Poetry Friday - Swapping Surprises

                This week, Poetry Friday is hosted by Heidi Mordhorst at her blog, My Juicy Little Universe. She's sharing a new poetry form, a 'definito', some examples she wrote and a few others, too. Be sure to check the post out, to discover what you can write next!

         On Wednesday, I shared Laura Purdie Salas' new poetry book, Snack, Snooze, Skedaddle. If you don't know it, take a look, then go find a copy next month! It's a must-have for autumn.
                 Summer swapping, all thanks to Tabatha Yeatts, fills my mailbox with more than ads, more than catalogs, more than things that often land in my recycle bin. Delightful surprises arrive in a "package", rarely found in that box. This time I want to thank Carol Varsalona for the goodies sent from eastern New York to Colorado.

Carol sent things for –



             savoring the thoughtful collection, created from my own Captiva Island photos, packaged in a beautiful envelope. . .




















          writing, while loving the driftwood and shell from Carol's own ocean jaunts. . .

         reading the poem that, with the picture, capture a special memory, my grandchildren looking out at the sunset standing in the surf

            using in my favorite past-time of reading, smiling at the thoughtful gift that will touch me every day

for Carol 

Thank you for gifts in my hand.

Pictures bring back sifting sand.

Heart to heart, mail sent through air–

a package full of loving care.