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Wednesday, January 07, 2015

Thematic Book List - Water and the Water Cycle

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Water is a miraculous substance. It is the only compound that commonly exists in all three phases (solid, liquid, gas) on Earth. The unique...
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Monday, January 05, 2015

Monday Poetry Stretch - Shadorma

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Welcome to 2015 and the first poetry stretch of the new year! The  shadorma  is a sestet (six lines) written in syllabic form. The syll...
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Friday, January 02, 2015

Ringing in the New Year with Poetry Friday

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I'm pleased to host the first Poetry Friday round-up of the new year, but even more excited to share some work the Poetry Seven have bee...
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Thursday, January 01, 2015

Cybils Poetry Finalists

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It was hard keeping quiet about this amazing list of books. Here's what the round 1 judges, a lovely group of women to work with, chose ...
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Monday, December 29, 2014

Monday Poetry Stretch - Looking Forward, Looking Back

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Another year is ending and a new one beginning. It seems the perfect time to try our hand at writing a reverso. The form, invented by Mar...
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Friday, December 12, 2014

Poetry Friday - Snowy Owl Near Ocean Shores

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If you know OWL MOON  by Jane Yolen, you'll want to follow along with  Owl Count 2014 , which begins at midnight on December 14th. Heidi...
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Monday, December 08, 2014

Monday Poetry Stretch - 13 Ways of Looking at Winter

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This weekend I was savoring Wallace Steven's wonderful poem,  Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird . I began to think that looking at...
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Friday, December 05, 2014

Poetry Friday - Winter Nights

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Mother nature hasn't decided what the weather will be, with 70 degree days followed by 40 degree days. I'm enjoying advent and the s...
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Monday, December 01, 2014

Monday Poetry Stretch - Pleiades

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Invented by Craig Tigerman, the editor for the online poetry journal SOL Magazine, the  pleiades is a 7-line poem in which each line begins...
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Monday, November 24, 2014

Monday Poetry Stretch - Etheree

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An etheree is a poem of ten lines in which each line contains one more syllable than the last. Beginning with one syllable and ending with ...
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Monday, November 17, 2014

Monday Poetry Stretch - Septolet

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A septolet is a 14-word poem written in two stanzas and connected by the same idea. I've not seen any consistency regarding number of...
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Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Thank You, Veterans

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I've been privileged to know many veterans over the years, and I am eternally grateful to them for their service to our country. Today...
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Monday, November 10, 2014

Monday Poetry Stretch - Epiphora

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Early this year we wrote poems that used the device anaphora. Anaphora is the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive ...
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Friday, November 07, 2014

Poetry Friday - Acquainted with the Night

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Last week for Halloween I was persuaded to post the rap from the song Thriller. What I really wanted to post was this. Acquainted with the...
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Monday, November 03, 2014

Monday Poetry Stretch - Rondelet

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I've been inconsistent in posting stretches this semester, so I'm trying to get back on track with a new form. The rondelet is a ...
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Friday, October 31, 2014

Poetry Friday - Thriller Rap

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As if I could post anything else today ... Rap from Thriller by Rod Temperton Darkness falls across the land The midnight hour is clos...
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Monday, October 20, 2014

Monday Poetry Stretch - Kodachrome

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Over the last few weeks I have been scanning slides and revisiting old family photos. My  uber-cute brother and sister are in the picture ...
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Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Tuesday Poetry Stretch - Lipogram

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I looked back over the last month and realized I have failed to post a stretch for several weeks now. Mea culpa, mea culpa. If you only knew...
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Friday, October 10, 2014

Poetry Friday Is On!

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Welcome friends to Poetry Friday! I'm thrilled to be your host this week. Today I'm sharing a bit of Robert Frost. He's the one ...
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Friday, September 26, 2014

Poetry Friday - Zombie Poetry

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Yesterday at lunch my son and I were having a major discussion (that included math) over the check and tip. As I was explaining my thinking,...
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Friday, September 19, 2014

Poetry Friday - Saved From the Discard Pile

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I've frequented some library sales and second hand bookstores recently and have added some lovely titles to my poetry collection. Toda...
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Friday, September 12, 2014

Poetry Friday - The Gray of Day

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I've been reading some terrific new poetry books this week, so today I'm sharing a lovely poem from the book EVERYTHING IS A POEM: T...
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Monday, September 08, 2014

Monday Poetry Stretch - Polysemantic words

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I'm always inspired and a bit in awe when I read a poem that uses the same word in multiple ways. I often wish I were this clever. Howe...
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Elementary School Homework and Reading in Math and Science

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Yesterday I read a post by Donalyn Miller entitled No More Language Arts and Crafts . It struck a chord with me as I thought about how we t...
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Monday, September 01, 2014

Monday Poetry Stretch - Labor

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Sorry I missed you last week, but with the start of the semester here, things got a bit crazy. Yesterday during morning mass and the Praye...
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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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