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Fox Illustrations

26 Jan 2016 4 Comments

by jeannepoland in Fox Illustrations, foxes, Poetry Tags: bear down, before the pounce, butterfly, fly on air, Fox Illustrations, Jeanne Poland, the crouch

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illustration by Jeanne Poland

before the pounce-is

the crouch…then fly on air-bear

down on butterfly!

At the Bowl

25 Jan 2016 1 Comment

by jeannepoland in At the Bowl, Brain Grease, Poetry Tags: At the Bowl, nitty-gritty munchings, Schachner, shoulder to shoulder, snow flakes push cravings

Schachner

illustrator: Schachner

snow flakes push cravings

for nitty-gritty munchings

shoulder to shoulder

Fetal Position

24 Jan 2016 Leave a comment

by jeannepoland in Fetal Position, Harmony, Poetry Tags: 69, Byron Schacter, cat warms tot, energy pose, Fetal Position, re-boot, tot warms feline, yin-yang

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illustrator:Byron Schachner

69/yin-yang

cat warms tot;tot warms feline

energy pose/ re-boot

Ante 2

23 Jan 2016 2 Comments

by jeannepoland in Ante 2, flexibility, Poetry

doubleview

illustrated by Ratta Mahatta

Today my 79 year old brother mourned the non-response of my daughter who uses texting instead of landline phone. My sister’s response to the storm weather report was to defy the wind and drive through it. I concurred.

Then brother warned relatives of danger of the storm and advised not to gather. The weather reports differed in each locale. There were many points of view.

The reunion was shelved; the ante was the only show. Each fox observed differing phenomena.

The ante rose and fell, blew and rearranged itself in soft drifts that froze. The ante froze in place. The curtain closed.

Ante 1

23 Jan 2016 Leave a comment

by jeannepoland in Ante, Laws of Motion, Poetry Tags: Ante 1, art director, bleed on the page, character, fiction, illustration by Elizabeth Stanton, page, picture book, Procreate, reader, rhyme, Rhyming, science, Siberia, story, virtual tools

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illustration by Elizabeth Stanton

Am working on a picture book about the foxes tamed in Siberia. Ever since the Rhyming Picture Books Conference in NYC, I keep thinking about manuscripts that rhyme, but have concluded that to have a story, illustrations that bleed on the page and regular rhymes is simply too much for the page! Love J Patrick Lewis’s poetry anthologies but he doesn’t have to lay out the pages; the art director does. And there’s no story with a character who engages the reader from page 5 on…I’m also grappling with science (non-fiction) and animal characters (fictionalized)
Meanwhile, I’m trying to use Procreate on an iPad to illustrate. Being a tactile girl, the virtual tools are not a good fit!
Ho-hum on I go.
Jeanne

Beauty

22 Jan 2016 Leave a comment

by jeannepoland in beauty, Poetry, shade Tags: calm, glow, goodness, grace, innocent, Lord Byron, peace, She Walks in Beauty, softly lightens, starry skies

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She Walks in Beauty

by Lord Byron

She walks in beauty, like the night
     Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that’s best of dark and bright
     Meet in her aspect and her eyes:
Thus mellow’d to that tender light
     Which heaven to gaudy day denies.

One shade the more, one ray the less,
     Had half impair’d the nameless grace
Which waves in every raven tress,
     Or softly lightens o’er her face;
Where thoughts serenely sweet express
     How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.

And on that cheek, and o’er that brow,
     So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,
The smiles that win, the tints that glow,
     But tell of days in goodness spent,
A mind at peace with all below,
     A heart whose love is innocent!

Respectfully Reviewed

21 Jan 2016 Leave a comment

by jeannepoland in Poetry, Respectfully Reviewed, Writing Tags: a little erudite, barrier between romantic and serious, don't read reviews as quality ratings, Don't read silence as a no, Eva Ibbotson, humorous, illustrator:Ratta Mattata, light, Respectfully Reviewed, Viennese waltz

Don'tReadSilenceAsNo

Illustrator: Ratta Mattata

Don’t read silence as

a no; don’t read reviews as

quality ratings.

Eva Ibbotson said: “After years of writing magazine stories and books for children, I am trying hard to break down the barrier between ‘romantic novels’ and ‘serious novels’ which are respectfully reviewed. My aim is to produce books that are light, humorous, even a little erudite but secure in their happy endings. One could call it an attempt to write, in words, a good Viennese waltz!”