tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post318129192381126728..comments2024-03-29T09:35:43.086-04:00Comments on The Miss Rumphius Effect: Monday Poetry Stretch - PeaceTriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350907653629775293noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-2900283512231278782011-04-13T09:23:28.084-04:002011-04-13T09:23:28.084-04:00Hi Tricia ~ I'm doing deep breathing with the ...Hi Tricia ~ I'm doing deep breathing with the 4th grade poets I'm working with. Maybe this will help.<br /><br />BREATHE PEACE<br /><br />Breathe in <br />Breathe out. <br />Just follow <br />the flow of<br />breath and repeat.<br />Breathe in <br />Breathe out.<br />Let the mind meander<br />through rooms filled <br />with mayhem.<br />Don't start clearing<br />just notice and<br />CarolWeishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01070606276175218670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-61794910963249391432011-04-12T09:51:09.954-04:002011-04-12T09:51:09.954-04:00The First Day
The first day of summer,
before Mom...The First Day<br /><br />The first day of summer,<br />before Mom thinks of chores.<br />My mind an empty blue pool<br />I might dive into<br />this afternoon when it gets hot,<br />but for now I slouch<br />on the back porch, snap<br />the top of my grape soda,<br />banish a curious bee<br />and turn the page<br />to read myself deep<br />into somebody's summer.<br /><br />--Kate Coombs, Kate Coombshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10138566291199003171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-31108364960842861222011-04-11T21:46:02.716-04:002011-04-11T21:46:02.716-04:00Peace
If I could hear it
It would be leaves
Thin ...Peace<br /><br />If I could hear it<br />It would be leaves<br />Thin and green and breezy<br /><br />If I could taste it<br />It would be flavored<br />Round and orange and warm<br /><br />If I could smell it<br />It would remind<br />Of fabrics, stitched with home<br /><br />If I could touch it<br />It would rest small<br />And smoothly in my hand<br /><br />If I could see it<br />It would be Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-55764307002494695312011-04-11T14:08:53.058-04:002011-04-11T14:08:53.058-04:00Lessons Fathers Only Learn at Home
By Steven Withr...<b>Lessons Fathers Only Learn at Home<br />By Steven Withrow</b><br /><br /><i>A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.</i><br />Mark Twain<br /><br />Mommy’s off all afternoon. Saturday<br />is daddy’s day. Such a noise escapes<br />the hurricaned house―pent-up power<br />of penned-up toddler―our neighbors<br />suspect bears or bands of bandoleros<br />Steven Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08424518148189688086noreply@blogger.com