Plournal: Poetry

Original Post: March 30, 2018
Planner + Journal = Plournal - Thanks to Kell S.

My best friend is poet; a writer and a poet. In fact, I believe it was her poetry that brought us closer together so we could be best friends. We attended a Slam Poetry Meet together. You can see some of her writings here: Words of the Heart by PoetrySue

While searching for bits of poetry for my April spreads, I turned to her and casually reminded her she was a poet.

My first March 2018 Quote was by Jimmy Dean. I was tickled that it might be the sausage guy and after some research, found that it was... although, the origin of the quote went back much further.

​“I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.”

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​Not only is Jimmy Dean the sausage guy, but he was an American country music singer, television host, and actor. 

(August 10, 1928 – June 13, 2010)

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The history of this quote goes back to 1859.

In April, for my monthly spread, I went with Langston Hughes, a phenomenal "American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri."

​April Rain Song

Let the rain kiss you.
Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops.
Let the rain sing you a lullaby.

The rain makes still pools on the sidewalk.
The rain makes running pools in the gutter.
The rain plays a little sleep-song on our roof at night--

And I love the rain.

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(February 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967).

I fell in love with Langston Hughes in my high school American Literature class.

The other pictures of April's monthly page spread can be found here.

The piece I chose for Week 1 of April is by Michael Garofalo from GardenDigest.com and Greenway Research.

The force of Spring -
​mysterious, fecund, powerful beyond measure.

See the full April Week 1 spread here.

My conversation with my best friend consisted of me whining about the time it takes searching for the perfect quotes or poems.... but since she's a poet, during the last week of the month, she should just hand me a sheaf of papers with 4-5 poems, and I hand her some papers with calligraphy headers. Boom! A perfect trade. 

Since I figured that it probably would never actually work, I thought  if I make a list of the poets and writers I use this year, searching next year will be easier. 

Prepping the journal collection page spread

Finished journal collection page with a few names

Supplies used:
Mechanical pencils
Sakura Pigma Microns
Derwent Watercolor Pencils

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