Ever since the first Poetry Swap gifts posted on the Poetry Friday rounds, I have been delighted by the joy they bring, not just to the sender and receiver, but to the poetry community at large. So – this season, when Tabatha Yeatts asked who was in, I was keen to join in the giving. And what pleasure it has been! Thank-you Tabatha, for coming up with such a wonderful idea – and keeping the ball rolling time and again. When I received Irene Latham’s name, to send a parcel of goodies to, I was thrilled, and had so much fun putting her package together, with a little dob of mud and a splash of ice and penguins. I didn’t even give a thought to who/what might be coming my way… until one day, hubby arrived with a box from the letterbox… for me! How exciting!!
Lovely Linda Baie was my very generous giver – and I so appreciate the thought she put into co-ordinating her purrfect parcel of poetry.
Thank-you so much, Linda. Your gift was the katswhiskers. Pure cream and catnip – and joy! xx
For more poetry cream,visit Lisa at Steps and Staircases for the PoetryFriday round-up. Thanks, Lisa!
Wow what a lovely idea to make a book of your poems in snippets. Wonderful!
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It was a delight, Catherine.
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Wow. What a beautiful gift. This is my first time participating in the exchange too. I had fun putting my packag together, but now I’ve seen Linda’s effort I’m totally in awe!
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Me too! Made me second guess what I’d packaged up… Enjoy your first poetry swap, Sally!
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Beautiful! And purr-fect (sorry….had to do that) for you!
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Wonderful! That package was clearly crafted with love and meows!
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Such a beautiful idea you had, Tabatha – and so generous of you to share it.
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I have to agree, I have loved seeing all the joy spread by the poetry swap–even just by looking at what others give and receive. This collection is purr-fect! Thank you for sharing it with us all!
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I am in awe. As the world’s worst gift- giver, I am stunned by this. Seriously, this is incredibly lovely. Linda rocks!
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I am smiling from your gratitude, Kat. It was so.much.fun putting your poem and other surprises in a box for you! And the Worth poem is indeed “purr-fect” to share.
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Cats and kids – get as much pleasure from the packaging as the gift! 🙂 #simplepleasures
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What a bounty of catty goodness!! So thoughtfully selected and put together. Lovely to see Robyn’s gift pack in there too. 🙂
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Linda is such a thoughtful person in addition to being a wonderful poet. You received a lovely gift!
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A lovely package all around Kat, how special–love the snippet of poems especially these words so related to your writing:
“helping kids be strong,
devising better ways
for righting wrongs.”
And a delightful book too, by a favorite author and illustrator–the cats are charming. Thanks for sharing your exchange, Enjoy!
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Those words were special, Michelle. So lovely to see your poetry and artwork at Donna’s blog, too!
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That Linda – only she could put together this delightful array of purrfection.
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What an amazing package of purrfection as Tara says. Linda is a thoughtful poet. Holiday time looks like it is filled with poetry love.
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So much joy shared – as seen by all these lovely comments. 🙂
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I came back to read it again. I ordered the book from the library for my daughter. She loves cats and poetry. 🙂
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She will love this book, then. Enjoy! 😽
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Thanks, Kat.
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How pawsome, er, awesome is this?! Linda is the cat’s meow when it comes to thoughtfulness. 🙂
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It is definitely pawsome! #youclevercat 😺
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A lovely idea to have a poetry gift exchange! Thank you for sharing the contents with us.
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What a fun package Linda sent! I’ll be featuring the one I got this coming Friday!
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