Friday, July 31, 2009

A Poetry Friday Video: Two Poems for Jack



I have spent quite a bit of time in the past two weeks learning how to make videos with photographs that I have on my computer. It's been fun figuring out how to put a video together with pictures, text, music, effects, and transitions--via the trial and error method. I'm learning!


For Poetry Friday this week, I created a special "doggy" video with two poems for my daughter's dog Jack, a rascally yellow lab. He's a lot of fun to be around!

Here is my first Poetry Friday video: Two Poems for Jack




At Political Verses, I have another Sarah Palin post. It includes a link to William Shatner performing an excerpt from Palin’s farewell speech as poetry on the Conan O’Brien Show. Here’s the link to that post— Sarah Palin: A Farewell Speech and Poem.

At Blue Rose Girls, I have a poem by Paul Zimmer entitled Dog Music.

Sylvia Vardell is doing the Poetry Friday Roundup this week at Poetry for Children.



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9 comments:

  1. Andrea MurphyJuly 31, 2009 at 8:46 AM

    I am SUCH a sucker for dogs! Thanks for sharing Jack.

    Andy

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  2. Elaine MagliaroJuly 31, 2009 at 9:07 AM

    Andy,

    Jack is such a character! It's fun spending time with him. I never had a dog as a pet when I was growing up--so I'm enjoying all my visits with him. This weekend I'm babysitting Jack's brother--Rudy the cat. Rudy's a rascal too!

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  3. Mary LeeJuly 31, 2009 at 9:43 AM

    That Jack and his sticks! And his MUD! What a life!

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  4. Elaine MagliaroJuly 31, 2009 at 9:47 AM

    Mary Lee,

    Jack LOVES the water and mud! He also loves chewing on sticks--and almost any other material objects he can get into his mouth...TV remote controls, cell phones, socks, shoes, and on and on and on.

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  5. Jules at 7-ImpJuly 31, 2009 at 9:52 AM

    Fun. I'd like to learn that one day, too.

    Thanks for the other links. Off to watch Shatner!

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  6. jamaJuly 31, 2009 at 9:52 AM

    LOVE this video featuring Jack! Wow, he must feel honored to have poems written about him. I can see why he inspires you. I imagine Rudy is demanding equal time :).

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  7. Elaine MagliaroJuly 31, 2009 at 9:59 AM

    Jules,

    I hope you enjoy the Shatner video. BTW, Shatner was on the Conan O'Brien Show reciting Palin "tweets" as poetry.


    Jama,

    Rudy seems to think he's a dog. One day, he pushed the screen out of the kitchen window above the sink in Sara's kitchen and jumped outside! He's a devil just like Jack.

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  8. Sylvia VardellAugust 1, 2009 at 6:16 PM

    Hi, Elaine. LOVE your first attempt at a poetry video! Thanks for joining our Poetry Friday round up too. Always lovely to connect with you!
    Sylvia

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  9. Elaine MagliaroAugust 1, 2009 at 11:17 PM

    Sylvia,

    It's a lot of fun making videos. It's been a really rainy summer--so it seemed like a good time to sit inside and learn something new on the computer

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