Friday, December 03, 2010

Poetry Friday Is Here!

Today I'm sharing a poem by Mary Oliver.
White-Eyes

In winter
      all the singing is in
          the tops of the trees
              where the wind-bird

with its white eyes
      shoves and pushes
          among the branches.
              Like any of us

he wants to go to sleep,
      but he's restless—
          he has an idea,
              and slowly it unfolds

Read the poem in its entirety.

I'm your intrepid host this week so leave me a note about your poetry offering and I'll round up the posts throughout the day.

Honors and Awards

Book Reviews and Excerpts

Original Poetry

Poetry of Others

Music and Other Poetic Diversions
Happy poetry Friday all!

34 comments:

  1. Oh, Tricia! What a perfect poem for the Buffalo, NY area today where our whole world has softly turned to snow.
    Today I'm in with poem #248 which is also #27 in a series of poems about poems and #4 in this week's nonfiction challenge.
    More importantly, Brenda Ward is visiting to share a bit of information about this year's NCTE poetry notable favorites!
    Thank you for hosting! Happy Poetry Friday!
    A.

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  2. This week I have a poem about light: http://maclibrary.wordpress.com/2010/12/03/poetry-friday-the-coming-of-light/
    I love Oliver's poem. Thank you for hosting today.

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  3. Thanks for hosting, Tricia.
    We're celebrating "Christmas Is Coming"
    at The FATHER GOOSE Blog
    and exploring "Hands That See"
    at The BALD EGO Blog

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  4. This week I've posted an original poem about language and children at http://throughthewardrobe-musings-melissa.blogspot.com

    Thanks for hosting ( and just a little off the topic, I love the name of your blog, this was one of my son's favourite books amd I know it off by heart.)

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  5. I was going to leave a comment before but then I got distracted looking at the rest of your blog. I'd better do it quick before I get distracted again and wind up at a bookstore, buying your recommendations, or before I find myself off with a notebook writing a poem based on one of your stretches. Today I have poems from the Redwall series: http://tabathayeatts.blogspot.com/2010/12/courage-may-blossom-in-quiet-hearts.html

    Happy Poetry Friday!

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  6. Thanks for hosting. I'm in with a poem called Dawn Dreams.

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  7. What a great pick, Tricia! We only had a dusting, but the big white restless bird showed up like clockwork on December First. Thanks to Mary Oliver, I will now and forever hear that rustling in the top of the pine and think of this bird!

    I've got a poem today that reflects how I'm feeling about my upcoming birthday
    http://readingyear.blogspot.com/2010/12/on-eve-of-landmark-birthday.html

    AND

    it's time to make the calendar Poetry Friday roundup hosts for the first half of 2011! Come by and leave your choice of Fridays in the comments along with your blog's URL.

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  8. Trisha, thanks so much for posting this one today! I am in need of that wind-bird. I have some cheer-me-up-haiku over at A Wrung Sponge today. Looking forward to everyone's poetry!!

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  9. Tricia--love that Oliver poem. The wind-bird is going to be drifting its glittering white feathers down onto us here in Minnesota today and tomorrow, and I think I'll be back to read this poem again later while watching the snow fall. Gorgeous poem. I love Mary Oliver but don't know that I've seen this one before.

    I'm in with an excerpt from Guyku at http://laurasalas.livejournal.com/250812.html

    And this week's 15 Words or Less poems are at http://laurasalas.livejournal.com/250492.html

    Thanks for hosting!

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  10. Hi Tricia! I have a snow and bird poem this week, too, at Random Noodling. It's "Dust of Snow" by Robert Frost.

    Kurious K's Kwotes' P.F. quote is by Frost.

    Kurious Kitty also has a bird poem! "Distances" by Michael Hettich.

    Enjoy your weekend!

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  11. Thanks for the poetry party. I am sharing two poems by my students that was were just published in a poetry collection. http://theboyreader.blogspot.com/2010/12/poetry-friday.html

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  12. At Author Amok, I've got the poetry of scat -- a review of the picture book, "When Louis Armstrong Taught Me Scat."

    Thanks for hosting and happy December!

    http://authoramok.blogspot.com/2010/12/scats-where-its-at-on-poetry-friday.html

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  13. Thanks for hosting! I will definitely be sharing this Mary Oliver poem when we have our first real snow in Denver.

    I'm in this week with reviews of two picture book versions of the old classic, "The Night Before Christmas."

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  14. Gorgeous poem, Tricia. First time seeing it!

    Today I'm ruminating about the joys and sorrows of December with Joni Mitchell's "River."

    http://jamarattigan.livejournal.com/489927.html.

    Thanks for hosting and have a good weekend!

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  15. Tricia,

    Thanks for doing the roundup this week! I hope you had a grand vacation in Diesney World.

    At Wild Rose Reader, I have Poetry for Children at Its Best--the 2009 NCTE Notable Poetry Books. I've included links to reviews of all 20titles.

    http://wildrosereader.blogspot.com/2010/12/2009-ncte-notable-poetry-books-for.html

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  16. One of my Mary Oliver favorites - I especially love the last stanza, which is simply perfect. My poem is another classroom favorite - which took on an added significance this week, since I had eye surgery and wandered around nearly sightless.
    http://tmsteach.blogspot.com/2010

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  17. Hi, Tricia--

    Coming back to wallow in the poetry later...thanks for hosting and for including me in your NCTE roundup--it's extraordinary how fun it was to meet in person people that I've known only virtually. For now, I'm in with ruminations on The Gingerbread Man.

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  18. At Blue Rose Girls, I have Two Poems for Jack. The post includes a video I made that includes two poems about my daughter's yellow Lab Jack, who often gets into mischief, and pictures of him.

    http://bluerosegirls.blogspot.com/2010/12/two-poems-for-jack-poetry-video.html

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  19. Tricia, thank you for rounding up today. I am in with Dad's Cooking!, a post about a favorite poetry anthology, a favorite cooking blog, and a "best of" list about food books for kids.

    http://bit.ly/f9HopG

    Susan
    Chicken Spaghetti

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  20. Tricia, Thank you for hosting and the Mary Oliver poem which I may have especially enjoyed as the wind-bird has not paid her first call here in western Mass. I posted a review (consisting mostly of "look! listen!) of Salley Mavor's beautiful nursery rhyme collection, Pocketful of Posies at http://jeannineatkins.livejournal.com/145552.html

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  21. Lovely! I always love Mary Oliver. No snow in my part of the world today, but I have winter birds and early darkness on offer at Castle in the Sea.

    Thanks for hosting!

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  22. That poem by Mary Oliver is brilliant. Thanks for sharing it. My post is a bit obscure this week, but it's a post nonetheless. At The Small Nouns http://thesmallnouns.blogspot.com/2010/12/poetry-in-movies-take-two.html
    I'm pondering the poetic nature of films. Thanks!

    -Ben

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  23. Thanks for hosting this week! I'm in with an excerpt from the picture book, Dinosaur's Night Before Christmas by Jim Harris (Author, Illustrator)

    http://picturebookday.wordpress.com/2010/12/03/poetry-friday-dinosaurs-night-before-christmas/

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  24. Tricia: Nice poem by Mary Oliver! Thanks for hosting Poetry Friday. I'm in with my post at PaperTigers on poetics and pink mittens: http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/poetry-friday-a-rose-is-a-rose-is-a-pink-mitten/

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  25. http://liz-scanlon.livejournal.com/162628.html

    Sweet, Tricia. You can never go wrong with Mary Oliver, can you? Thank you for hosting...

    I'm in with an Anne Sexton poem and some thoughts on gratitude. And while I'm at it, I'm grateful for YOU!

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  26. http://liz-scanlon.livejournal.com/162628.html

    Sweet, Tricia. You can never go wrong with Mary Oliver, can you? Thank you for hosting...

    I'm in with an Anne Sexton poem and some thoughts on gratitude. And while I'm at it, I'm grateful for YOU!

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  27. My selection is Winter Song by William Shakespeare. This song from Shakespeare's comedy "Love's Labour's Lost" is beautifully illustrated by Melanie Hall.

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  28. Thank you for hosting! I recently attended a Mary Oliver reading at Wellesley College--wonderful hearing her read her work and answer a few questions from the audience.

    Today I've posted Joy Harjo's "Eagle Poem" at http://marthacalderaro.wordpress.com/2010/12/03/breathe-in/

    With thanks.

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  29. Thank you for hosting. White-Eyes is a wonder.

    My contribution today is about dream narratives. It includes an original poem: Three Omens.

    http://blythewoolston.blogspot.com/2010/12/three-omens-for-poetry-friday.html

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  30. Hi, Tricia,
    The Write Sisters want to wish our Jewish friends a Happy Hanukkah. If my friends are lighting their menorahs, then I'm thinking of putting up the Christmas tree. "Christmas Tree Lots" by Chris Green seemed like the perfect choice.

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  31. Tricia - Thanks for hosting(and for the Mary Oliver poem....how lovely.) I see you've got my effort this week already up in the Round-Up! But just for the record, I'm in with the announcement about Pat Lewis being honored by NCTE (and with one of his many short, funny poems....)over at The Drift Record

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  32. I have one more late submission! I have an original poem about a childhood sibling argument and retro-compassion.

    Thanks for hosting!

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  33. Hello, thank you for hosting, here is a late entry...had to finish up the work of RIF on the next budget phase first today! I am sharing WHEN I HEARD THE LEARN'D ASTRONOMER by Walt Whitman. http://bit.ly/gKNaTc

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  34. Sorry for the late post. I have missed so many weeks and was bound and determined to get my act together this week. It's beena busy fall!
    http://lookingforthewritewords29.blogspot.com/2010/12/poetry-friday.html

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