Sticking My Neck Out

Throwing your hat in the ring takes courage and it often feels quite vulnerable to do so. But as they say, a turtle never gets anywhere without sticking its neck out.

In July, I came across a local art gallery that was seeking poetry submissions. My ears perked up. They would be choosing 5 inspiring poems, which would be assigned to 60 visual artists through a random lottery process. The artists would then create original visual art based on the poems. How cool is that?

I read on and was further inspired by their mission statement on poetry.

True Grit Art Gallery's beautiful statement about poetry.

The opportunity to see artists interpret my words was too tempting. I scrolled through my files and found three I loved. I stuck my neck out.... and submitted them.

I have posted one below:

Unfortunately, none of my poems were chosen.

But, They are offering a nice consolation prize. All poets who submitted, are invited to the closing celebration on September 27th to read their work out loud.

I think I may attend. It will be so cool to see the five poems chosen and how their words were interpreted in the different styles of art. And, it would be one of my first chances to read my poetry out loud to a group of people. Good practice!

 If you're in the area, I hope you will check out the exhibit. And please join me on Saturday , September 27th for their closing celebration to hear one of my poems and see the inspiring art.

Check out Poetry Friday's host this week: Rose Capelli at Imagine the Possibilities. and enjoy Her lovely poem inspired by poet Mary Oliver. I love nature poems!