Happy National Poetry Month!
Hello, Great Readers of our series! Just In case you haven’t visited before, let me tell you a little about A Great Nephew and A Great Aunt. My great nephew, Landon (a sixth-grader) and I (his great aunt) collaborate. I write a poem which he illustrates. We started this collaboration in the fall of 2014 and have had so much fun with it that we decided to invite others along. Landon and I will continue to have a new episode on the second Friday of each month. The other Fridays are filling up quickly with guests.
I have created a page on my website to view all the episodes of A Great Nephew and a Great Aunt. Click HERE to visit the page and enjoy past episodes.
Today it’s my pleasure to share a creative collaboration from . . .
Brenda Harsham and Her Son, Kyle
The Poem
The Art
Brenda and Kyle
More fun with Kyle
Many thanks to Brenda and Kyle for sharing their talents with us today!
Meet Kyle: Kyle drew this from his imagination. Kyle is a middle schooler with a penchant for art and mischief. He likes to laugh, take photographs, watch movies, play Minecraft and hang out with his friends.
Penny Parker Klostermann 
That’s so good to see mother and son doing something creative like this…the best kind of collaboration! 🙂
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What fun and so much talent. You can tell drawing brings Kyle a lot of joy! I also love the egg painting. If I let my eyes go out of focus, I think I found the second face.
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Thanks for coming by, Pat. And congrats on finding the second face! I still haven’t found it.
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I am very disappointed that I haven’t found the face. I think we need a clue… 😉 Of course I love the eyes… and the little fleck of mischief under the lips. And I love the expectancy in the final stanza of your poem, Brenda. Such a cute pairing.
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Kathryn, I agree. I think we need a hint. I have zoomed in and searched to no avail!
Thanks so much for stopping by 😀
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I love the second stanza. Thoughts do fly! And they should! I love the eyes in the illustration.
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Hi, Liz. The second stanza is really nice. I like the idea of thoughts circling the sun…such imagination!
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Very fun to dream of “high” flying, and oh, I love those eyes on that boy (Kyle?) in the picture. Very cute! And, I read Brenda’s question, and found the face!
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You did find the face??? I’m jealous! I can’t find it! Way to go, Linda. Thanks for coming by to enjoy this fun collaboration!
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Kyle will be so happy you found it. 🙂 And I’ll be reading him all the comments tomorrow. 🙂
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High flyin’ post! Love the egg painting pic too!
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Thanks for coming by Julie 🙂
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He’s a dreamer. That was the only Easter it was warm enough to color eggs outside.
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We often have snow!
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Us, too. 🙂
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Love seeing Brenda and Kyle here today!! I’m enamored of those eyeballs in Kyle’s drawing. 🙂 In the poem, he sounds like a dreamer, looking up and imagining.
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I love the eyeballs, too! So much fun!
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Thanks, Jama. All my kids are dreamers. Worriers. Dreamers. 🙂 Kyle’s always been good at cartooning. He has his own style.
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Reblogged this on Friendly Fairy Tales and commented:
Penny Parker Klostermann has published a poem by me, and an illustration by my son, Kyle. If you’ve been curious about what my kids look like, you can see a couple here. 🙂 Happy Earth Day and Happy Poetry Friday!
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Thanks, Penny! This is a wonderful post, and I like what you did with the background of my poem, putting it in the sky. Did you ever find the face that Kyle hid in his illustration?
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I’m still looking!!!
Thanks so much to you and Kyle for participating 😀
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