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Friday, September 18, 2015

Say Hello to Poetry, Cybils Style!

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It's that time of year again. On October 1st the  Cybils  open for nominations. I am excited about serving again this year in the f...
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Monday, September 14, 2015

Constitution Day is Thursday, September 17th

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In the summer of 1787, the Constitutional Convention met in Philadelphia to write a new plan of government for our nation. The Constitution...

Monday Poetry Stretch - Ubi Sunt

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My son started high school last week and with it, his first foray into learning another language. He came home on Friday with a list of voc...
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Friday, September 11, 2015

Poetry Friday - September Twelfth

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In memory ... Image from the National Park Service September Twelfth, 2001 by X.J. Kennedy Two caught on film who hurtle from the ...
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Monday, September 07, 2015

Monday Poetry Stretch - Etheree

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The next form for the Poetry Seven year-long writing project is the etheree. Since I've promised myself I won't wait until the last...
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Saturday, September 05, 2015

Found Poem - A Process Post

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After reading my poetry sisters' posts yesterday, I wanted to revisit my poems, rethink the form, and play a bit more. While doing this...
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Friday, September 04, 2015

Poetry Seven Write Found Poems

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I haven't quite decided how I feel about found poems. I did a lot of reading while trying to find just the right source. I tried mining...
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Monday, August 31, 2015

Monday Poetry Stretch - Lai

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The  Lai  is a French syllabic verse form consisting of one or more stanza of nine lines with two rhymes, though the rhyme can vary from st...
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Friday, August 28, 2015

Poetry Friday - The Box Marked Summer

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As I hit the road today to enjoy one final weekend of summer and a BIG birthday (tomorrow!), I'm well into back-to-school mode as I wat...
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Monday, August 24, 2015

Monday Poetry Stretch - Lune

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One can find many variations on haiku these days. Often these forms attempt to find a syllabic pattern that is more appropriate to English ...
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Friday, August 21, 2015

Poetry Friday - End of Summer

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I'm sad to report that summer has officially been over for me for at least two weeks. However, that melancholy is always replaced by th...
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Monday, August 17, 2015

Monday Poetry Stretch - Décima

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The following description comes from my April 2015 interview with Margarita Engle . The décima is a rhymed, metered poem that most commo...
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Monday, August 10, 2015

#pb10for10 - Books to Begin My Semester

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I've been working these last few weeks on preparing my syllabi for fall classes. Here are the books I'll be sharing the first week...
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Monday Poetry Stretch - Nonet

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The nonet is a nine line poem with a diminishing number of syllables in each line. The first line containing nine syllables, the next eigh...
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Friday, August 07, 2015

Poetry Seven Write Classified Ad-Haiku

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Last month I believed that writing in the style of e.e. cummings was our hardest challenge. I take it back. THIS was the hardest challenge....
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Monday, August 03, 2015

Monday Poetry Stretch - Timeline Poem

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So, this isn't really a form, but I can't think of any other way to describe this. I have a number of books I regularly use for ins...
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Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Monday Poetry Stretch - Sedoka

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Yes, I know it's Tuesday. We've had family in town since Friday and I forgot to schedule this, so I am a day late. Continuing o...
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Monday, July 20, 2015

Monday Poetry Stretch - Dodoitsu

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Dodoitsu is a Japanese poetic form. Similar to other Japanese forms, it does not rhyme and is not focused on meter, but rather on syllables...
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Friday, July 17, 2015

Poetry Friday - Roma Aeterna

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We left last Friday to visit family in NY. Our trip up should have taken just over 5 hours by plane, but it turned into a 15+ hour odyssey....
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Monday, July 13, 2015

Monday Poetry Stretch - Ae freslighe

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Ae freslighe (ay fresh lee) is an Irish poetic form. Each stanza is a quatrain with lines of seven syllables. The rhyme scheme is a b a b....
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