13 Ways
In honor of Poetry Month, and because this is Challenge 13, take a tip from Wallace Stevens’ “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird.” Pick something at random–I once wrote one on a roll of masking tape–and write 13 short “views” of the thing, ranging from the minute view to the grand.
Stevens’ poem starts:
“Among twenty snowy mountains,
The only moving thing
Was the eye of the blackbird.”
Here’s a link to the whole poem:
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15746
And here’s a site with poets who are writing a poem a day during April. Don’t know if I’ll be that ambitious.
http://peninkpaper.blogspot.com/
Tags: April, poetry, Poetry Month, spring, writing, writing prompt
Mattie's Pillow 
April 5, 2009 at 6:27 pm
I love “13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird!” Anyways, my blogs are Ups and Downs: the blog of old fashioned hair, and Ruminations from under the tree on life, both at Blogspot. I love your poetry challenges.
April 6, 2009 at 8:57 am
I checked the hair blog and will look for the other. I look forward to reading your poem!