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Monday, February 24, 2014

Monday Poetry Stretch - Postcards and Letters

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Since my mother entered a nursing home last fall I've been writing more cards and letters. Letter writing is a lost art. I wish I could ...
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Monday, February 17, 2014

Monday Poetry Stretch - Fairy Tale Props

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I've been re-reading my well-worn copy of is  The Poets' Grimm: 20th Century Poems from Grimm's Fairy Tales , edited by Jeanne ...
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Friday, February 07, 2014

Poetry Friday - A Valentine

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I know I'm a week early, but I read this poem a few days ago and just had to share it. A Valentine by Laura Elizabeth Richards Oh! ...
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Tuesday, February 04, 2014

Monday Poetry Stretch - Clerihew

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Haven't you heard that Tuesday is the New Monday? No, it wasn't a Super Bowl hangover. Between hosting Poetry Friday and the work th...
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Friday, January 31, 2014

Poetry Friday Is In the HOUSE!

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I haven't hosted Poetry Friday in ages, so welcome. I'm happy to have you here today! I'll be rounding up old-school style (no M...
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Thursday, January 30, 2014

The Poem That Will Not End - Talking With Joan Bransfield Graham

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What happens when poetry takes over your life? Ryan O'Brian finds out when he spouts poetry and writes poems all day long! While at ...
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Monday, January 27, 2014

Monday Poetry Stretch - Climbing Rhyme

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The form for this week's stretch is climbing rhyme . Climbing Rhyme  is a form of Burmese poetry containing a repeated sequence of 3...
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Monday, January 20, 2014

Monday Poetry Stretch - Anaphora

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Anaphora  is " the repetition of the same word or phrase in several successive clauses. " Whitman uses anaphora in  the poem  Out...
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The Ballad of Martin Luther King, Jr., 1963

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On this day in which we honor and remember Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., I am pleased to share this poem by J. Patrick Lewis. The Ballad o...
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Friday, January 17, 2014

Poetry Friday - Animals

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When William was in third grade (spring 2010) his teacher had the class copy and illustrate poems that "spoke" to them in their jo...
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Monday, January 13, 2014

Monday Poetry Stretch - Pantoum

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This week's stretch is a real S-T-R-E-T-C-H. The form I have decided to tackle is the pantoum. I have read a great deal about this form...
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Friday, January 10, 2014

Poetry Friday - How Much?

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When William was young and I told him I loved him, he would ask "How much?" The replies began with "More than ..." and i...
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Monday, January 06, 2014

Monday Poetry Stretch - Trimeric

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Happy new year! After a short break for the holidays, the Monday Poetry Stretch is back and ready to take on another form. The  trime...
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Friday, December 20, 2013

Poetry Friday - Poems from CRICKET NEVER DOES

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Knowing I would be hitting the road this holiday, I finished my shopping ages ago. This means that while everyone around me is whipped into ...
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Monday, December 16, 2013

Monday Poetry Stretch - Nonet

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When I sit down to write I find I am more compelled by form than topic. It's also easier for me to wrestle with form than it is to comp...
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Friday, December 13, 2013

Poetry Friday - Superstition

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On this Friday the 13th I am sharing a poem by Amy Lowell.  This piece was published in 1919 in a volume entitled  Pictures of the Floating...
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Monday, December 09, 2013

Monday Poetry Stretch - Sijo

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Last week the fall semester came to a close. We still have exams and final projects to wade through, but the light at the end of the tunnel ...
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Thursday, November 28, 2013

For Thanksgiving

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Two poems for my readers . . . and wishes for a joyful Thanksgiving. Autumn By Emily Dickinson The morns are meeker than they were, Th...
Monday, November 25, 2013

Monday Poetry Stretch - Thanksgiving

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Well, this week is a no-brainer. Let's write about thanks, Thanksgiving, gratitude, or anything that resembles thankfulness. For a bit...
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Friday, November 22, 2013

Poetry Friday - Thanksgiving

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Back in 2009 the Poetry Seven took up the challenge to write together. Here were the rules. We each do a villanelle. In one of our rep...
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