You celebrated on Monday, right? National Thrift Shop Day, August 17?
If you had your Poetry Friday Anthology for Celebrations (PFAC) handy, compiled by the thrifty and wonderful Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong, perhaps you turned to pages 224-5 and read my buddy April Halprin Wayland's delightful "Box for the Thrift Shop."
I'm happy to share that a poem of mine continues the Thrift Shop celebration over at poetrycelebrations.com this month, the site from Pomelo Books dedicated to this year-long poetic treasure chest. (Janet and Sylvia have included bonus "transmedia" poems on the website from a baker's dozen-or-so poets, designed to extend a particular holiday and offer a different perspective.)
Thrift Stories
Ding says the bell.
We walk through the door
to treasure hunt in our favorite store.
Look! A toy I haven’t seen before.
It isn’t new,
but it’s new to me.
Like this jacket, these books, this pitcher for tea.
We want to find something; what will it be?
Each of these things
has a story to tell.
Recycled, donated, cleaned up to sell –
We’ll pick something special and love it as well!
©Robyn Hood Black. All rights reserved.
You can find both April's poem and my poem here - just look for the cute bear! And check out the home page to begin a year of journeying through highlighted poems in the PFAC.
For a little background, several Poetry Friday folks shared some PFAC love when this latest anthology came out just in time for National Poetry Month in April. Janet and Sylvia were special guests on my blog, too: click here for the interview. A little teddy bear (Mr. Cornelius) tells me more PFAC celebrations have come to a blog near you - Jama's Alphabet Soup!
Now, even if you didn't actually throw a thrift store party this week, do their doors beckon you to enter? What is your favorite thrift shop find?
My latest favorite is the small pewter pitcher in the photo. I found it on a top shelf at a church thrift store here in Beaufort, during a treasure hunting afternoon with a dear friend, so the memory AND the little pitcher are things I now cherish. It's about 6 1/2 inches tall and has the loveliest soft patina. I wonder about its story.
It's my new favorite prop for my Etsy shop photos. Guess what it cost? One dollar. A dollar!
Many thanks to Catherine at Reading to the Core for rounding up lots of poetry for us this week - all priceless.
If you had your Poetry Friday Anthology for Celebrations (PFAC) handy, compiled by the thrifty and wonderful Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong, perhaps you turned to pages 224-5 and read my buddy April Halprin Wayland's delightful "Box for the Thrift Shop."
I'm happy to share that a poem of mine continues the Thrift Shop celebration over at poetrycelebrations.com this month, the site from Pomelo Books dedicated to this year-long poetic treasure chest. (Janet and Sylvia have included bonus "transmedia" poems on the website from a baker's dozen-or-so poets, designed to extend a particular holiday and offer a different perspective.)
Thrift Stories
Ding says the bell.
We walk through the door
to treasure hunt in our favorite store.
Look! A toy I haven’t seen before.
It isn’t new,
but it’s new to me.
Like this jacket, these books, this pitcher for tea.
We want to find something; what will it be?
Each of these things
has a story to tell.
Recycled, donated, cleaned up to sell –
We’ll pick something special and love it as well!
©Robyn Hood Black. All rights reserved.
You can find both April's poem and my poem here - just look for the cute bear! And check out the home page to begin a year of journeying through highlighted poems in the PFAC.
For a little background, several Poetry Friday folks shared some PFAC love when this latest anthology came out just in time for National Poetry Month in April. Janet and Sylvia were special guests on my blog, too: click here for the interview. A little teddy bear (Mr. Cornelius) tells me more PFAC celebrations have come to a blog near you - Jama's Alphabet Soup!
Now, even if you didn't actually throw a thrift store party this week, do their doors beckon you to enter? What is your favorite thrift shop find?
My latest favorite is the small pewter pitcher in the photo. I found it on a top shelf at a church thrift store here in Beaufort, during a treasure hunting afternoon with a dear friend, so the memory AND the little pitcher are things I now cherish. It's about 6 1/2 inches tall and has the loveliest soft patina. I wonder about its story.
It's my new favorite prop for my Etsy shop photos. Guess what it cost? One dollar. A dollar!
Many thanks to Catherine at Reading to the Core for rounding up lots of poetry for us this week - all priceless.