ARTS IN THE CARDS

I got to choose the April challenge and since April means spring to me I decided to use a poem by

e.e. cummings, " in Just-spring", as inspiration for our spring ATCs. Some freaked out at the thought of having to deal with a POEM, but it was meant to be only jumping off point for our imagination. The art has been wonderful!

in Just-

spring when the world is mud-

luscious the little lame baloonman

whistles far and wee

and eddyandbill come

running from marbles and

piracies and it's

spring

when the world is puddle-wonderful

the queer

old baloonman whistles

far and wee

and bettlyandisbel come dancing

from hop-scotch and jump-rope and

it's

spring

and

the

goatfooted

baloonMan whistles

far

and

wee