The poetry challenge of VerseLove, Day 3, was to locate a poem (I chose a Ruth Stone poem) and to put the rhyme scheme and last words onto the page, and write with what you have to work with. I'll forever be thankful to Ruth Stone's mentorship, and I remember so many of her strong women poems she taught to me, ages 18-22 in Binghamton, New York. I wanted to honor her work by alluding to the Gorillas at the diner, one of her award-winning poems.
I also laugh, because at 9 a.m. there was a knock on my door yesterday, as I was contemplating what to do with a day without a schedule. It was my neighbor's son, inviting me out back because their fencing
company was coming and they needed me to take down my fence (which was the makeshift fence created from Pam's pool in Monroe that I took down.
Long story short, I spent four hours taking down he back fence and helping them to take down a few trees and bushes, so their 6 foot fence could be put up. I was drenched, but I was glad they involved me because Karal and I both benefit from the new fence (more privacy, better quality, and more restrictions for the dog...she won't jump over this one).
The new fence will look like the white one and will run in front of their shed and before the Connecticut potatoes (rocks) that used to be used as dividers between lawns). Poor Abu will no longer have his shade for the summer afternoon naps. Ah, but I'm banging my chest. It felt good to get outdoors to do physical work rather than the cerebral.
Now, Off to campus for today and tomorrow. They keep finding new ways to make us work even harder on the days where we should have time to work on our own projects.
