Write a poem describing where you are from, your ancestors, roots, family, and or your own personal journey. Scroll down for one shining example by and the link to #iamfromproject. \u201cWhere I\u2019m From\u201d by George Ella Lyon<\/p>\n I am from clothespins, I\u2019m from fudge and eyeglasses, I\u2019m from Artemus and Billie\u2019s Branch, Under my bed was a dress box \u2014 http:\/\/www.georgeellalyon.com\/where.html<\/p>\n <\/p>\n *Kelly Bennett <\/a>and I began this 7-Minute Poetry Challenge over 1020 days ago. We now take turns creating our own prompts to share with you. If you join us in the 7-Minute Poetry Challenge, let us know by posting the title, a note, or if you want, the whole poem in the comments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Stuff of Me Write a poem describing where you are from, your ancestors, roots, family, and or your own personal journey. Scroll down for one shining example by and the link to #iamfromproject. Begin with the words: Where I\u2019m From . . . \u201cWhere I\u2019m From\u201d by George Ella Lyon I am from clothespins, … Continue reading “Poetry Challenge #74”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=957"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1122,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957\/revisions\/1122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nBegin with the words:
\n Where I\u2019m From . . .<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nfrom Clorox and carbon-tetrachloride.
\nI am from the dirt under the back porch.
\n(Black, glistening,
\nit tasted like beets.)
\nI am from the forsythia bush
\nthe Dutch elm
\nwhose long-gone limbs I remember
\nas if they were my own.<\/p>\n
\nfrom Imogene and Alafair.
\nI\u2019m from the know-it-alls
\nand the pass-it-ons,
\nfrom Perk up! and Pipe down!
\nI\u2019m from He restoreth my soul
\nwith a cottonball lamb
\nand ten verses I can say myself.<\/p>\n
\nfried corn and strong coffee.
\nFrom the finger my grandfather lost
\nto the auger,
\nthe eye my father shut to keep his sight.<\/p>\n
\nspilling old pictures,
\na sift of lost faces
\nto drift beneath my dreams.
\nI am from those moments\u2014
\nsnapped before I budded \u2014
\nleaf-fall from the family tree. \u201d<\/p>\n\n
\n
Set the timer for 7 minutes.<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Start writing!
\n<\/strong><\/h3>\nDon\u2019t think about it too much; just do it. <\/strong><\/h3>\n