Friday Fun: EDM challenge no. 97

Draw a present you have received. Why is it special?

A quick 5-minute sketch of a poetry book my dear friend from Santa Barbara sent a couple of weeks ago, and a fun doodle of the gift wrap it came in (done a few days ago while listening to the footie... of course...).

There are a number of reasons why it's special:

1. It's from a special person far away...

2. I'd never heard of Tony Hoagland before she sent me a poem in an email a few weeks ago.

3. I love being introduced to writers unknown to me - one of the perks of friendship :)

4. It was bought from a favourite independent bookshop, where they giftwrap beautifully - they even put a sticker over the price.

5. Their logo is a cute black cat who adorns the aforementioned sticker :)

Here's a sample poem:

Field Guide

Once, in the cool blue middle of a lake,

up to my neck in that most precious element of all,

I found a pale-gray, curled-upwards pigeon feather

floating on the tension of the water

at the very instant when a dragonfly,

like a blue-green iridescent bobby pin,

hovered over it, then lit, and rested.

That’s all.

I mention this in the same way

that I fold the corner of a page

in certain library books,

so that the next reader will know

where to look for the good parts.