One yip begets a howling
The coyote pack announces itself and its strength
Each member joining in the chorus
Two other packs add their voices to the songs
A triangulation of wild canine echoes
Surrounding me without regard to my reason
For a predawn excursion
I estimate the distance of the packs from me
Calculating the risk of staying
In their territory, in their time
The coyotes and I share a secret:
The moon is always full
The moon is always full
NaPoWriMo Day 3
Bushes and trees rustle with songs and flutters of waking birds.
Screeches and trills of the night fade in the last moments of darkness.
Nocturnals and diurnals alight in treetop way stations
Crossing paths as they make their way to roost
Or complete their morning ablutions before beginning their search for food.
As the east announces itself, I revel in the beauty of another day’s potential.
Another beautiful sunrise
NaPoWriMo Day 2
April is, I’m told,
The month to write poetry.
How hard can it be?
Yellow flowers at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
NaPoWriMo (National Poetry Writing Month)
I recently took a two-session Mola Book Cover class at Sew Much More, taught by the fabulously talented Edie Kemp.
First we sewed our design through seven layers of fabric. Then we cut out the designs, choosing which fabric layer to expose.
Design sewn and starting to cut away the layers
More of the design cut away
Here it is, all cut out, squiggly quilted, embellished and sewn around the edges. The instructions called for it to be bound in the traditional quilting manner, but I liked the zig-zag sewing a lot, so I went around the cover’s edges three times. Then I figured out that the binding also served to attach the closure loop. Oh.
It’s always something, isn’t it? Especially for people who don’t follow the instructions. That would be me, in this case. I read the instructions; I just didn’t follow them.
All dressed up
I managed to add the pen/pencil holder, per the instructions.
The inside
And here it is with the composition book inserted.
Ready to write!
Fortunately for me, it stays closed without the loop and button closure.
Ready to carry
The jonquil watercolor class.
Tools of the trade
Starting out
Almost done
All dressed up
