I worked with five people in a writing workshop at Grassroots Bookstore, and each of them are invited to post the poems that they wrote in a reply to this workshop.

It’s okay to put in a first draft, and then later to add additional versions.  Part of what we learned is that perfection is not immediate.

If you’re reading this, you may want to know that we used props.  Stuffed animals, and one stuffed puppy that was battery driven and laughed whenever someone walked past it’s motion-sensitive eyes.  Here’s the poem that I wrote about that animal which I named Puppy Puppy.

Puppy Puppy Puts a Smile on My Face

Nothing makes me smile
Like a good laugh

Puppy, puppy laughs and rolls
Whenever I walk by

Puppy Puppy with his
Golden-and-white hair
and human laugh

Loud friendly and rapid
It never fails
To light the twinkle in my eye.

I think I’ll buy rechargeable batteries
So I always feel good
About letting him surprise me
When I walk by.

Tags: Grassroots Books, Poetry, writing workshop