I swear I know just what Kelsey looks like from her Jammin' poem! The words you wrote create in my mind this image: Kelsey has a blond pony tail, high on the back of her head, a few freckles across the bridge of her upturned nose. She's average height, a bit overweight, and ooh, so cute the way she bounces through her happy life! Boys think she's cute but don't ask her out. Girls want to hang with her, yet every now and then they get the urge to slug her, because she's just too cutesy!
Discovering a Character's Voice with Poems and Photography
Voices come to me when I see a snapshot. In my off-guard moment of grasping an image, any ol' character might push through to yak at me, jumping into the photo itself or pointing at the scenery from my train of thought.
"One at a time, one at a time!" I yell over the din. They can get unruly.
In this blog I am giving those voices a chance to be heard, whether it is a character I am working on, or anyone else needing to share their opinion. The photography is mine; the poetry is in a character's voice.
Please leave a comment if you have an epiphany (or hear voices) of your own!
I swear I know just what Kelsey looks like from her Jammin' poem! The words you wrote create in my mind this image: Kelsey has a blond pony tail, high on the back of her head, a few freckles across the bridge of her upturned nose. She's average height, a bit overweight, and ooh, so cute the way she bounces through her happy life! Boys think she's cute but don't ask her out. Girls want to hang with her, yet every now and then they get the urge to slug her, because she's just too cutesy!
ReplyDeleteWait... you know Kelsey?? Me too!
ReplyDeleteLOVE this! You should write a poetry book filled with poems like this one for KIDS!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lee! Some day I'll collect some of my younger sounding stuff for some younger kid stuff. I appreciate the encouragement!
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