tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post2897213097010374022..comments2024-03-28T02:54:32.745-04:00Comments on The Miss Rumphius Effect: Monday Poetry Stretch - TrineTriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350907653629775293noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-86842219243005128712016-02-12T00:34:06.588-05:002016-02-12T00:34:06.588-05:00so glad you enjoyedso glad you enjoyedAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03639189488267519417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-85161636165509711232016-02-11T13:42:52.202-05:002016-02-11T13:42:52.202-05:00Very fun! I can absolutely picture it. :)Very fun! I can absolutely picture it. :)KateCoombshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584944601221466789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-82943216385675675892016-02-10T22:08:11.605-05:002016-02-10T22:08:11.605-05:00It's well known that elephants
never are seen ...It's well known that elephants<br />never are seen wearing pants<br /><br />that ride up unattractively<br />as they are going out for tea<br /><br />or to a moving picture show<br />or watching them throw pizza dough.<br /><br />but all it takes are twenty ants<br />to sting them like a bumble bee<br />to make them push them down real low.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03639189488267519417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-41588123647960513922016-02-10T08:51:18.546-05:002016-02-10T08:51:18.546-05:00Haha. Thanks! Got to be suitably creepy.Haha. Thanks! Got to be suitably creepy.KateCoombshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584944601221466789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-32041379430817667432016-02-10T05:52:26.483-05:002016-02-10T05:52:26.483-05:00Well played, Kate.I especially like the last line ...Well played, Kate.I especially like the last line which sums up Halloween perfectly.Jane Yolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16614445497209111557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-53857501097973140512016-02-09T08:58:39.171-05:002016-02-09T08:58:39.171-05:00Just got a piece of artwork for my next year's...Just got a piece of artwork for my next year's poetry collection, Monster School, and it put me in a fall mood. Not to mention Tricia's note about the pronunciation of this poem type. And oh, "emery board of a sycamore root" is amazing! Nicely used: of course I'm picturing crows.<br /><br />Halloween<br /><br />One spooky night I write a trine,<br />Octobering on Halloween.<KateCoombshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584944601221466789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-12399262632761963892016-02-09T03:44:12.242-05:002016-02-09T03:44:12.242-05:00Man, the Tool-using Animal: A Trine
“. . .the eme...Man, the Tool-using Animal: A Trine<br /><br />“. . .the emery board of a sycamore root”<br />—Theresa Matlock<br /><br /><br /><br />Who says that animals can’t use tools?<br />The lesser creatures are not fools.<br /><br />I’ve seen them using straw to test<br />Insects hiding in a nest.<br /><br />Or make a fan of leaf or shoot,<br />An emery board of sycamore root.<br /><br />Toss berries Jane Yolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16614445497209111557noreply@blogger.com