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All rights reserved.Elaine Magliarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.comBlogger1177125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373615867496327293.post-8737035490151790942020-12-18T08:44:00.000-05:002020-12-18T08:44:53.767-05:00Say This Isn't the End: A Poem for Sunday by Richard Blanco<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ae_MZE9Lq0Q/X9yxGv03QkI/AAAAAAAALYA/zGJ9L5AwPGk3KbitfvwsKlxH0Wu4k2qegCLcBGAsYHQ/s200/PoetryFriday2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ae_MZE9Lq0Q/X9yxGv03QkI/AAAAAAAALYA/zGJ9L5AwPGk3KbitfvwsKlxH0Wu4k2qegCLcBGAsYHQ/s0/PoetryFriday2.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">From poet Richard Blanco: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">“I say this might be the end we’ve always needed to begin again. I say this may be the end to let us hope to heal, to evolve, reach the stars. Again I’ll say: heal, evolve, reach, and become the stars that became us—whether or not this is or is not our end.”</span></div><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">First stanza of SAY THIS ISN'T THE END:</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: AGaramondPro, "Adobe Garamond Pro", Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 19.8px; letter-spacing: 0.3px;">... say we live on, say we’ll forget the masks</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: AGaramondPro, "Adobe Garamond Pro", Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 19.8px; letter-spacing: 0.3px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: AGaramondPro, "Adobe Garamond Pro", Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 19.8px; letter-spacing: 0.3px;">that kept us from dying from the invisible,</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: AGaramondPro, "Adobe Garamond Pro", Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 19.8px; letter-spacing: 0.3px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: AGaramondPro, "Adobe Garamond Pro", Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 19.8px; letter-spacing: 0.3px;">but say we won’t ever forget the invisible</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: AGaramondPro, "Adobe Garamond Pro", Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 19.8px; letter-spacing: 0.3px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: AGaramondPro, "Adobe Garamond Pro", Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 19.8px; letter-spacing: 0.3px;">masks we realized we had been wearing</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: AGaramondPro, "Adobe Garamond Pro", Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 19.8px; letter-spacing: 0.3px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: AGaramondPro, "Adobe Garamond Pro", Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 19.8px; letter-spacing: 0.3px;">most our lives, disguising ourselves from</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: AGaramondPro, "Adobe Garamond Pro", Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 19.8px; letter-spacing: 0.3px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: AGaramondPro, "Adobe Garamond Pro", Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 19.8px; letter-spacing: 0.3px;">each other. Say we won’t veil ourselves again,</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: AGaramondPro, "Adobe Garamond Pro", Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 19.8px; letter-spacing: 0.3px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: AGaramondPro, "Adobe Garamond Pro", Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 19.8px; letter-spacing: 0.3px;">that our souls will keep breathing timelessly,</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: AGaramondPro, "Adobe Garamond Pro", Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 19.8px; letter-spacing: 0.3px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: AGaramondPro, "Adobe Garamond Pro", Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 19.8px; letter-spacing: 0.3px;">that we won’t return to clocking our lives</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: AGaramondPro, "Adobe Garamond Pro", Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 19.8px; letter-spacing: 0.3px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: AGaramondPro, "Adobe Garamond Pro", Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 19.8px; letter-spacing: 0.3px;">with lists and appointments. Say we’ll keep</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: AGaramondPro, "Adobe Garamond Pro", Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 19.8px; letter-spacing: 0.3px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: AGaramondPro, "Adobe Garamond Pro", Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 19.8px; letter-spacing: 0.3px;">our days errant as sun showers, impulsive</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: AGaramondPro, "Adobe Garamond Pro", Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 19.8px; letter-spacing: 0.3px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: AGaramondPro, "Adobe Garamond Pro", Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 19.8px; letter-spacing: 0.3px;">as a star’s falling. Say this isn’t our end …</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: AGaramondPro, "Adobe Garamond Pro", Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 19.8px; letter-spacing: 0.3px;">Click <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2020/06/richard-blanco-say-this-isnt-the-end/612751/?fbclid=IwAR1kTvy_LI02gy0rpqe0u3RswqXKQ6qoi5tZQWhZu7tElAON-8qZ3ZdfLe0">here</a> to read the rest of the poem.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: AGaramondPro, "Adobe Garamond Pro", Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 19.8px; letter-spacing: 0.3px;">***************</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: AGaramondPro, "Adobe Garamond Pro", Garamond, Georgia, serif; font-size: 19.8px; letter-spacing: 0.3px;">Michelle Kogan has the <a href="https://moreart4all.wordpress.com/2020/12/17/poetry-friday-roundup-is-here-dusted-in-stardust/">Poetry Friday Roundup</a> this week.</span></p><p><br /></p>Elaine Magliarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373615867496327293.post-38620760142162760902020-07-17T10:28:00.003-04:002020-07-17T10:28:47.966-04:00In Celebration of Karla Kuskin<br />
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I love the children's poetry of Karla Kuskin.</div>
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Most of it is exuberant and lively...</div>
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and perfect for sharing with young children.</div>
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Her works were seminal in my development as a children's poet.</div>
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Karla Kuskin's ANY ME I WANT TO BE </div>
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After reading it, I fell in love with mask poems. </div>
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My elementary students loved the poetry in this book, too.</div>
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In the poems, Kuskin speaks in the voices of a tree, snow, </div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b>The leaves were soft.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b>I was warm and red and round.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Then someone dropped me in a pot.</b></span></div>
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From Scholastic:</div>
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<a href="http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/pdfs/Kuskin.pdf">WRITING POETRY WITH KARLA KUSKIN</a></div>
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From No Water River:</div>
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<a href="https://www.nowaterriver.com/poetry-friday-spotlight-on-ncte-poets-karla-kuskin-with-lee-bennett-hopkins/">SPOTLIGHT ON NCTE POETS--</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.nowaterriver.com/poetry-friday-spotlight-on-ncte-poets-karla-kuskin-with-lee-bennett-hopkins/">KARLA KUSKIN, WITH LEE BENNETT HOPKINS</a></div>
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<a href="https://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/authors/experts/kuskin.asp">AN INTERVIEW WITH KARLA KUSKIN</a></div>
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From Poetry for Children:</div>
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From Live Your Poem:</div>
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<a href="https://irenelatham.blogspot.com/2014/02/tree-poems-by-karla-kuskin.html">TREE POEMS BY KARLA KUSKIN</a></div>
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The <a href="https://bookseedstudio.wordpress.com/2020/07/15/float/"><b>Poetry Friday Roundup</b></a> is at <b>Bookseedstudio</b>.</div>
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<br />Elaine Magliarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373615867496327293.post-27337045568504746902020-06-26T08:06:00.001-04:002020-06-26T08:06:08.238-04:00My Cat Rudy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Last Friday, I posted <a href="http://wildrosereader.blogspot.com/2020/06/a-poem-for-three-baby-birds.html">a poem</a> that my older granddaughter wrote about three baby blue jays that had died on our property. Today, I'm posting a poem that she wrote while I was homeschooling her this spring and her second grade class was doing a unit on writing poetry. Today's poem is about the family cat Rudy who had to be put to sleep last year. He was the sweetest, friendliest, most loving cat. We all still miss him.<br />
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<br />Elaine Magliarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373615867496327293.post-53180628831280470292020-06-19T09:24:00.001-04:002020-06-19T09:24:14.454-04:00A Poem for Three Baby Birds<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I haven't contributed to Poetry Friday in months. I had had plans for National Poetry Month--but COVID-19 dashed them. When schools closed here in early March, I became my older granddaughter's second grade teacher. I have enjoyed working with her--especially helping her to learn about writing poetry. Teaching, however, has been time consuming. My husband and I have also been providing fulltime daycare for both of our granddaughters as our daughter and son-in-law are considered to be essential workers.<br />
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A few weeks ago, three baby blue jays fell out of a tree on our property. We noticed that there was a hole in the middle of the birds' nest. My granddaughters were distraught. My husband, daughter, and I did our best to keep the babies alive. We got information on what to do from our Animal Control Officer. Unfortunately, despite our best efforts, the baby blue jays died. My husband made a little bird cemetery for them. We gave the birds names and buried them. My older granddaughter wrote a poem for the birds.<br />
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<b>Tricia</b> has the <a href="https://missrumphiuseffect.blogspot.com/2020/06/poetry-friday-is-here.html"><b>Poetry Friday Roundup</b></a> at <b>The Miss Rumphius Effect</b>.<br />
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Elaine Magliarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373615867496327293.post-43368706372846173782020-02-14T08:11:00.001-05:002020-02-14T08:11:35.425-05:00Poetry Friday: Valentine for Ernest MannFor Valentine's Day, I'm posting a favorite poem by one of my favorite poets.<br />
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VALENTINE FOR ERNEST MANN<br />
by Naomi Shihab Nye<br />
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You can't order a poem like you order a taco.<br />
Walk up to the counter, say, "I'll take two"<br />
and expect it to be handed back to you<br />
on a shiny plate.<br />
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Still, I love your spirit.<br />
Anyone who says, "Here's my address,<br />
write me a poem," deserves something in reply.<br />
So I'll tell a secret instead:<br />
poems hide. In the bottoms of our shoes,<br />
they are sleeping. They are the shadows<br />
drifting across our ceilings the moment<br />
before we wake up. What we have to do<br />
is live in the way that lets us find them.<br />
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Click <a href="https://poets.org/poem/valentine-ernest-mann"><b>here</b></a> to read the rest of the poem.<br />
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<b>Linda</b> has the <a href="https://www.teacherdance.org/2020/02/poetry-friday-hearts-are-everywhere.html"><b>Poetry Friday Roundup</b></a> at <b>TeacherDance</b>.<br />
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<br />Elaine Magliarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373615867496327293.post-91426067001838380322020-01-24T09:42:00.000-05:002020-01-24T09:42:22.801-05:00POT ROAST by Mark Strand<div>
Winter is a time for hearty meals like thick soups and beef stew. This got me to thinking about one of my favorite poems: <b><i>Pot Roast</i></b> by Mark Strand. In his poem, a plate of pot roast brings back memories of the first time Strand tasted the meal...of his mother serving him a second helping. While everything around him seems bleak, the "power of food"...the "meat of memory" provides him with sustenance.</div>
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From <b><i>POT ROAST</i></b></div>
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to inhale</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f4; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 100%; font-style: inherit; font-variant: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
the steam that rises</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f4; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 100%; font-style: inherit; font-variant: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
from my plate, and I think</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f4; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 100%; font-style: inherit; font-variant: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
of the first time</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f4; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 100%; font-style: inherit; font-variant: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
I tasted a roast</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f4; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 100%; font-style: inherit; font-variant: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
like this.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f4; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 100%; font-style: inherit; font-variant: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
It was years ago</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f4; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 100%; font-style: inherit; font-variant: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
in Seabright,</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f4; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 100%; font-style: inherit; font-variant: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
Nova Scotia;</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f4; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 100%; font-style: inherit; font-variant: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
my mother leaned</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f4; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 100%; font-style: inherit; font-variant: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
over my dish and filled it</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f4; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 100%; font-style: inherit; font-variant: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
and when I finished</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f4; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 100%; font-style: inherit; font-variant: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
filled it again.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f4; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 100%; font-style: inherit; font-variant: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
I remember the gravy,</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f4; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 100%; font-style: inherit; font-variant: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
its odor of garlic and celery,</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f4; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 100%; font-style: inherit; font-variant: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
and sopping it up</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f4; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 100%; font-style: inherit; font-variant: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
with pieces of bread.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f4; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 100%; font-style: inherit; font-variant: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
And now</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f4; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 100%; font-style: inherit; font-variant: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
I taste it again.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f4; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 100%; font-style: inherit; font-variant: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
The meat of memory.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f4; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 100%; font-style: inherit; font-variant: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
The meat of no change.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f4; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 100%; font-style: inherit; font-variant: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
I raise my fork</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f7f7f4; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 100%; font-style: inherit; font-variant: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
and I eat. </span></div>
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Elaine Magliarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373615867496327293.post-39086199279222158632019-11-22T10:52:00.000-05:002019-11-22T10:52:30.650-05:00Three Thanksgiving Poems<div align="center">
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THANKSGIVINGS</strong></span></div>
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Maxwell Converse (1836-1903)</span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Translated from a
traditional Iroquois prayer</span></i><span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We who are here present thank the Great Spirit
that we are here to praise Him.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We thank Him that He has created men and
women, and ordered that these beings shall always be living to multiply the
earth.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We thank Him for making the earth and giving
these beings its products to live on.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We thank Him for the water that comes out of
the earth and runs for our lands.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We thank Him for all the animals on the earth.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We thank Him for certain timbers that grow and
have fluids coming from them for us all.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Click <a href="https://poets.org/poem/thanksgivings"><strong>here</strong></a> to read the rest of the poem.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><strong>THANKSGIVING</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The
year has turned its circle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Seasons
come and go.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The
harvest is all gathered in</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">And
chilly north winds blow.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Orchards
have shared their treasures,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Fields,
their yellow grain,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">So
open wide the doorway--</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Thanksgiving
comes again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><strong>THANKSGIVING
TIME</strong></span></div>
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all the leaves are off the boughs,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">And
nuts and apples gathered in,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">And
cornstalks waiting for the cows,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">And
pumpkins safe in barn and bin,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Then
Mother says, "My children dear,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The
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day is very near,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">And
we must make thanksgiving pies!"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><strong>Rebecca</strong>
has the <a href="https://rebeccaherzog.com/2019/11/21/poetry-friday-national-food-day/"><strong>Poetry Friday Roundup</strong></a> at <strong>Sloth Reads</strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><strong><span style="color: #783f04;">HAPPY
THANKSGIVING , EVERYONE!<o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></div>
Elaine Magliarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373615867496327293.post-83127130821807184502019-10-25T10:38:00.000-04:002019-10-25T10:38:33.781-04:00PICK A PUMPKIN: A Halloween Read Aloud in Verse<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Looking for an excellent Halloween book in verse to
read aloud to young children? I've got a recommendation for you: <strong>PICK A
PUMPKIN</strong>, which was written by Patricia Toht and illustrated by Jarvis. The book
was published in July. I was eager to get a copy of <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><strong>PICK A PUMPKIN</strong> to read to my granddaughters
because we all loved Toht's <strong>PICK A PINE TREE</strong>, which was also illustrated by
Jarvis.</span></div>
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and gathers the things they'll need for carving their jack-o-lantern.
Then...they invite a "pumpkin carving crew" over to help. </span></div>
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all together...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">carve
the eyes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Giant
circles of surprise.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Small
slits sleeping</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">or
one eye peeping.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Cross-eyes
crazy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Angry.
Lazy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Before
the crew lights its "new creation," they decorate the house for Halloween
with...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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strung from post to post.</span></div>
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of gauzy dancing ghosts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Spiders.
Tombstones.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Dangling
bats.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Skeletons
and witches' hats.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Next,
the children don their costumes, take the jack-o-lantern outside, and an adult
strikes a match so it will glow.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">It's
red-hot eyes</span></div>
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gaze </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">and
flicker.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Its
fiery grin</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">will
blaze and snicker.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">It
will also guard the house while the children are off trick-or-treating.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Jarvis's
illustrations are a perfect match for Toht's rhythmic, rhyming text. The final
double-page spread shows children trick-or-treating in a dark neighborhood that
glows with lit jack-o-lanterns and streetlights. The book truly captures the "spooky"
excitement children feel on Halloween. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><strong>Karen
Edmisten</strong> has the <a href="http://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2019/10/poetry-friday-im-hosting.html"><strong>Poetry Friday Roundup</strong></a> at her blog.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Elaine Magliarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373615867496327293.post-24551846589642406642019-10-11T10:13:00.005-04:002019-10-11T10:13:42.681-04:00AUTUMN CELEBRATION: An Original Poem<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Early autumn is my favorite time of year. I enjoy the cooler
days and colored foliage. I like the way my daughter decorates her house for
Halloween. I love reading spooky Halloween books and poems to my
granddaughters.</div>
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I wrote the following poem more than a decade ago:</div>
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AUTUMN CELEBRATION</div>
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In October, colored leaves</div>
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Fall from oak and maple tree--</div>
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Bright confetti shaken down</div>
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From their boughs. All over town</div>
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Trees are celebrating fall,</div>
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Decorating every wall, </div>
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Sidewalk, yard, and flowerbed</div>
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With pumpkin-orange, gold, and red.</div>
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We stand out in the falling leaves</div>
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And catch confetti on our sleeves,</div>
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In our hands and in our hair.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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We party till the trees are bare.</div>
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<o:p> ********************</o:p></div>
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<strong>Catherine</strong> has the <a href="https://readingtothecore.wordpress.com/2019/10/10/the-poetry-friday-roundup-is-here-lets-remake-the-world-with-words/"><strong>Poetry Friday Roundup</strong></a> at <strong>Reading to the
Core</strong>.</div>
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Elaine Magliarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373615867496327293.post-46015520141549809462019-08-30T10:10:00.002-04:002019-08-30T10:12:03.409-04:00Remembering Lee Bennett Hopkins with Poetry<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I have been thinking a lot lately about my dear
friend Lee Bennett Hopkins who passed away earlier this month. I've also been
thinking about all of Lee's poetry books that I have collected over the years.
I have dozens and dozens of them! I used his books often when I was teaching
elementary school. I treasure those books even more now that he is gone.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">One of my favorite anthologies compiled by Lee came
to mind a few days ago. It's titled <strong>ON THE FARM</strong>. It's a thin volume of sixteen
poems that is beautifully illustrated by <a href="http://www.laurelmolk.com/"><strong>Laurel Molk</strong></a>. It was published by
Little, Brown in 1991. The book contains poems by some of America's finest
children's poets--including David McCord, Aileen Fisher, Lilian Moore, Myra Cohn
Livingston, Valerie Worth--and Lee Bennett Hopkins. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Here's a sampling of the poems you'll find in this
lovely anthology:<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">FOAL</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">by
Mary Britton Miller<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Come
trotting up</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Beside
your mother,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Little
skinny.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Lay
your neck across</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Her
back, and whinny,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Little
foal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">You
think you're a horse</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Because
you can trot--</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">But
you're not...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Click
<a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=9PkAy_RF3-EC&pg=PP12&lpg=PP12&dq=foal+by+mary+britton+miller&source=bl&ots=jK7HMabilj&sig=ACfU3U3LHZAhyybaNtOlf4dJojtm8OBxfg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj1sInv5aDkAhXB1lkKHdz8C3cQ6AEwDHoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=foal%20by%20mary%20britton%20miller&f=false">here</a> to read the rest of the poem.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">LAWNMOVER</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">By Valerie Worth</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br />
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The lawnmower<br />
Grinds its teeth<br />
Over the grass,<br />
Spitting out a thick<br />
Green spray;<br />
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Its head is too full<br />
Of iron and oil<br />
To know<br />
What it throws<br />
Away...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Click <a href="https://irenelatham.blogspot.com/2013/07/valerie-worth-poems-about-summer-things.html">here</a> to read the rest of the poem.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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By Myra Cohn Livingston<br />
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Thank you for the sun,<br />
the sky,<br />
for all the things that like to fly,<br />
the shining rain that turns grass green,<br />
the earth we know --<br />
the world unseen...<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Click <a href="https://irenelatham.blogspot.com/2017/02/more-myra-cohn-livingston-poems.html">here</a> to read the rest of the poem.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">THE COW</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">By
Robert Lewis Stevenson<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The friendly cow all red and white,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";"><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;" />
</span><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; word-spacing: 0px;">I love with all my heart:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; word-spacing: 0px;">She gives me cream with all her might,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; word-spacing: 0px;">To eat with apple-tart.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;" />
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<span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; word-spacing: 0px;">She wanders lowing here and there,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; word-spacing: 0px;">And yet she cannot stray,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; word-spacing: 0px;">All in the pleasant open air,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; word-spacing: 0px;">The pleasant light of day...<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.yourdailypoem.com/listpoem.jsp?poem_id=1574">here</a> to read the rest of the poem.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><strong>FAMILIAR
FRIENDS</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">By
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">And
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">And
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">From
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">As
soon as I waken from sleep.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The
cat on the fence </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Is
out walking.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The
geese have gone down</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">For
a swim.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The
pony comes trotting</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Right
up to the gate;</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">He
knows I have candy </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">For
him...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Click
<a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=qbkDB1ZvND8C&pg=PA45&lpg=PA45&dq=familiar+friends+james+s.+tippett&source=bl&ots=O0N-Ajl577&sig=ACfU3U2E857pA7MZB_-srMH6glWdsvZgEg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjtpPnisajkAhUq1VkKHfdtANYQ6AEwAnoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=familiar%20friends%20james%20s.%20tippett&f=false">here</a> to read the rest of the poem. (NOTE: You will have to scroll down a page as
the link takes you directly to a poem by Elizabeth Coatsworth.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><strong>THE PICKETY FENCE</strong></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">By David McCord<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The pickety fence<br />
The pickety fence<br />
Give it a lick it's<br />
The pickety fence<br />
Give it a lick it's<br />
A clickety fence<br />
Give it a lick it's<br />
A lickety fence...</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Click <a href="http://missnely.blogspot.com/2013/11/normal-0-false-false-false-en-us-x-none.html">here</a> to read the rest of the poem.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Lee
opened <strong>ON THE FARM</strong> with his own poem titled HELLO, FARM.</span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><strong>HELLO,
FARM</strong></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">By
Lee Bennett Hopkins<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Hello,
ducks,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">chickens,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">cows.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Hello,
hen house,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">stable,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">barn.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Hello,
woodpiles,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">silo,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">swing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Hello,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">hello,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">everything.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I
used Lee's poem as a model for the following poem that I wrote in his memory.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><strong>HELLO,
POETRY</strong></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">By
Elaine Magliaro<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Hello,
children,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">library,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">books.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Hello,
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">reading
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">in
cozy nooks.</span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Hello,
meter,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">rhythm,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">rhyme.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Hello,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">poetry</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">all
the time!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> ********************</o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><strong>Kathryn
Apel</strong> has the <a href="https://katswhiskers.wordpress.com/2019/08/30/two-aussie-verse-novels-and-picture-book-news/"><strong>Poetry Friday Roundup</strong></a> this week.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">This weekend my husband and I will be celebrating the
50th anniversary of the first moon landing--and our 50th wedding anniversary! So...today,
I thought I'd share some of my original moon poems and one rocket poem.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><strong><em>THINGS TO DO IF YOU ARE THE MOON</em></strong></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Live
in the sky.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Be
bold…</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">OR
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">be
shy.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Wax
and wane</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">in
your starry terrain.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Be
a circle of light,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">just
a sliver of white,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">or
hide in the shadows</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">and
vanish from sight.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Look
like a pearl</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">when
you’re brim-full </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">and
bright.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Hang
in the darkness</span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Dazzle
the night.</span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">M</span></strong>irror</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">O</span></strong>f
the sun, bright</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">O</span></strong>rb
in the evening sky, Earth's</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">N</span></strong>ightlight<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Now
that the sun has left the sky.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">It’s
time for <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ME</b> to shine on high…</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">To
spread my gentle pearly light</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">For
all the creatures of the night.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Sometimes
Moon is round and bright.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Sometimes
it’s just a wisp of white.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Sometimes
it vanishes from sight.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Moon
is an ever-changing light.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Night sang
Sun a lullaby,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">sprinkled
stars across the sky,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">switched
on Moon </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">and let it
shine</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">into this
little room of mine.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">R</span></strong></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">oaring</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">O</span></strong></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">ff the launchpad in a</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">C</span></strong></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">loud of smoke, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">K</span></strong></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">icking off its invisible tether to</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">E</span></strong></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">arth, it blasts into space, blazing
a </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; line-height: 115%;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">T</span></strong></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">rail, searing the sky with its
fiery tail.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The
<a href="http://carolwscorner.blogspot.com/2019/07/poetry-friday-is-here.html"><strong>Poetry Friday Roundup</strong></a> is at <strong>Carol's Corner</strong> this week.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
Elaine Magliarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373615867496327293.post-12546121769461933642019-06-14T09:34:00.002-04:002019-06-14T09:34:40.761-04:00Poem for a Retiring Teacher<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 106%;">A
few weeks ago, I was asked to write a poem for one of my former teaching
colleagues who was retiring. I had worked with Robin for a dozen years. She
came to my elementary school after I'd been teaching there for more than twenty
years. She was a wonderful addition to our teaching staff. She was
hard-working, dedicated, loved children, and got along well with everyone.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<strong>Mary O'Neill</strong> titled <strong><em>Miss Norma Jean Pugh, First Grade Teacher</em></strong> came to mind. I
pulled <strong><em>The Random House Book of Poetry for Children</em></strong> off the shelf and read the
poem. It was the perfect inspiration for my poem about Robin. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Click <a href="https://mydarkforest.wordpress.com/2017/04/30/miss-norma-jean-pugh-first-grade-teacher/">here</a> to read O'Neill's poem.) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Shovan</strong> has the <a href="https://laurashovan.com/2019/06/a-poetry-friday-celebration/"><strong>Poetry Friday Roundup</strong></a> this week.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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army during World War II. One of my mother's first cousins, John Koziski, was
killed in that war. A number of my friends served in the Vietnam War. Two did
not return home. I'm </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">to make a difference<b><span style="display: none; mso-hide: all;">Vietnam Veterans Memorial</span></b><span style="display: none; mso-hide: all;"> Located in Washington D.C., the Memorial is roughly 500 feet
wide, and the names of soldiers who died in Vietnam are etched on its black
granite walls. For more information and photos, visit <a href="http://thewall-usa.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">The
Wall-USA</span></a>.</span></span></div>
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Drabik (February 24, 1918-January 5, 2017)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Here are some double dactyls that <span style="color: #223344;">I wrote years ago. All of them are about children’s books
and fairy tales. Not sure that I adhered to the poetic form perfectly. Still,
it was fun writing them!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: red;">Higgeldy
piggeldy</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: red;">Charlotte
Cavatica,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: red;">Writer
and weaver,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: red;">Spun
tales for her friend,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: red;">Wilbur,
the runt pig</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: red;">She
nurtured and cherished.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: red;">That
spider was loyal </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: red;">And
true to the end.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue;">Higgeldy
piggeldy</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue;">Vegan
Pete Rabbit</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue;">Pilfered
some lettuce</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue;">And
carrots and kale.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="color: blue;">
</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue;">Mister
McGregor</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue;">Chased
after that bunny</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue;">But
Peter escaped</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue;">By
the fluff of his tail.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Higgeldy
piggeldy</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Poor
Sleeping Beauty</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Slumbered
for decades</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Because
of a spell.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Prince
Charming knelt down and</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Kissed
the prone princess.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #38761d;">They
married. They’re happy.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #38761d;">There’s
no more to tell.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: magenta;">Higgeldy
piggeldy</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: magenta;">Sad
Cinderella</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: magenta;">Sat
in the ashes</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: magenta;">Bemoaning
her fate.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="color: magenta;">
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: magenta;">Godmother
fairy</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: magenta;">Said:
“Honey, don’t blubber.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: magenta;">My
magic will score you</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: magenta;">A
rich, handsome mate.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: orange;">Higgeldy
piggeldy</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: orange;">Beauty
was grossed out</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: orange;">Watching
the ugly Beast</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: orange;">Nnoshing
raw boar.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: orange;">“God,” she said, “can’t you please</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: orange;">Masticate
quietly!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: orange;">Dining
with you is</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: orange;">A
distasteful chore.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: red;">Higgeldy piggeldy</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: red;">Max was a "wild thing,"</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: red;">Got into mischief,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: red;">Was sent to his room,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: red;">Kicked up a rumpus</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: red;">With Like-minded wild things.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: red;">Some kiddies go crazy</span></span></div>
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<br />Elaine Magliarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373615867496327293.post-24629451373861397952019-05-02T13:54:00.004-04:002019-05-02T13:54:55.193-04:00Announcing the winner of YOU JUST WAIT: A Poetry Friday Power Book<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sorry for the delay in announcing the winner of <em><strong>YOU JUST WAIT: A Poetry Friday Power Book</strong></em> by <a href="http://sylviavardell.com/"><strong>Sylvia Vardell</strong></a> and <a href="http://janetwong.com/"><strong>Janet Wong</strong></a>. I got wrapped up in watching the Mueller/Barr hearing yesterday and forgot what day it was!</div>
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I am happing to announce that <strong>Mary Lee Hahn</strong> of <a href="http://readingyear.blogspot.com/"><strong>A Reading Year</strong></a> is the winner of <strong>YOU JUST WAIT.</strong> Congratulations, Mary Lee!</div>
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Elaine Magliarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373615867496327293.post-60833625567664677612019-04-30T14:49:00.000-04:002019-04-30T14:49:36.657-04:00NPM: Two Poems for Children's Book Week: Post #21<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I wrote <em><strong>A Book and a Chair</strong></em> when my daughter was young. I loved to read to her at
night while we sat on a red-cushioned rocking chair in my bedroom. I wrote
<em><strong>Things to Do If You Are a Book</strong></em> for my book <strong><em>THINGS TO DO</em></strong>. It was cut from the
manuscript--and is not included in the book.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I'm posting the two poems in celebration of
the 100th anniversary of <strong>Children's Book Week</strong> (April 29-May 5, 20190.) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">A
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">A
book and a chair</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Are
nice to share</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">When
the edges of day</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Are
melting away</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Into
the night.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">A
book and a chair</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Are
nice to share…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Touching
and talking,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Reading
and rocking</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Into
the night.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">THINGS TO DO IF YOU ARE A BOOK</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Be
filled with words that tell a tale</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">of
a little mouse and a giant whale</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">of
a runty pig and his spider friend</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">who
was true and loyal to the end</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">of
a badger who loved eating bread and jam</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">of
a funky guy, green eggs, and ham</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">of
a spunky girl named Ramona Q.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">of
a boy and the Jabberwock he slew.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Be
filled with words and tell a tale</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">that
will let my imagination sail.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Be
a mystery</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">or
a fantasy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">or
sing with sounds of poetry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Between
your covers</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">let
there be</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">a story that’s just right for me.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 106%;">Nearly
twenty-five years ago, I began writing a collection of humorous fairy tale
poems. I was inspired to write them after sharing some funny fairy tale poems written
by Judith Viorst and X.J. Kennedy with my elementary students during the course
of an extensive unit on traditional literature that I did in my classroom. I
never submitted my collection to a publisher. Still, I had fun writing
the poems--and sharing them with my students and members of my writing group.</span></div>
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<u><span style="font-size: small;">A CHARMING PRINCE HAS SECOND THOUGHTS</span></u></h1>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 106%;">Listen…Sleeping
Beauty snoring</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 106%;">Sounds
just like a lion roaring!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 106%;">If
I kiss her cheek, she’ll rise</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 106%;">And
look into my deep blue eyes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 106%;">She’ll
fall in love with me no doubt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 106%;">I’m
the only prince hereabout.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 106%;">Should
I kiss Beauty? Should I not?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 106%;">In
this dilemma I am caught.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 106%;">If
I wake her now she’s mine—</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 106%;">A
roaring, snoring valentine!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 106%;">I
know they say that love is blind,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 106%;">But
it’s not deaf. I’m disinclined</span></div>
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rouse this maid. I’ll let her snore</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 106%;">And
dream of me forevermore.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 106%;">I'm
giving away a copy of <strong><em>YOU JUST WAIT: A Poetry Friday Power Book</em></strong> by <a href="http://sylviavardell.com/"><strong>SylviaVardell</strong></a> and <a href="http://janetwong.com/"><strong>Janet Wong</strong></a>. It's would be an excellent classroom resource for
teachers of "tweens and teens."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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be entered into the drawing for the book, all you have to do is to comment on
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">We've had a lot of rain lately. I thought I'd post a
couple of rain poems that I wrote several years ago.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="font-size: small;"><em>PUDDLE MUDDLE<o:p></o:p></em></span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I’m
in the middle of a puddle…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">in
the middle…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">in
a muddle.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The
puddle’s much too deep.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">It
spilled </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">into
my boots.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Now
they’re filled</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">with
muddy water</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">to
the brim.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I
hope my feet</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">know
how to swim!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><em>IT'S RAINING</em></strong></span><br /><em>
</em><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
<strong><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">It’s
raining…</span></strong><b><br />
</b><strong><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Raining
all around.</span></strong><b><br />
</b><strong><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">It’s
raining puddles</span></strong><b><br />
</b><strong><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">On the
ground.</span></strong><b><br />
</b><strong><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">It’s
raining</span></strong><b><br />
</b><strong><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">On my
booted feet.</span></strong><b><br />
</b><strong><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">It’s
raining</span></strong><b><br />
</b><strong><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Rivers
in the street.</span></strong><b><br />
</b><strong><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">It’s
raining cats.</span></strong><b><br />
</b><strong><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">It’s
raining dogs.</span></strong><b><br />
</b><strong><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">It’s
raining ponds</span></strong><b><br />
</b><strong><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">For
polliwogs.</span></strong><b><br />
</b><strong><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">It’s
raining</span></strong><b><br />
</b><strong><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Drop by
drop by drop…</span></strong><b><br />
</b><strong><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">A
billion trillion—</span></strong><b><br />
</b><strong><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">It won’t
stop!</span></strong><b><br />
</b><strong><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">It’s
raining buckets</span></strong><b><br />
</b><strong><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">From the
sky.</span></strong><b><br />
</b><strong><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Don’t
think the earth</span></strong><b><br />
</b><strong><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Will EVER
dry.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">More poems about rain can be
found in <strong><em>ONE BIG RAIN: Poems for Rainy Days</em></strong>, which was compiled by Rita Gray and illustrated by <a href="https://cargocollective.com/ryanorourke"><strong>Ryan O'Rourke</strong></a>.</span></span></strong></div>
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<em><b><span style="color: #003300; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">One Big Rain</span></span></b></em><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> is one
delightful little anthology of poems about rain that takes readers through the
year. Its twenty poems are divided equally among the four seasons. Most of the
poems are brief; many paint vivid images with their words.<br />
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Gray selected several fine haikus for her book—including this one by Sora:<br />
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</span><strong><span style="color: #666600; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">stars
on the pond—</span></span></strong><b><span style="color: #666600; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
<strong>again, a pitter-patter</strong><br />
<strong>of winter rain</strong></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">In </span><b><i><span style="color: #333300; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">One Big Rain</span></i></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">, Gray includes works by well-known poets like
Lilian Moore, Eve Merriam, Robert Frost, and Carl Sandburg—as well as works by
poets whose names may not be familiar to many readers. The book also contains
two poems translated from other languages (Norwegian and Spanish): </span><b><i><span style="color: #666600; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Rain</span></i></b><span style="color: #666600; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">by Sigbjorn and </span><b><i><span style="color: #666600; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The Sower</span></i></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> by R. Olivares Figueroa. One of the things I
like best about the </span><b><i><span style="color: #333300; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">One
Big Rain</span></i></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> is finding a few of
my favorite weather poems that I haven’t read in anthologies in a long time.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">One of those “favorite” poems is Eve Merriam’s
</span><b><i><span style="color: #666600; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Summer Rain</span></i></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">. Here’s an excerpt from it:<br />
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</span><b><span style="color: #666600; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">A tickle, a trickle<br />
A million-dot freckle<br />
Speckles the spotted rain.<br />
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</span><b><span style="color: #666600; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Like a cinnamon<br />
Geranium<br />
Smells the rainingest rain.<br />
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And here’s an excerpt from another “favorite”— Lilian Moore’s </span><b><i><span style="color: #666600; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Weather Report</span></i></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">:<br />
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</span><b><span style="color: #666600; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Ice-bearing trees,<br />
a glass<br />
orchard,<br />
blinking<br />
sunwinking.<br />
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A noonwind will<br />
pass,<br />
harvesting the brittle crop,<br />
crashing<br />
clinking. </span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; line-height: 107%;">I dug up some old poems that I wrote about a decade
ago when I was working on a collection of rhyming acrostics. Here are seven of
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red; line-height: 115%;">C</span></b><span style="color: red;">hanges suits to suit</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red; line-height: 115%;">H</span></b><span style="color: red;">is locus. Abracadabra! Hocus-pocus! He’s</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red; line-height: 115%;">A</span></b><b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><span style="color: red;">clever</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red; line-height: 115%;">M</span></b><span style="color: red;">aster of disguise…a trickster who can fool the </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red; line-height: 115%;">E</span></b><span style="color: red;">yes! This</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red; line-height: 115%;">L</span></b><span style="color: red;">izard with a fashion flair takes his wardrobe</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red; line-height: 115%;">E</span></b><span style="color: red;">verywhere. Predators don’t stop </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red; line-height: 115%;">O</span></b><span style="color: red;">r stare.</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">N</span></span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">o one even knows he’s there.</span><b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #0070c0; line-height: 115%;">F</span></b><span style="color: #0070c0;">iery flowers bloom</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #0070c0; line-height: 115%;">I</span></b><span style="color: #0070c0;">n the night:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #0070c0; line-height: 115%;">R</span></b><span style="color: #0070c0;">oses, carnations…chrysanthemums, too,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #0070c0; line-height: 115%;">E</span></b><span style="color: #0070c0;">merald green, red,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #0070c0; line-height: 115%;">W</span></b><span style="color: #0070c0;">hite, and blue. Silvery fountains spill</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #0070c0; line-height: 115%;">O</span></b><span style="color: #0070c0;">ut of the sky.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #0070c0; line-height: 115%;">R</span></b><span style="color: #0070c0;">ockets of gold sizzle and sigh. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #0070c0; line-height: 115%;">K</span></b><span style="color: #0070c0;">aleidoscope colors cascade in space,</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0070c0; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">S</span></span></b><span style="color: #0070c0;"><span style="font-size: large;">howering glitter all over the place.</span><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #00b050; line-height: 115%;">A</span></b><span style="color: #00b050;">utomobiles</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #00b050; line-height: 115%;">R</span></b><span style="color: #00b050;">oaring down roads on</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #00b050; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">S</span></span></b><span style="color: #00b050;"><span style="font-size: large;">ilver-capped wheels.</span><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; line-height: 115%;">C</span></b><span style="color: #7030a0;">law-handed critter</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; line-height: 115%;">R</span></b><span style="color: #7030a0;">aces sideways, skitters</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; line-height: 115%;">A</span></b><span style="color: #7030a0;">cross sea-washed land…</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #7030a0; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">B</span></span></b><span style="color: #7030a0;"><span style="font-size: large;">eachcombing in the sand.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red; line-height: 115%;">D</span></b><span style="color: red;">awn, dressed in a bright blue robe </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red; line-height: 115%;">A</span></b><span style="color: red;"> new day. Morning bounds out of bed with delight,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red; line-height: 115%;">K</span></b><span style="color: red;">icking off the dark cover of night.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #0070c0; line-height: 115%;">S</span></b><span style="color: #0070c0;">ilent sidekick, shape shifter who</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #0070c0; line-height: 115%;">D</span></b><span style="color: #0070c0;">o. Sunny day playmate frolics in the light. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #0070c0; line-height: 115%;">O</span></b><span style="color: #0070c0;">h, where, oh,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #00b050; line-height: 115%;">R</span></b><span style="color: #00b050;">evealing deep secrets that no one </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I'm giving away a copy of <strong><em>YOU JUST WAIT: A Poetry
Friday Power Book</em></strong> by <a href="http://sylviavardell.com/"><strong>Sylvia Vardell</strong></a> and <a href="http://janetwong.com/"><strong>Janet Wong</strong></a>. It's would be an excellent
classroom resource for teachers of "tweens and teens."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">To be entered into the drawing for the book, all you
have to do is to comment on any of my Wild Rose Reader posts that I publish
from April 23rd through April 30th. <strong>I'll announce the winner on Wednesday, May
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Carol V.</strong> has this week's <a href="https://beyondliteracylink.blogspot.com/2019/04/on-spring-day-poetry-friday-roundup.html"><strong>Poetry Friday Roundup</strong></a> at <a href="https://beyondliteracylink.blogspot.com/2019/04/on-spring-day-poetry-friday-roundup.html"><span style="color: #3d81ee; text-decoration: none;"><strong>Beyond
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Elaine Magliarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373615867496327293.post-67025498873657921772019-04-24T15:30:00.000-04:002019-04-24T15:30:32.729-04:00NPM: THERE WAS A WITCH-An Original Poem: Post #17<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I
originally posted <strong><em>There Was a Witch</em></strong> on this blog years ago. Quite some time
after that, the poet and anthologist John Foster told me he'd like to include
it in a book of space poems that he was compiling. I've sold poems that I've
posted at Wild Rose Reader to publishers in New Zealand and the UK. Later this
year, an educational publisher in the Republic of Ireland plans to publish a
book that will include two of my poems about asteroids. I was told that my
poems</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> "</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">would be reproduced in full and followed by
activities for students to complete. The publication is strictly intended for
educational purposes and is aimed at students aged 11-12 at primary level."<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><em><strong>There
Was a Witch</strong></em> can be found in <strong><em>A ROCKETFUL OF SPACE POEMS</em></strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">There
was a witch who liked to race</span><br />
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six o'clock last Friday night</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">She
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headed off toward distant stars.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Across
the galaxy she sped,</span></div>
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black peaked helmet on her head.</span></div>
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interstellar traveler, she</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Explored
the Milky Way with glee.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">She
chased swift comets here and there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">She
watched bright supernovae flare.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">She
zipped through clouds of cosmic dust...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">A witch bewitched by wanderlust.</span></div>
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was a witch, I'm sad to say,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Flew
near a big black hole one day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">It
sucked her in just like a bean.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">You
won't see HER on Halloween!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I'm giving away a copy of <strong><em>YOU JUST WAIT: A Poetry
Friday Power Book</em></strong> by <a href="http://sylviavardell.com/"><strong>Sylvia Vardell</strong></a> and <a href="http://janetwong.com/"><strong>Janet Wong</strong></a>. It's would be an excellent
classroom resource for teachers of "tweens and teens."</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">To be entered into the drawing for the book, all you
have to do is to comment on any of my Wild Rose Reader posts that I publish
from April 23rd through April 30th. <strong>I'll announce the winner on Wednesday, May
1st.<o:p></o:p></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Last week, I posted a poem titled <a href="http://wildrosereader.blogspot.com/2019/04/npm-so-small-original-poem-post-15.html"><strong><em>SO SMALL</em></strong></a> that was told in the voice of a young
child who was tired of being smaller than everyone he/she knew. Today, I have a
poem titled <strong><em>TOO LITTLE!</em></strong> that is a good companion for <strong><em>TOO SMALL</em></strong>. In this poem, a
young child wishes to be bigger so he/she can do more things that most little kids
aren't allowed to do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><strong><em>TOO
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Elaine Magliaro</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">THEY
say</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I’m
TOO LITTLE for this…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I’m
TOO LITTLE for that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I’m
too little to do SO MANY things.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">DRAT!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I
wish I were big like my sister and brother.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I
wish I were big like my father and mother.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I
wish I were BIG—as be as can be…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Like
the giant blue whale who lives in the sea.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">There
wouldn’t be ANYTHING bigger than me!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Then
I’d shout and I’d spout, “Make way, make way!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I’m
going to go where <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I </b>want today.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I’m
going to do what <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I</b> want to do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">And
you can’t say no ’cause I’m bigger than you!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><strong><u>BOOK GIVEAWAY<o:p></o:p></u></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I'm giving away a copy of <strong><em>YOU JUST WAIT: A Poetry
Friday Power Book</em></strong> by <a href="http://sylviavardell.com/"><strong>Sylvia Vardell</strong></a> and <a href="http://janetwong.com/"><strong>Janet Wong</strong></a>. It would be an excellent
classroom resource for teachers of "tweens and teens."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">To be entered into the drawing for the book, all you
have to do is to comment on any of my Wild Rose Reader posts that I publish
from April 23rd through April 30th. <strong>I'll announce the winner on Wednesday, May
1st.</strong></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><u>About
the Book<o:p></o:p></u></span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/You-Just-Wait-Poetry-Friday/dp/1937057623/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1473390226&sr=8-1&keywords=you+just+wait+vardell" target="_blank" title="You Just Wait: A Poetry Friday Power Book by Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong"><span style="color: blue;">YOU JUST WAIT</span></a>: A Poetry Friday Power Book</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> for tweens and teens, features <i>12 PowerPack sets</i>
that contain five elements: 1) a <i>PowerPlay</i> prewriting
activity; 2) a previously-published Outside Poem (in this case, from <b><i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=poetry+friday+anthology+for+middle+school+grades+6-8&rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3Apoetry+friday+anthology+for+middle+school+grades+6-8" target="_blank" title="The Poetry Friday Anthology for Middle School"><span style="color: blue;">The Poetry Friday Anthology for Middle School</span></a></i></b>);
3) a new original Response Poem; 4) a new original Mentor Text poem; and 5) a <i>Power2You</i>
writing prompt. <i>PowerPacks</i> = a fun and inspiring approach for a wide
variety of readers and writers. Curious? <b><a href="http://pomelobooks.com/resources-for-you-just-wait-a-poetry-friday-power-book/" title="Resources for You Just Wait: A Poetry Friday Power Book"><span style="color: blue;">Take a look</span></a>!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The twelve Outside Poems from <i>The
Poetry Friday Anthology for Middle School</i> (an NCTE Poetry Notable) were
written by Robyn Hood Black, Joseph Bruchac, Jen Bryant, Margarita
Engle, Julie Larios, Carmen T. Bernier-Grand, Charles Ghigna, Avis
Harley, Amy Ludwig VanDerwater, Charles Waters, and Virginia Euwer Wolff. The
way they are joined together here with twenty-four new poems by Janet
Wong, they form a story featuring Paz, an Asian-Latina soccer player with
dreams of stardom in college, the Olympics, and ultimately the World Cup;
Lucesita, her feisty movie-loving cousin; and Joe, an older brother with dreams
of the NBA. Sylvia Vardell’s inventive <i>PowerPlay</i> activities make it easy
for writers to get inspired, while her <i>Power2You</i> writing prompts extend
learning. Vardell also created extensive back matter resources for readers and
writers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Click <a href="http://pomelobooks.com/resources-for-you-just-wait-a-poetry-friday-power-book/"><strong>here</strong></a> for resources you can use with <strong><em>YOU JUST WAIT:
A Poetry Friday Power Book</em></strong>.</span></div>
Elaine Magliarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373615867496327293.post-28652126892490810152019-04-21T20:39:00.002-04:002019-04-21T20:39:25.933-04:00Announcing the Winner of A SUITCASE OF SEAWEED & MORE by Janet Wong<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am happy to announce that <strong>Cheriee Weichel</strong> of Library matters is the winner of <em><strong>A Suitcase of Seaweed & More</strong></em> by <a href="http://janetwong.com/"><strong>Janet Wong</strong></a>. Congratulations, Cheriee! Leave me a message in the comments so that I know you heard the news that you've won the book. <br />
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Elaine Magliarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373615867496327293.post-36578274292399658332019-04-19T09:58:00.001-04:002019-04-19T10:04:22.565-04:00NPM: SO SMALL-An Original Poem: Post #15<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I went looking through my poetry files this morning.
It's funny how I often forget about poems that I've written. Here's one of my forgotten poems titled <strong><em>So Small</em></strong>. It's
told in the voice of a young child who doesn't want to be smaller than everyone
else she knows. Her wish is to be BIGGER than everyone!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><strong><em>SO
SMALL</em></strong></span></div>
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Elaine Magliaro</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I’m
small…so small</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Not
tall at all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I’m
smaller than <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">everyone</b> else I know.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Wish
I could grow…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Could
sprout so high</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I’d
stand like giraffe with my head</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I’d
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The
tallest of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">all</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I’d
tower above</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Everyone
that I know</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Then
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Guess
what I’d see?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Everyone
LOOKING UP AT ME!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I'll be giving away an autographed copy of <strong><em>A
Suitcase of Seaweed & More</em></strong> by <a href="http://janetwong.com/"><strong>Janet Wong</strong></a>. It's not only an excellent poetry
book--it's also an excellent classroom writing resource, which could inspire
students to write poems about their own life experiences.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">To be entered into the drawing for the book, all you
have to do is to comment on any of my Wild Rose Reader posts that I publish
from April 14th through April 20th. I'll announce the winner on Sunday, April
21st.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong>Wild Rose Reader posts from earlier this week:</strong><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://wildrosereader.blogspot.com/2019/04/npm-suitcase-of-seaweed-by-janet-wong.html"><span style="color: #225588;">NPM:
A Suitcase of Seaweed by Janet Wong: Post #11</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://wildrosereader.blogspot.com/2019/04/npm-acupuncture-poem-and-personal-story.html">NPM: Acupuncture Poem and A PersonalStory: Post #12</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://wildrosereader.blogspot.com/2019/04/npm-original-cricket-acrostic-post-13.html">NPM: An Original Cricket Acrostic:Post #13</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://wildrosereader.blogspot.com/2019/04/npm-what-is-supposed-to-happen-by-naomi_18.html">NPM: What Is Supposed to Happen byNaomi Shihab Nye: Post #14</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><strong>Amy Ludwig VanDerwater</strong> has the <a href="http://www.poemfarm.amylv.com/2019/04/poetry-friday-poem-19-facts.html"><strong>Poetry Friday Roundup</strong></a>
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Elaine Magliarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373615867496327293.post-37875837812285302012019-04-18T20:08:00.002-04:002019-04-18T20:08:41.639-04:00NPM: What Is Supposed to Happen by Naomi Shihab Nye: Post #14<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">I'm posting one of my favorite poems by <a href="https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/naomi-shihab-nye"><b>Naomi Shihab Nye</b></a>. I included it in a memory book that I made for my daughter as a high school graduation gift. The book was filled with poems, photographs, and memorabilia from her childhood and high school years. She loved it so much that she took it with her when she went off to college.</span><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN</span></i></b><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">by Naomi Shihab Nye</span><br />
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When you were small,<br />
we watched you sleeping,<br />
waves of breath<br />
filling your chest.<br />
Sometimes we hid behind<br />
the wall of baby, soft cradle<br />
of baby needs.<br />
I loved carrying you between<br />
my own body and the world.</div>
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Now you are sharpening pencils,<br />
entering the forest of<br />
lunch boxes, little desks.<br />
People I never saw before<br />
call out your name<br />
and you wave.</div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "georgia" , "cambria" , "times new roman" , "times" , serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Click </span><b><a href="https://www.writersalmanac.org/index.html%3Fp=9001.html">here</a></b><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "georgia" , "cambria" , "times new roman" , "times" , serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> to read the rest of the poem.</span></div>
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I'll be giving away an autographed copy of <strong><em>A Suitcase of
Seaweed & More</em></strong> by <a href="http://janetwong.com/" style="color: #225588;"><strong style="color: #225588;">Janet Wong</strong></a>. It's not only an excellent poetry book--it's
also an excellent classroom writing resource, which could inspire students to
write poems about their own life experiences.</div>
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To be entered into the drawing for the book, all you have to
do is to comment on any of my Wild Rose Reader posts that I publish from April
14th through April 20th. I'll announce the winner on Sunday, April 21st.</div>
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