Mind-Jazz

I'm reading _Wild Heart Dancing_
by Elliot Sobel.

A gift from a friend,
the book is a guide
to restoring and sparking
your inner child, the artist
within.

The exercise I love best:
Write your ten favorite words.

I can do that.
Piece of cake...

yarn-over
lace
lavender
wild
soft
grace
cashmere
shawl
skein
unravel

Wait, I need at least
two dozen words
or maybe more
to wax poetic
in knitting terms.

Sobel would have you write
your words on cards
shuffle them.

Turn each card over
one at a time.

Record each word
in the order it appears.

Line break pattern,
your choice.

Walla!
A sound poem
Read it aloud.
Enjoy!

Do it three times.
Combine the three pieces
to create a longer poem.

I have seven inches
of plain knit
on the "In the Pink"
dress...

It morphed
from tee to dress.
Who could resist?

Soft pink cashmere
spilling off the needles...

So! I'll knit and knit and knit
and shuffle cards
and babble sound poems

A crazy old lady
doing mind-jazz
on a sunny Sunday
afternoon...

Don't tell!