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Friday, October 23, 2015

Poetry Friday - Poems Children Will Sit Still For

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I recently picked up this 1969 publication ... I had to laugh when I read the back cover, though I wholeheartedly agree with the sentence...
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Monday, October 19, 2015

Monday Poetry Stretch - Tritina

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I'm working on an ekphrastic poem and have been playing around with a number of different forms as I write to the image. Right now I...
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Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Poetry Stretch - Deibhidhe Variation

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If orange is the new black, than Tuesday is the new Monday. My apologies for posting late. Here is this week's challenge. Deibhidhe...
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Tuesday, October 06, 2015

Poetry Stretch - The Bop

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Forgive me for being a day late. I leave for a conference on Wednesday and I'm a bit at loose ends right now.  The bop is a form in...
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Friday, October 02, 2015

Poetry Seven Write Etherees

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This month my poetry sisters and I tackled the etheree. An  etheree  is a poem of ten lines in which each line contains one more syllable t...
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Monday, September 28, 2015

Book Review - It's a Seashell Day

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I'm a huge fan of books that encourage exploration of the natural world and getting kids outside. While summer has come to an end, that...
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Monday Poetry Stretch - Bref Double

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The bref double is a French form. It is similar to the sonnet, but has a different rhyme scheme and does not need to be written in iambic ...
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Friday, September 25, 2015

Math Storytelling Day and Doubling

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Over at Bookish Ways today you'll find a post describing some books on math and puzzling in honor of Math Storytelling Day . After rev...
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Poetry Friday - Math Storytelling Day and Infinity

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Today is Math Storytelling Day. In honor of this auspicious event, I'm sharing a video, a book, and some related poems. A wonderful...
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Monday, September 21, 2015

Monday Poetry Stretch - Minute Poem

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Sometimes I find the most interesting poetic forms on the internet. In some cases it's impossible to tell who invented them or what the...
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Friday, September 18, 2015

Poetry Friday - Consignment Shop Finds

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I spent some time "junking" over the last few weeks in an effort to find inexpensive artifacts for some social studies lessons. In...
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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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