Poetry – A Drawing for Delaunay Elise
Published: 8 April 2019
Revised: 26 April 2021
Poetry – A Drawing for Delaunay Elise
“ CAN YOU Write a Poem to a Small Child or Baby?”
Let’s write a little free-form poem to someone you love today.
My example: “A Drawing for Delaunay Elise”
is a little poem I wrote about 20 years ago.
I wrote it as a message to a little baby who is my Great-Granddaughter, Delaunay Elise. I wrote a journal entry while traveling the summer after her birth. I missed her and I was in my studio in Austria. As I began to draw, I began writing the words of this poem. It was spontaneous and quick
This quick-study poem was easy to do.
My recommendation is to Just close your eyes and let your thoughts drift to your memories or your current circumstances.
Is there a small child, or baby, that you love so much and that you want to write about?
Think about what you want the child to know – someday in the future the little child will still have your thoughts as you recorded them in your poem. Make it personal and share your love in this way.
~ YOU CAN DO IT~
this poem is published in my 2 of my books:
Concerti: Psalms for the Pilgrimage, Kota Press, 2002
Concerti: Psalms for hte Pilgrimage.
Stories and Poems by Lynda McKinney Lambert.
Songs for the Pilgrimage, 2021.
“A Drawing for Delaunay Elise”
My arms know how
to gather completeness
and gently encircle
your delicate form.
I have strength
enough for the moment
for you are fragile
and changing inside.
I remain constant
and begin to draw.
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“Delaunay and the Blue Eiffel Tower”