Found poetry: Let him out!
April 23, 1957: Will lost P.A. Will lost P.A. looked in our car but no find on way home I looked in glove compartment a can not opened was he happy
Found Poetry
Found poetry based on Great Plains diaries (1920 – 1957)
April 22, 1933: 50 cents and one old hen
The delightful image that accompanies today’s poem is a painting titled “Hen in a Bucket” (via CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) by Ann Blair, who writes on her Flickr page, “I enjoyed painting this old hen in her rusty old bucket. I painted her in oils, on my mother’s old biscuit board.” April 22, 1933: 50 cents and one …
Found poetry from historical diaries
Because I will be traveling for the next couple of days, I am including several five-line poems here from Hattie’s entries for April 18 – April 21 and will resume daily poems on April 22 through the end of the month. Have a wonder-filled and peaceful weekend, everyone! April 18, 1921: Busy Getting water twice …
Found poetry: April 17, 1941 (one, four, twelve)
April 17, 1941: one, four, twelve one mop of old socks four pot holders of chicken-feed sacks twelve washrags of old towels
April 16, 1948: Milk for Roger (Prairie Fire)
April 16, 1948: Milk for Roger (Prairie Fire) Bright, chilly in wind had to have wraps I hemmed new dish towels fixed sleeves wider in everyday dress and in afternoon Joe ran in to say fire. Five gallons of gas meant to bring drill home caused sparks off manifold to ignite tall old grass wind …