A Spring Calving Poem
Storm is forecast / Snow and wind / In east barn-lot / Calves play among cows / As if it was fun
Found Poetry
Found poetry based on Great Plains diaries (1920 – 1957)
April 9, 1954: Looking for Lloyd Gransinger
Lloyd found in brush and trees / along Niobrara River, no gun, no resistance. / It seems Welela Post Office / robbed last night, they had cash box / no doubt was them.
Found poetry: April 8, 1945
Today’s National Poetry Writing Month prompt is to rewrite a famous poem. I didn’t really rewrite a poem, but I did use William Carlos Williams’ “This Is Just To Say” as a jumping off point for today’s found diary poem. April 8, 1945: We Had a Lot Of roast beef mashed potatoes gravy pork and …
April 7, 1953: Korczak Ziolkowski
April 7, 1953: These days all the news is / relatives of Sitting Bull / from Wounded Knee
April 6, 1939: This Is Army Day
April 6, 1939 Listened to Foster May broadcast from airplane over Omaha for this is Army Day being twenty-two years since U.S. entered World War. Visit National Poetry Writing Month