Make for a "hopeless case."
My mother prayed to St. Jude.
I lived.
As a kid I got car sick,
Preferring the shade of forest trees,
Splashing in the salty sea or
Alone in a field
Fingers pink with wild berries-
I ate them as I picked.
I sing with the radio
Often the wrong words.
Baking pies is not my thing,
Picnics are.
I have slept
Floating in the middle of a lake,
Watching the stars fall.
War scares me.
I am not afraid of the dark.
Reading five books at once
Makes me nuts.
I like naps
And I consider myself
Among the few
Lucky enough to have found
True Love.
(Inspired by and Adapted from: A Short Collective Biography-Amy Krouse Rosenthal found in Textbook)
11 comments:
I really, really love this. You honor Amy so well with this poem and it speaks volumes to your beautiful life. I really want to try this! Thank you!
Try it. It was so much fun. I think I will do it at Young Authors' Camp this summer.
I love this. Like a collective biography you could read in wikipedia--but better. Poetic. I love the stanza about sleeping in the middle of the lake...
This is such an interesting format for a biography. So succinct!
Thank you for including the information on where you found the idea. Must try!
Amy inspired us all by her written words, honoring those special little things. I love reading your brief bio that said much about who you are.
Listening to Neil Young....fairy wind blowing through my hair. ;)
A great format in honor of a great author. I loved getting to know more about you. Thanks for sharing.
I'm wondering about this format now. From what I googled, it would be statements that are true about everyone in the group--but yours is about you, yes?
Yes, you are correct. I was inspired by this idea and adapted it as noted. I would love to have a dinner party and do just that-write a collective short biography. Intriguing.
this is beautiful! I just read that book so I need to go back and find the piece that inspired your amazing writing! thanks for inspiring me!
Pages 158-160. I would love to have a dinner party and do this very thing! Wouldn't you?
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