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Saturday, May 30, 2009

Kalman Honors Those Who Serve

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Yes, I know I link to Kalman's blog every time there's a new piece up. The latest is At Ease . I dare you to read it with a dry eye...
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Friday, May 29, 2009

Poetry Friday

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I perhaps missed Poetry Friday most of all while I was away. I thought seriously of trying to post, but I couldn't get Elizabeth Bishop...
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Poetry Stretch Results - Animal Poems

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The challenge this week was to write a poem about an animal. Here are the results. Jane Yolen left this poem in the comments. Velvet "...
Thursday, May 28, 2009

Poetry Stretch Results - Poems of Work

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At the beginning of the month I proposed a stretch on writing poems of work . My blogging was derailed by life and I never got to post the r...
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Music and Marcelo

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I don't read many YA books, but I do have a few on my TBR pile. One is Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco Stork. After reading Livi...
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009

What I Missed While Away

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I came back to find more than 1600 unread posts in my RSS feed. NOT GOOD. I have a syllabus to write and summer school classes to prepare fo...
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Monday, May 25, 2009

Nonfiction Monday is Here!

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In the tradition of Nonfiction Monday , here's what folks are sharing today. Why? , written and illustrated by Lila Prap, reviewed right...
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Nonfiction Monday - Why?

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One of my favorite things about working with young children in the classroom is responding to their comments and questions. Kids are curious...
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Monday Poetry Stretch - Animal Poems

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In The Practice of Poetry: Writing Exercises From Poets Who Teach , Deborah Digges suggests the following writing activity. Write a poem in...
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Sunday, May 24, 2009

On Life and Loss

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I returned to Richmond yesterday after 16 days at home. Even though I had planned to be there for some time, I still deeply regret not seein...
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Thursday, May 07, 2009

Goodbye Daddy

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The call I've dreaded these last few weeks came in the wee hours this morning. I had planned to go home next week to be with my family a...
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Wednesday, May 06, 2009

A Maddening Contest

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William and I spent many hours in bookstores and shops this past weekend. In one bookstore visit we sat together and read Linda Urban's ...
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Tuesday, May 05, 2009

Happy Birthday, Opa!

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This picture is nearly two years old, but it's one of my favorites of William and his Opa, my dad. He's celebrating his 83rd birthda...
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Love, Loss and Guinea Pigs

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*Sigh* - William's guinea pig died on March 29th. Like me, he holds a lot of his emotions inside. My release is to write poetry. His is ...
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Monday, May 04, 2009

A Poem for the Rain

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Since it's been raining on and off here, with more rain expected throughout week, I thought I'd share this poem. Rain Songs by Paul ...

Celebrating the REAL Alice's Birthday

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I'm a big fan of the KR blog . Today they have a lovely post up about Alice Liddell entitled Riddles That Have No Answers . If you'r...
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Monday Poetry Stretch - Poems of Work

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Last week I shared a few poems from Tracie Vaughn Zimmer's new book Steady Hands: Poems About Work . In that post I challenged each com...
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Friday, May 01, 2009

April Recap

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I'm sad to say that April is over and May is already here. So long National Poetry Month , hello Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month ....
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Final Poetry Book Giveaway Winner

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And the winner is . . . Steady Hands: Poems About Work , goes to . . . Linda at Write Time (Another two-time winner!) Congratulations to all...
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Poetry Friday - Shakespeare and the Poet's Eye

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I'm coming down from a poetry month high, so my choice today is about the poet's eye. Thank you, William Shakespeare. From A Midsumm...