Oulipost #8: Lone Daze

Beautiful In-law (Beau Present) Select a name from one of your newspaper articles, famous or not. Compose a poem using only words that can be made from the letters in that person’s name. Lorenzo Alexander, philanthropic footballer, inspired me!

Lone Daze

Now, a new dawn

Read

Redo

Read

Redo

Alone, a new dawn –

Relax

No dread

Doze on

 

Sourced from The Contra Costa Times, Bay Area News Group, April 8, 2014

About katemccarrollmoore

Kate Moore’s passion is literacy, and she serves as a mentor teacher and staff developer throughout the greater Bay Area. Kate served three terms as the City of San Ramon's Poet Laureate (2012-2018); she also teaches poetry writing workshops and is an instructor in the Master of Arts in Teacher Leadership (MATL) program at St. Mary’s College of California. She was honored as SRVUSD Teacher of the Year in 2007 and San Ramon Chamber of Commerce Educator of the Year in 2009. Kate holds a Doctorate in Educational Leadership for Social Justice from California State University, East Bay, an M.A. in Teacher Leadership from St. Mary’s and a B.A. in English Education from SUNY Albany. She and Bob Moore are the proud parents of four beautiful grown daughters, and the smitten grandparents of six beautiful children who fill them with hope for the future.
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