Wordplay Challenge 6: Love Poem

This week I challenged the students in my LIT 2000 class to compose a love poem without using cliches. The more I thought about it, the more I realized that it would be a great Wordplay challenge for this week, too. So there you go -- time to channel the poet within, and attempt to put into words the very thing that is often very difficult to put into words. Find the words to say it, without giving in to the temptation to use cliches. You can find my attempt here.

Compendium

Due to a cold that's been kicking my butt for the past two days, I've only just finished my self-portrait for Wordplay #4. I started with the journaling, pulling together fragments from my "poem a day" journal.

There were so many variations, I decided to pull them all together on a single page and call the page "Compendium."

(Sorry! Out for publication -- be back soon.)

I loved the pink and gray combo in this month's Jenni Bowlin kit. Everything just clicked.

Wordplay Challenge 5: Listen to Yourself

Record five of the most authentically "you" words, phrases, or statements (whether uttered aloud or in the privacy of your own head) that you make over the course of the next week.

Wordplay Challenge 4: Self-Portrait

Often, our layouts begin with photos and end with journaling. This week, we're flipping that process, and starting with words. The task: a self-portrait. Before you go in search of a photo of yourself, capture your self-portrait in words. Whether you approach this in list form, though a poem, or in prose, consider how you are "posing" and "composing" yourself in writing. Through your own eyes, in your own hand, who are you?

Move It or Lose It!

Here's my page for the last challenge. My "pep talk" is about our upcoming move, trying to sort through my anxieties and to focus on the positive.

Better Late Than Later

It's been CRAZY around here lately, so I JUST got around to finishing my page for the second challenge. Sadly, it took a storm warning and a cancelled school day to get me there!

Wordplay Challenge 3: Pep Talk

Give yourself a pep talk. Tell yourself what you've been needing to hear. Make yourself listen.