Poem Sketching

I had to write a prompt for "The Imaginary Garden"  I found this book, a couple of days ago and knew  I must share this book.  It is a book called "Writing Poetry From The Inside Out: Finding Your Voice Through the Craft of Poetry" by Sandford Lyne. He talks about how artist sketch, before they paint and how poets should do the same, before they write.
Play with words that is.  He mentions using a journal as a "Writer's Studio"  filling it with words, ideas, quotes, other poet's poems that inspire and clipping from magazines. Whatever stirs your soul and you like, put in your space, I mean journal.  He shares an exercise called "Poem sketching" It involves word groups.  You can see more of the details here.

 

The morning-light show by ~jchanders

 word groups I used:  barefoot, words, breath, fingers;  pond, waves, queen, dragonfly.
I substituted commands for words and nymphs for dragonflies.

Amber sunrise

wakes silent pond

her translucent fingers stretch, tickle

and wake soon playful nymphs

they flirt and pump their wings

in the liquid resin light

Emerald Queen waves as Amber's fingers reach

her forest floor

into her heart's bareroots

She commands starlets n' sparrows to perform

soon she will tiptoe barefoot

into morning's dew

and surrender to the waves

along

 Uriel's shore

You will see your Queen's breath mist 

swirl and fog your day.

Fingers of Fog by =raven9999

I found this photo after I wrote the poem. It captures the tone of my poem.  Later this week I will share another exercise from this book!  I was going to add another exercise, on this post, but we have company stopping by!
More later....