#52Poetry: Ain’t Been Reading, But I’ve Been Productive.

I started the new year with the best of intentions: I was going to do and complete #52Poetry. I was going to read 52 books of poetry and I was going to write about it all.

After week four came and went…after I subscribed Netflix…after Mad Men, Portlandia, Arrested Development…after SGRho…after I decided I wanted to create stuff instead of read stuff…well, you get it.

I honestly don’t even know what week it is! I checked out Lucille Clifton’s entire collection, most of which are now overdue.

The year is not over and I can still reach my goal. I am just behind now…way behind.

But here’s what I have been doing instead of reading and writing! the sisters jones collective.

I made some upcycled brooches:

upcycled brooch

upcycled brooch

upcycled brooch

upcycled brooch

upcycled brooch

upcycled brooch

I crocheted a layered brooch:

layered crochet brooch

layered crochet brooch

layered crochet brooch

layered crochet brooch

I made some cowls:

mustard cowl

mustard cowl

mustard cowl

mustard cowl

mustard cowl

mustard cowl

mustard cowl

multi gray cowl

multi gray cowl

multi gray cowl

multi gray cowl

multi gray cowl

multi gray cowl

multi gray cowl

multi gray cowl

cobalt cowl

cobalt cowl

cobalt cowl

cobalt cowl

cobalt cowl

cobalt cowl

cobalt cowl

cobalt cowl

cobalt cowl

cobalt cowl

cobalt cowl

cobalt cowl

sweet red cowl

sweet red cowl

sweet red cowl

coral cowl (with max in the background)

coral cowl

coral cowl

coral cowl

coral cowl

coral cowl

coral cowl

coral cowl

coral cowl

coral cowl

coral cowl

Then, there were a few baby blankets:

baby blanket – granny square

baby blanket – granny square

baby blanket – granny square

baby blanket – granny square

baby blanket – granny square

baby blanket – granny square

baby blanket – granny square

baby blanket – circle afghan

baby blanket – circle afghan

baby blanket – circle afghan

baby blanket – circle afghan

baby blanket – circle afghan

the sisters jones

blankets for brother and sister – packaged to go!

blankets for brother and sister

blankets for brother and sister

the sisters jones

the sisters jones

the sisters jones

I attended  The Southern Writers Symposium – @WriteSouth:

The Southern Writers Symposium

The Southern Writers Symposium

The Southern Writers Symposium

The Southern Writers Symposium

I also participated in the @nypl poetry contest. This happened, too. I wasn’t too excited, then I was *shrug*and “it’s okay.”:

NYPL’s National Poetry Contest on Twitter

NYPL’s National Poetry Contest on Twitter

NYPL’s National Poetry Contest on Twitter

And finally, the sisters jones collective. has been, well, updated:

the sisters jones collective.

the sisters jones collective.

the sisters jones collective.

the sisters jones collective.

So, while I haven’t being doing #52Poetry that well so far, I am doing other stuff.

52 Poetry: Week Four

Good News About the Earth
by Lucille Clifton

52 Poetry: Week Three

two-headed woman

by Lucille Clifton

52 Poetry: Week Two

an ordinary woman (1974)
by Lucille Clifton

52 Poetry: Week One

Here I am again – attempting #52poetry again! At the last party, I started in the middle of the year and then I got a new job that didn’t really allow for extracurricular anything and was relatively meh about the whole challenge.

(Gahdang! The original post has magically disappeared and wordpress is giving me hell.)

More on #52poetry here and here.

Sidenote: I am going to also attempt a general (all prose) reading challenge. I am a very slow, slow reader. So one (1) book a month is the absolute best I can do. And if I’m feeling adventurous, I might read two!

In addition to wordpress, you can also find me here:

• tumblr
• twitter
• goodreads
• facebook (but, I don’t really post much of anything on facebook these days)
• pinterest (if you want to see me procrastinating)

This week I read: