SHE IS ELEMENTARY
She is air.
Refreshing caress of a soft breeze messing with
your carefully coiffed hairdo
She reminds you to let go
to bend with the wind
She is water.
Drip drip dropping from the faucet lightly
Listen: She’s intent on stealing your attention
She could boil
but chooses to stay cool
She is fire.
Dancing on a waxy wick
A flickering flame in your darkest moment
All she needs is your spare wood and
a match to warm you woolen soft
She is earth.
Freshly tilled soil, embracing new seeds
Covering, comforting each burgeoning life
Creation begins with her, even as
you are the soil from which she herself was sprung
She is your daughter
All the elements of a true force of nature
© 2010 Amy Barlow Liberatore/Sharp Little Pencil
Sharp Little Pencil 
sillyfrogsusan
Absolutely theme appropriate and filled with beautiful imagery!
Jingle
cute,
love your rich and vivid imaginations…
Sharp Little Pencil
Jingle, thanks so much – and kudos for your poet outreach. I’m meeting lots of new folks thanks to your site! Peace, Amy
Jingle
Glad to hear that,
have fun reading,
feel free to link , 3 poems at most…
we have about 19 hours to go before the collection is closed.
Luke Prater
Alway like a poetic take on the elements. This is nicely done.
Warmest Salad
Luke
Sharp Little Pencil
And “salud” to you, too! I’ll keep up with you through Jingle! Peace, Amy
liv2write2day
Amazing what you did with the theme–wish I’d thought of that!
Victoria
Sharp Little Pencil
Thanks for that, Victoria! I’m having a hard time leaving comments at some blogs, but I will check on yours as often as I can. God bless Jingle for introducing us!
Peace, Amy
Sharp Little Pencil
Also, V., love the name of your blog!
Ellen
I love this; I love the way it flowed and your descriptions~
Beautiful!
Sharp Little Pencil
Thank you, Ellen. Sounds like you may have a daughter… or at least we know YOU are somebody’s daughter, and is may be how they feel about you. Thanks for stopping by; I’ll get over to your blog and have a look-see! Peace, Amy
buttercup600
Amazing imagery and just absolutely perfect for the theme!! Thanks so much for linking with Potluck and visiting my nook ~ Many hugs oxo
Sharp Little Pencil
Thanks right back atcha! Jingle has a way of reaching out and networking all of us. Potluck rocks! Peace, Amy
Jamie Dedes
Appreciate that you followed the theme and very well indeed. Nice Work.
You are indeed a “sharp little pencil.”
Poem on …
🙂
Look forward to more from you. Big hugs for this one …
Sharp Little Pencil
Wow, Jamie, thanks. Jamie, Amy… it’s kismet, I tell you!! I sent this out via email to a lot of non-writing moms and they liked it as well.
Will definitely keep track of you! 🙂 Amy
83October
I love the alliteration in the poem. They slip and slide as you read through them. The structure is also beautiful. This is, i think, a beautiful way of showing the potluck’s theme. Glad to have dropped by your site.
Sharp Little Pencil
Thank you so much. I did look at the theme and immediately get all those qualities of my girl, who’s 22 and an art student (plus pro drummer). The alliteration gods were with me as I wrote… usually right before bedtime, then posting the next day. I’m the most peaceful after yoga and all. I dropped in on you and commented there. Where did you get the name for your site? Don’t tell me you were born in 1983 or I’ll scream… I was born in 1056, hee hee. Amy
Eaton Bennett
This touched me…all the way to the end and I didn’t guess who she was. Lovely surprise at the end. 🙂
Sharp Little Pencil
So glad the whole poem worked for you, and I intentionally saved that last part. I’ll log on to your blog and see what you are up to, Eaton. Isn’t Jingle fab? Amy