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Monday, August 18, 2014

Monday Poetry Stretch - Joy

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This weekend I watched my niece get married. I'm a bit shocked that time has passed so quickly and that we've all aged (some more gr...
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Monday, August 11, 2014

Monday Poetry Stretch - The Kitchen

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I had planned to write to form again this week, but I found myself thinking quite a lot of my mother this weekend, and nearly every memory w...
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Friday, August 08, 2014

Poetry Friday - Of Modern Books

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I'm especially fond of the pantoum as a poetic form. Here is a lovely example. Of Modern Books by Carolyn Wells                (A P...
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Monday, July 28, 2014

Monday Poetry Stretch - Macaronic Verse

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Back in 2011 we wrote poems in the form of macaronic verse. It's been a long time, so this seems like a good time to revisit the form. ...
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Friday, July 25, 2014

Poetry Friday - The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls

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It's been one week since posting a poem about the sand, and I'm still dreaming of the sea. The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls by Henr...
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Monday, July 21, 2014

Monday Poetry Stretch - Mask/Persona Poem

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In my  Poetry Friday post  I shared a poem from the book DOGS AND DRAGONS, TREES AND DREAMS by Karla Kuskin. Published in 1980, Kuskin wr...
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Friday, July 18, 2014

Poetry Friday - Sitting in the Sand

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Last week I left Virginia and made the long road trip to NY. Ten+ hours in a car is not my idea of fun. However, getting home is always love...
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Monday, July 07, 2014

Monday Poetry Stretch - Faith and Hope

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I love the poems that were shared as part of last week's stretch to write about America . I understand the sentiments of both pride and ...
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Monday, June 30, 2014

Monday Poetry Stretch - America Is ...

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Last week my Thursday class focused on using primary sources, interpreting documents and analyzing art and photographs. We also looked at th...
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Friday, June 27, 2014

Poetry Friday - Wildflowers

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At the end of each week I head to church to practice the music I'll be singing on the weekend. I could probably lead most of these songs...
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Monday, June 23, 2014

Monday Poetry Stretch - Quiet

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Over the weekend I was reading excerpts from the essays of Alfred Brendel on music and came across a notion that has stuck with me. ...
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Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Tuesday Poetry Stretch - Collections

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Late again, I am. I spent the day yesterday cleaning house with my son. It's an end of the school year tradition. He goes through his bo...
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Monday, June 09, 2014

Monday Poetry Stretch - Book Spine Poems

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Back in April, Travis over at 100 Scope Notes sponsored a gallery of book spine poems. He's been doing this since 2010, so if you chec...
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Tuesday, June 03, 2014

My Ardent Thanks

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In introducing my Poetry Friday post on Sorrow , Diane Mayr wrote "Tricia at The Miss Rumphius Effect is back. She's been having a ...
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Tuesday Poetry Stretch - Ideograms

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As my mother would say, I'm a day late and a dollar short, but at least I'm here. This in one of my favorite May Swenson poems, se...
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Friday, May 30, 2014

Poetry Friday - Sorrow

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I've been away for a few weeks, not a surprising turn at the end of the semester. When I come down from the high of April and posting on...
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Tuesday, May 06, 2014

Biographical Poetry Pairings - César Chavez

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In 2008 the state of Virginia added Cesar Chavez to the standards for history and social science in third grade. Under the heading of civ...
Monday, May 05, 2014

Monday Poetry Stretch - Diminishing Rhyme

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I am still working my way through  The Practice of Poetry: Writing Exercises From Poets Who Teach , jotting ideas in one of the many journa...
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Friday, May 02, 2014

Poetry Friday - A Rainy Day

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We've had our fair share of rain this week. My apologies to my friends in California. If I could send it all to you, I would. Here are...
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Thursday, May 01, 2014

National Poetry Month - Recap and Reflections

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It's hard to believe that National Poetry Month is over. Like others who bemoan the fact that we trot out certain subjects and peoples f...
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