  12. Jennifer@GDWJ says

    March 27, 2012 at 1:49 pm

    Wow!

    And I am thinking about all the truth that this one line holds:

    “How like us to love a mess.”

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    • annkroeker says

      March 27, 2012 at 8:44 pm

      I hope it’s true, as I’m a mess most of the time!

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  13. Kimberly says

    March 27, 2012 at 3:50 pm

    I can’t tell you how much I love this! Each line is a jewel in and of itself. I’m amazed at what you can accomplish with 140 characters.

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    • annkroeker says

      March 27, 2012 at 8:44 pm

      Kimberly, this means so much coming from you. Thank you.

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  14. David Rupert says

    March 28, 2012 at 7:57 am

    I love how you worked cooking into all that beauty!

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