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POETRY FRIDAY ROUNDUP SCHEDULE
I will get all these linked ASAP, but in the meantime, here's the schedule:
Radio, Rhythm & Rhyne
January 4, 2013
No Water River
January 11, 2013
Violet Nesdoly / poems
January 18, 2013
The Opposite of Indifference
January 25, 2013
Teaching Authors
February 1, 2013
A Teaching Life
February 8, 2013
TeacherDance
February 15, 2013
Sheri Doyle
February 22, 2013
The Drift Record
March 1, 2013
My Juicy Little Universe
March 8, 2013
Jone at Check it Out
March 15, 2013
A Year of Reading
March 29, 2013
Read, Write, Howl
April 5, 2013
Random Noodling
April 12, 2013
Live Your Poem...
April 19, 2013
Writing the World for Kids
April 26, 2013
Booktalking
May 10, 2013
Jamafs Alphabet Soup
May 24, 2013
Teaching Young Writers
May 31, 2013
The Opposite of Indifference
June 7, 2013
Reflections on the Teche
June 14, 2013
Carolfs Corner
June 21, 2013
The Poem Farm
June 28, 2013
Hanging with fellow Georgia writers (from top, l-r) Tracy Walker, Heather Kolich, Donna Bowman, (bottom, middle) Janice Hardy and Paula Puckett photo by Steve Kolich
Susan Rosson Spain, Robyn Hood Black, Elizabeth Dulemba, and Myra Meade at the Hall Book Exchange in Gainesville, Ga. photo by Mel Hornsby
Robyn Hood Black five hungry mouths mid-may
Robyn Hood Black five fat feathery babies may 25
Robyn Hood Black Fresh from the nest! May 27, 2009
Southern Breeze Kudos Kites 09 - Donna, Robyn, Heather, Sarah, and Peggy
Robyn with Kathleen Duey, author extraordinaire
http://www.kathleenduey.com
Robyn with Alaska Nature Writer Debbie Miller
http://www.debbiemilleralaska.com
photo by Robyn Hood Black Paul B. Janeczko http://www.paulbjaneczko.com
Copyright 2005-2013 Robyn Hood Black. All rights reserved. Please ask permission before using any text or images on this website, except for reproducible
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May 17, 2013
Tags:
Poetry Friday, poetry, ponderings
Seth, like his sister, Morgan, has attended the same college prep school since kindergarten - he and others will receive a "Crayons to Commencement" recognition this weekend. photo on right by Sommer Daniel
Hope you are having a terrific poetry Friday.
My household is hopping with graduation preparations for this weekend events and incoming family and general hoopla. Our youngest, Seth, is about to become a high school alumnus on his way to college.
What would be a good poem to share with him here? Dr. Seusss OH, THE PLACES YOULL GO comes to mind, as does Frosts The Road Less Traveled, of course. The Academy of American Poets has a list of appropriate poetic offerings for graduates here.
Ive decided to borrow one from a THE ESSENTIAL RUMI that Seth recently received at a school honors program as co-president of the Honor Council. This is the New Expanded Edition of translations by Coleman Barks (2004, HarperCollins). Selected and presented by a teacher much beloved to our whole family, and one of the hands-down smartest (and most compassionate) folks I know, this book will be treasured by Seth, Im sure.
Perhaps hell like this selection, which speaks to me:
TENDING TWO SHOPS
Dont run around this world
looking for a hole to hide in.
There are wild beasts in every cave!
If you live with mice,
the cat claws will find you.
The only real rest comes
when youre alone with God.
Live in the nowhere that you came from,
even though you have an address here.
Thats why you see things in two ways.
Sometimes you look at a person
and see a cynical snake.
Someone else sees a joyful lover,
And youre both right!
Everyone is half and half,
like the black and white ox.
Jospeh looked ugly to his brothers,
and most handsome to his father.
You have eyes that see from that nowhere,
and eyes that judge distances,
how high and how low.
You own two shops
and you run back and forth.
Try to close the one thats a fearful trap,
getting always smaller. Checkmate, this way.
Checkmate, that.
Keep open the shop
where youre not selling fishhooks anymore.
You are the free-swimming fish.
Congratulations to all who are moving the proverbial tassel this season!
For more great poetry, visit Ed at Think Kid Think for this weeks Poetry Friday Roundup. (And find out what Doritos could possibly have to do with the history of Poetry Friday....)
May 9, 2013
Tags:
Poetry Friday, poetry, haiku
HAPPY POETRY FRIDAY!
I am tooling around in beautiful Beaufort, South Carolina today. So instead of a post here, I'll just direct you to the wonderful Jone MacCulloch with many thanks that she's featured me this week on her Check It Out blog. Today she's scheduled to feature a few of my recent haiku. On Wednesday, she posted a Q and A interview with me.
Thanks so much, Jone, and wishing everyone some poetry and sunshine this weekend.
Thanks also to Anastasia Suen, who has the roundup today at http://www.asuen.com/poetry/ .
May 2, 2013
Tags:
Poetry Friday, poetry, students, school visits, student work
Insert: Sharing a wonderful school visit at Fair Street with Media Specialist Extraordinaire Amy Hamilton. Artwork: Here is a terrific creation from David in Dr. Lacey's kindergarten class. He made this right after my presentation. I'd run from this wolf, too - wouldn't you?
I LOVE student work.
The art, stories, plays, and poetry of children often stop us in our tracks, dont they?
If Im in front of a few dozen or hundred kids at a school visit and I solicit some creative contribution from them, theres a moment of sheer delight when some young mind tosses out an idea or association that I wouldnt have thought of in a million years. Its an honor to explore the creative process together.
As we wrap up another school year, Im thinking of author visits from this year as well as two school visits I still have coming up. Also, my middle school Language Arts teacher friend left me a message yesterday asking if I could judge some work for the countys creative writing contest (again!). A young student from a school visit years ago has gotten back in touch asking for some guidance regarding his writing. Its a privilege to be welcomed into a young persons creative pursuits. And while I hope I can provide a little guidance here and there, the most important thing I can offer is encouragement. On a good day, maybe a dash of inspiration.
Speaking of inspiration, todays Poetry Friday host and talented poet Elizabeth Steinglass got me to playing with limericks afresh this spring, with her posts about them. ( Here's a terrific one from just last week.)
Right before spring break, I visited one of my favorite groups of people around: the students and faculty/staff at Fair Street School, An International Baccalaureate World School, here in north Georgia. We talked all about writing and rang in National Poetry Month. Limerick-fueled, I decided to adapt a creative writing exercise with them especially for Poetry Month.
I started out in my usual way, in the last few minutes of each presentation, asking the students to come up with a humorous character. This character is always a combination of two very different animals, which they name and classify, and which I draw on a large easel pad. Instead of going on to make a group story about this character as is my custom, we made a limerick about it!
The fun we had speaks for itself. Youll see in these poems that I provided a basic structure for them to jump from. (We discussed the limerick form and clapped out the rhythm before diving in.) Here are the poems from the presentations, combinations of K-5 classes. Since I dont have the goofy portraits to show (I leave these at the school with the writing), Ill mention the animal combo before each one.
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(Kangaroo/Wolf)
There once was a kangawolf named Ferret
who said, "I think I would like a parrot!
Because it is spring
I must tie a string
and I'm eating a juicy carrot!"
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(Horse/Frog)
There once was a horsefrog named Kevin,
who said, "I wish I was eleven!
Because it is spring
I must sing with a ring,
And act my own age, which is seven!
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(Cheetah/Snake)
There once was a cheesnake named Mimi,
who said, I want a boyfriend named Jimmy.
Because it is spring,
I must buy a ring,
And cruise in my new Lamborghini!
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(Bird/Dog)
There once was a birddog named Tuchi,
who said, "I think you're a moochie.
Because it is spring, I must find the king,
and give him a great, big smoochie!"
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Arent those terrific?
Several of our creative, multi-tasking Poetry Friday bloggers who are teachers feature student creations now and again. Here are a few recent favorites of mine; please feel free to leave more links in the comments!
Mary Lee brought us a wrap-up of her Common Inspiration Uncommon Creations project at a A Year of Reading, with all kinds of enchanting results, including some original sculptures and poetry from some of her students.
At Hubbards Headlines, Betsy shared colorful, dusty student masterpieces from her Chalk-A-Bration! 2013 project.
Jone shared lots of student poetry in April at Check it Out
So, go check it out!
Last but not least, you know theres always something exciting going on at My Juicy Little Universe, when Heidi shares the adventures of her Mighty Minnows. Enjoy the wonderful kindergarten poetry she posted this week!
(Friday a.m. update) - Just saw Laura Shovan's wonderful post today featuring third graders writing poetry about math. Really! The poems are wonderful. She'll be posting more as her residency continues.
(Sat.) Margaret has some wonderful Mother's Day poetry from students over at Reflections on the Teche.
For more great poetry from writers of all ages, head back over to see what Liz has rounded up for us this week!
(Oh - and for more about how Amy Ludwig VanDerwater's Drawing into Poems project has continued to inspire me to think about drawing, writing, and blind contours - :0) - check out my column this month at Janice Hardy's The Other Side of the Story.
April 25, 2013
Tags:
Poetry Friday, poetry, Poetry Month, Progressive Poem
The talented and generous Irene Latham started the Progressive Poem last year and kindly coordinated a new one for 2013. Each day during National Poetry Month , the poem visits a different blog and receives its next line. Were in the final stretch!
Ive enjoyed seeing it take shape and peeking behind the scenes as hosts/poets share their ideas about lines theyve contributed.
Because I can make over-thinking into an art form, I tried not to do that with my little part today. Diane Mayr offered a solid line with delicious ambiguity. (Thanks, Diane!) I liked Diane's idea about bringing the reader in for this last stanza. I wanted to leave room for our four strong finishers, so I hope Ive left Ruth some play in the steering wheel, too. (The them are they the readers, words, both, something else??)
Heres the poem:
When you listen to your footsteps
the words become music and
the rhythm that youre rapping gets your fingers tapping, too.
Your pen starts dancing across the page
a private pirouette, a solitary samba until
smiling, youre beguiling as your love comes shining through.
Pause a moment in your dreaming, hear the whispers
of the words, one dancer to another, saying
Listen, thats our cue! Mind your meter. Find your rhyme.
Ignore the trepidation while you jitterbug and jive.
Arm in arm, toe to toe, words begin to wiggle and flow
as your heart starts singing let your mind keep swinging
from lifes trapeze, like a clown on the breeze.
Swinging upside down, throw and catch new sounds
Take a risk, try a trick; break a sweat: safety net?
Dont check! Youre soaring and exploring,
dangle high, blood rush; spiral down, crowd hush
limb-by-line-by-limb envision, pyramidic penned precision.
And if you should topple, if you should flop
if your meter takes a beating; your rhyme runs out of steam
know this tumbling and fumbling is all part of the act,
so get up with a flourish. Your pencils still intact.
Snap those synapses! Feel the pulsing through your pen
Commit, measure by measure, to the codas cadence.
You've got them now--in the palm of your hand!
Finger by finger youre reeling them in
All yours, Ruth!
Heres the lineup of where this poem has travelled, and where it has yet to go:
April
1 Amy Ludwig VanDerwater
2 Joy Acey
3 Matt Forrest Esenwine
4 Jone MacCulloch
5 Doraine Bennett
6 Gayle Krause
7 Janet Fagal
8 Julie Larios
9 Carrie Finison
10 Linda Baie
11 Margaret Simon
12 Linda Kulp
13 Catherine Johnson
14 Heidi Mordhorst
15 Mary Lee Hahn
16 Liz Steinglass
17 Renee LaTulippe
18 Penny Klostermann
19 Irene Latham
20 Buffy Silverman
21 Tabatha Yeatts
22 Laura Shovan
23 Joanna Marple
24 Katya Czaja
25 Diane Mayr
26 Robyn Hood Black
27 Ruth Hersey
28 Laura Purdie Salas
29 Denise Mortensen
30 April Halprin Wayland
And, whether you prefer poetry that flits from place to place or stays put, youll find plenty more at Writing the World for Kids, where Laura is hosting the Poetry Friday Roundup. Thanks, Laura.
Happy last week of National Poetry Month 2013!
April 18, 2013
Tags:
Poetry Friday, poetry, Poetry Month, haiku, authors, conferences, workshops
Haiku Poet, HSA Regional Coordinator, and Prune Juice editor Terri L. French
Smack dab in the middle of National Poetry Month is National Haiku Poetry Day on Wednesday the 17th this week. Lets continue the celebration with a spotlight on a terrific poet/volunteer from my neck of the woods, and the amazing haiku weekend shes cooking up for October in Atlanta.
When I started my own haiku journey nearly three years ago, I got in touch with a couple of folks listed as Haiku Society of America members in my region. They were very kind, but there didnt seem to be an active group at the time.
Then lo and behold, in swoops Terri L. French from Alabama to reach out and rev up the Southeast Region. Before you could catch a falling cherry blossom, shed arranged the first annual Ginko (haiku walk) Haikufest last fall in Alabama! I was out of town and unable to make it that weekend, so I was thrilled to learn she was putting together another one for this coming fall. More about that in a minute. First, meet Terri!
BIO: Terri L. French lives in Huntsville, Alabama. She is a Licensed Massage Therapist and has been writing haiku and various related forms seriously for the last seven years. In 2012, she placed third and received an honorable mention in The Haiku Society of America's (HSA) Gerald Brady Memorial Award senryu contest and third place in the HSA haibun contest. Terri currently serves as the HSA's southeast regional coordinator and edits the senryu and kyoka journal, Prune Juice .
Heres Terris take on why she became so involved:
The southeast region of the Haiku Society of America has been a little inactive for the last few years. Geographically we are quite spread out. The region includes Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands! Our first annual Ginko Haikufest was held last year in Guntersville, Alabama. This year the conference will be in Atlanta, Georgia. My hopes are that by moving the conference around the region we can garner more interest and become a more cohesive group.
This year's conference "gazing at flowers," celebrating the 250th birthday of Japanese haiku poet Kobayashi Issa, will be even bigger and better than last year's. We will have a special presentation by HSA's president, David Lanoue; an introductory workshop and "blind" critique; a sumi-e Japanese brush painting class; a performance by a taiko drum troupe; a ginko bird walk; and much, much, more.
I am thrilled to be participating and helping out for this event. Heres the conference info in a nutshell mark your calendar!
The 2113, SE Haiku Society of America, 2nd Annual Ginko Haikufest, "gazing at flowers," will be Friday October 25 - Sunday, October 27, at the Artmore Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia. Contact Terri French at terri.l.french for registration information and see our events page and the Facebook Haikufest page.
Now, to whet your appetite, two original haiku graciously shared by Terri:
a spot of blood
on the unfinished quilt -
harvest moon
Sketchbook, Vol. 4, issue 5, Sept/Oct, 2009
reflecting pool
trying to see past
what she's not
Frogpond, 34:3, 2011
Poems Terri L. French. All rights reserved.
Many thanks for joining us today, Terri!
For a thoughtful haiku in response to the tragic events in Boston this week, see Daine Mayrs poem at Random Noodling.
*** a couple of different notes:
1.) Guess What? The Authors Guild Folks - evidently also known as Knights of the Internet - recovered all my lost comments from Poetry Friday two weeks ago! The Roundup itself was lost, but you can find all the links here in the post just under this one (dated 4/18/2013). The content of my original post for that day is here.
2.) How about this for fun? April Halprin Wayland, Irene Latham, and yours truly made the Childrens edition of Publishers Weekly yesterday, with a picture of our Take Five Create Fun with the Poetry Friday Anthology workshop at the Fay B. Kaigler Childrens Book Festival in Hattiesburg last week. Click here (and scroll down) to see. Woo hoo!
Speaking of lovely Irene, go see what shes rounding up for Poetry Friday today at
Live Your Poem.
April 18, 2013
Tags:
Poetry Friday, poetry, Poetry Month, Knights of the Internet
YAY!!! See below - RHB (And thank you, Knights of the Internet!!)
We were able to wrestle free the comments abducted by goblins last week and attach them to this new blog post. Alas, the content of the old blog post itself may be lost. For further information or help with this contact Authors Guild.
-- The Knights of the Internet
April 17, 2013
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poetry, haiku, Poetry Month
Today, April 17, is National Haiku Poetry Day!
Go get lost in the links at The Haiku Foundation!
Here's a recent one of mine:
my small insights
a hummingbird
at the trumpet flower
Modern Haiku, Winter-Spring 2013
Friend and poet Elizabeth Steinglass posted some great thoughts for Poetry Friday last week on "Why Haiku?"
And there's always thoughtful haiku love over at poet/librarian Diane Mayr's Random Noodling, where you'll find her "Haiku Sticky" poems and "Happy Haiga Day" offerings, along with links to her other great blogs.
Enjoy!
April 8, 2013
Tags:
Poetry Friday, poetry, authors, book tracks, Poetry Month, animals
Eileen and Robyn at Highlights Founders Workshop in May 2012; Office Kitty May enjoying NORA'S ARK.
Greetings from Mississippi, where Im heading home today after the wonderful Fay B. Kaigler Childrens Book Festival at The University of Southern Mississippi. April and Irene and I had a blast sharing the Poetry Friday Anthology and the Poetry Friday Anthology for Middle School (Sylia Vardell and Janet Wong, eds.) with workshop attendees! [Details in my post last week, which was to my utter shock gobbled up somehow in cyberspace, with all the dozens of links folks had left and Id rounded up - 60-plus comments. Sigh. I reposted my text part here, with our PFA poems.]
I love connecting with other childrens poets, writers and readers. Almost a year ago I had the good fortune to attend my second poetry workshop up at Highlights (post about that here).
Guess whose small group I was in? Eileen Spinellis. Yes, that Eileen Spinelli, whose work Ive admired for many years.
Eileen has poems in these Poetry Friday Anthologies as well. I asked her if I could share her PFA poem from Fourth Grade, Week 29 Poetry Poems because to me its just perfect for National Poetry Month. She kindly agreed.
Today
Today Im going to pay attention.
To the broken blueness of sky.
To the high weeds in the vacant lot.
To the rusted pot in the alleyway.
Today Im going to leap across puddles
and steep in green
and all the wild colors in between.
Im going to listen to
what the birds are singing about,
and to the happy shouts of toddlers on swings.
Today Im going to gather all my heart can hold
of lemony light and yawning cats
and the bright blur of traffic on the bridge.
Today Im going to pay attention.
Today Im going to find myself a poem.
Eileen Spinelli. All rights reserved.
This poem is particularly delicious when read aloud!
Speaking of Eileen, who is an amazingly generous and prolific writer (of more than 40 books and counting), Id like to offer a shout-out here for her brand-new picture book, NORAS ARK (illustrated by Nora Hilb, Zonderkids, 2013).
The ark is just what youd think, except in Noras case the passenger list includes two backyard spiders, a pair of battery-operated monkeys, and a couple of unimpressed cats. And Nora does everything just like Noah well, not just like Noah.
Publishers Weekly praised the respectful exploration of the power of a childs imagination.
I absolutely love this book and its ending perfect for sharing with a child on a rainy day, or any day!
Now, are you ready for some more Eileen Spinelli poetry? Check out April Foolery, the poem of the month at her website.
For links to more great poetry all over the Kidlitosphere, please visit the terrifically talented, kitty-loving Diane at Random Noodling for todays Round Up. Unless you are a cyberspace gremlin.
April 8, 2013
Tags:
Poetry Friday, Poetry Month, poetry, book tracks, authors, conferences
UPDATE!!! The "Knights of the Internet" recovered all our comments! Click HERE for the links! Hi, folks - On Sunday afternoon a band of virtual Gremlins made off with my Poetry Friday Round Up post with all your wonderful dozens of comments. :0( I have no idea where it is hiding or if it can be retrieved... I've emailed the webhosting folks for help. Apologies if you've come looking for the Round Up (it was such a great week with so many great links!) and reached this message. Fearing the worst, I'll go ahead and re-post my original article here, so you can enjoy some Poetry Friday Anthology poems and interviews.
HAPPY NATIONAL POETRY MONTH!
(from Friday, April 5)
Im thrilled to be your Poetry Friday Rounder-Upper today please leave your links in the comments and Ill post them as the day unfolds. [ As noted above, these links have vanished! My apologies for this inconvenience. There were 65 comments...!]
I look forward to hitting the road next week on a long drive to Hattiesburg, Mississippi, for the Fay B. Kaigler Childrens Book Festival at the University of Southern Mississippi. (Yep they have the wonderful deGrummond Collection, curated by the ever-effervescent Ellen Ruffin.)
April Halprin Wayland , Irene Latham and yours truly will present a poetry panel workshop on Wednesday: Take Five! Create Fun with the Poetry Friday Anthology. We get to share the Poetry Friday Anthology and the new Poetry Friday Anthology for Middle School with eager teachers, media specialists, and other interested folks. Thanks to Pomelo Books editors extraordinaire Janet Wong and Sylvia Vardell for helping to support this adventure.
Heres a poem from each of us that well share in our presentation, along with a 10-item Q & A just for fun.
First up, April. Heres her poem from Grade 6 Week 29 (Poetry Poems) in PFAMS:
In the Word Woods
Im sure theres a found poem somewhere here.
There usually is this time of year.
Didnt a red-haired boy lose words
that were found last May by a flightless bird?
And then that search and rescue hound
dug up sixteen poems hed found.
Listen for falling bulletin boards,
and scowling poem-poaching hordes
who stomp all over this hallowed ground
until the hidden poems are found.
Ill bring a flashlight, you bring a rake
well get down on our knees and make
a poem from words that have trampolined
off an Internet ad or a magazine
into the woods some starry night
waiting for searching kids who might
find a poem if theyre brave and follow
the hoot of an owl to the end of the hollow.
April Halprin Wayland. All rights reserved.
Quick, April, answer these fast!
Coffee or tea?
Single shot soy latte in a huge cup so they fill it to the top with FOAM!
(My version of whipped cream without the cream)
Milk or dark chocolate?
Dark, sweetened with unsweetened pineapple juice & pear juice concentrate.
(Despite what my husband says, it tastes wonderful!)
Beach or mountains?
Mountain meadow. Even though I live a mile from the beach
Free verse or forms?
I have to choose?
Drafts: pen and paper or digital?
Both. Either. Depends.
Whats usually playing on your iPod or on Pandora when you are:
Working instrumental folk, classical piano trios; sometimes NPR
Working out whatever my gym class teacher is playing
Favorite place to read poetry?
In my home office.
Favorite place to write poetry?
In my home office.
(I love my home office. *sigh*)
Funniest question youve ever been asked at a school visit:
"How many books do you write in a week?"
Quick! Three of your favorite-sounding words:
cuspidor, bubble gum, tiddlywinks
Next, Irenes poem from Grade 5, Week 2 (More School) from PFA:
Backpack
Id say paper
Is my favorite feast
I love it spiraled,
bound or loose-leaf.
(Pencils poke,
rulers break.
Textbooks give me
A belly ache.)
Whatever you feed me,
Ill do my best;
youre the one
Who takes the tests!
Irene Latham. All rights reserved.
Q & A time, Irene hit it!
Coffee or tea?
tea
Milk or dark chocolate?
dark
Beach or mountains?
beach at night, mountains by day
Free verse or forms?
freeeeeeeee!
Drafts: pen and paper or digital?
digital all the way
What's usually playing on your iPod or on Pandora when you are:
Working - nada. I work best with silence (though I have learned to write through son's drumming)
Working out - shhhhh, I don't work out.
Favorite place to read poetry?
in bed
Favorite place to write poetry?
in bed (hey, I really like my bed!)
Funniest question you've ever been asked at a school visit:
Would you sign my arm?
Quick! Three of your favorite-sounding words:
honeysuckle, hydrangea, heliotrope
Finally, running out of room on the handout - ;0) my short little poem from First Grade, Week 10 (Food) from PFA:
Snack Rules
Dont talk with your mouth full
full of peanut butter:
Anything you try to say
will cmmm out as a mmmttrr.
Robyn Hood Black. All rights reserved.
And my 10 answers:
Coffee or tea?
Morning coffee; afternoon tea
Milk or dark chocolate?
dark
Beach or mountains?
Beach, but I love the mountains too.
Free verse or forms?
Sucker for forms
Drafts: pen and paper or digital?
Scribbles in journals or on Post-It Notes
What's usually playing on your iPod or on Pandora when you are:
Working - Writing: *must*have*quiet*
    Drawing: Bach or Classic Rock, Carving/Printing: *must*have*Celtic*
Working out -
Ummmm..
Favorite place to read poetry?
On my couch with my dogs
Favorite place to write poetry?
In my head when Im walking and talking to the birds
Funniest question you've ever been asked at a school visit:
From a kindergarten girl on a cafeteria floor with 400-plus K-2s: How do you know if its a man wolf or a lady wolf? (Last week a second grader asked me AFTER my presentation, Are you an author?)
Quick! Three of your favorite-sounding words:
sassafras, twinkle, persnickety
Be sure to check in over at The Poetry Friday Anthology blog for ideas and inspiration on using the PFA in the classroom. The Poetry Friday for Middle School blog features short poem movies this month created by Sylvias graduate students, highlighting some of the wonderful PFAMS poems for grades 6 - 8!
For an extensive Poetry Month roundup of events in the Kidlitosphere, check out Jamas gracious post on Alphabet Soup.
Two last links from me: On Wednesday at Janice Hardys great blog, The Other Side of the Story , I featured Irenes new novel, DONT FEED THE BOY (Roaring Brook), as a way to look at how a poets sensibilities might inform the way she writes fiction.
My art blog post this week celebrates found poetry and Austin Kleon.
Friday's now missing-in-action post then included the Round Up of dozens and dozens of wonderful poetry posts last week. Sigh. If you search for "Poetry Friday" and start visiting blogs of other commenters, you'll find some wonderful offerings.
April 2, 2013
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poetry, Poetry Month
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A rhyming tale of a young boy's knightly adventure with an imagined dragon.
Nonfiction, interactive book on wolves featuring giant pop-up and tons of info!
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In addition to writing books, Robyn has sold her writing to major children's magazines.
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