In honor of Poetry Month, Easter, Passover,
and all things rabbity, my free-verse picture book,
To Rabbittown, originally published by Scholastic,
is 99 cents on iTunes, Kindle, Nook–yippee!
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if you don’t have an eReader.
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Jama’s Alphabet Soup
Hi there! Welcome to RuffDrafts.com–I’m glad you’re here!
My original poems, posted each day of National Poetry Month 2013, are imperfect. Messy. This is your chance to sneak a peek behind the scenes—before a poem is polished and published! (For my poems in 2010, 2011 & 2012, click on the Poetry link in the menu above.)
My friend Bruce Balan and I critique each other’s poems every day…so you’ll see Bruce’s comments on some of the poems.
Thanks for following so well. I’m tempted to take you to the dog park and let you romp off-leash… Ready? Let’s begin!
April 6
THE DEAL IS SEALED ~ rough draft!
by April Halprin Wayland
Uncle Davie leans down.
Eli licks up.
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MAN MEETS DOG ~ rough draft!
by April Halprin Wayland
Uncle Davie leans down.
Eli licks up.
The deal
is sealed.
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MAN MEETS DOG ~ rough draft!
by April Halprin Wayland
Knock on door.
Dog walks in.
Uncle Davie leans down.
Eli licks up.
The deal
is sealed.
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I wrote the longest one first, then tried to condense it. Which do you prefer?
Bruce says, “First [he means the longest] is best.”
poem © 2013 April Halprin Wayland. All rights reserved
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I like the longest too. Although it’s still brief, it gives the broader picture.
Thanks, Linda!
And here are three comments from my FaceBook page:
Joan Phaup: I like the 2nd and 3rd ones, but the knock on the door in version 3 throws me off…WHO knocked on the door? So I am leaning toward version 2.
Rebecca Gold: I liked number 2– the 4 line one. I agree with Joan- the knock on the door added another character (assuming Eli can’t knock) and I liked the image of just the two of them. Very cute.
Doreen Denitz Garcia: I like the second version best.