tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46612587091452714172024-03-12T21:54:12.992-04:00I Think in PoemsA place to dip my toe in the poetry pond. Betsy Hubbardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10492340502962987362noreply@blogger.comBlogger113125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661258709145271417.post-5647943100993851952017-11-24T20:24:00.000-05:002019-04-14T08:24:54.362-04:00Yet, In DeathIn life you sustained<br />
softness<br />
by attachment.<br />
False freedom from<br />
a fixed stem<br />
allowed to<br />
join the breeze<br />
but from your branch.<br />
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A whole life,<br />
lived?<br />
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Yet, in death<br />
you weave<br />
within whisps of air<br />
across a path<br />
or pile.<br />
Your heaping adventures<br />
chip away<br />
as little bits<br />
toward nothing.<br />
Until a once fastened<br />
stem remains.<br />
Your empty ghost.<br />
Pieces<br />
scattered<br />
along the adventures of<br />
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an afterlife.<br />
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Welcome to Chalkabration's new home! I hope you had a wonderful month of poetry throughout April. My students and I celebrated at the end of last week. I hope you will join me today with your own Chalkabration poem! Share your own or your classroom's celebration with a link to your blog post in the comments. Another way to share your chalk poem is to visit the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ithinkinpoems/">I Think in Poems Facebook page</a> and share your image in a post or Tweet your poem's image with #chalkabration.<br />
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To see my student's poems in chalk, <a href="http://hubbardsheadlines.blogspot.com/2017/04/chalkabration-april-2017.html">click here</a>.<br />
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Here is a first-grade classroom from my school celebrating with their acrostic poem! </div>
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<br />Betsy Hubbardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10492340502962987362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661258709145271417.post-35063701593071241552014-11-28T11:34:00.001-05:002014-11-28T11:34:41.810-05:00It's Been a While<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have been absent from Poetry Friday for a while now. I think I got a little overwhelmed by my writing life and poetry took a back seat for a bit. This past weekend I had the pleasure and opportunity to go to NCTE! I saw some of my poetry friends and I felt inspired. In between sessions I scribbled little poems down to look at later. I even gave one as a gift to someone at the <a href="https://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2014/11/24/ncte14-g07/">Two Writing Teachers Slice of Life dinner</a>.<br />
Here are a couple of the poems I worked on in my little moments in between.<br />
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As flocks of sun rise<br />
I am caught in the flicker<br />
of this moment<br />
when the rays rise interrupted<br />
by strobes of birds<br />
the sun wraps its wings<br />
around the day.<br />
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Cherry blossom sprinkles<br />
scattered round my feet<br />
window panes of sunlight<br />
dancing rays, they peek<br />
at my little footsteps<br />
dragging through the scent<br />
kicking up the fragrance<br />
and moments I have spent<br />
looking through the window<br />
gazing at a scene<br />
of cherry blossom petals<br />
and draping reds and pinks.Betsy Hubbardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10492340502962987362noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661258709145271417.post-91213610010441838692014-04-11T16:41:00.001-04:002014-04-11T16:41:13.840-04:00Favorites From a Facebook Collaborative Poetry Project<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Michelle at <a href="http://michellehbarnes.blogspot.com/">Today's Little Ditty</a> has the roundup!</div>
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I recently began putting a line or two in my status on Facebook. From there my Facebook friends leave comments creating the remaining lines. It has been fun to watch these poems progress and grow. It has also brought some who don't usually write poetry to join in with a line. It's less intimidating to generate a line but can be tricky when the poem is in flux.<br />
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Here are some offerings from the project:<br />
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The hurricane, a thief<br />
leaves the grass<br />
spiked and colorless.<br />
Sand, driven into the weathered boards.<br />
Wind whips about<br />
funneling and twisting back into the dark eye<br />
of a wrinkled face<br />
of a hopelessly insecure little round man.<br />
Rushing water unleashes gas tanks to bounce and bob down the river<br />
tearing century old covered bridges to shreds.<br />
Fear and rage keep me tethered<br />
tying me to the inner vortex.<br />
As if the hurricane-thief thought,<br />
I will take everything and leave you grass.<br />
Spiked colorless grass.<br />
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Tea Biscuit Memories<br />
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As my honey dipped spoon stirs my tea<br />
the aroma of biscuits fills the air.<br />
I hear my grandmother's steps cross to the oven.<br />
"Almost ready," she calls.<br />
The smell fills her kitchen.<br />
My stomach growls in anticipation<br />
as they emerge<br />
golden hued and inviting.<br />
Her house coat is tattered and worn,<br />
much like her skin it shows the age and wear.<br />
Every wrinkle is a story to be heard.<br />
She takes a long drag on her Lucky Strikes cigarette,<br />
pulls on the red flowered oven mitt and opens the oven door.<br />
Each artisan creation kneaded with love unconditional<br />
aroma and aesthetic needed to create a memory.<br />
As I waken, I feel blessed for the visit<br />
and can still smell the faint aroma of her floating in the air.<br />
I gaze at the curtains that once were hers.<br />
Hear her laughter and wise words.<br />
She lives in my heart.<br />
We pour green tea in fancy cups, in her honor.<br />
We call ourselves, Cassies's Girls.<br />
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<br />Betsy Hubbardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10492340502962987362noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661258709145271417.post-63725203333019138372014-04-07T11:40:00.000-04:002014-04-07T17:17:34.172-04:00Facebook Collaborative Poetry Project April 1-6I started a project on Facebook that I didn't originally know would take off. However, it has and I have to share the poems here. They have been fantastic, original and inspiring. Here are the first six poems created by my Facebook friends and I.<br />
**Keep in mind these are in their organic form, as they came in. :)<br />
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<span style="background: white;">spilling onto the page without thought.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">I write a lot of words, that only make sense to
me.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Onto the page.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Words of unspoken love and hope,</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Words of compassion and peace,</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Words scrawled<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Across the page, from the heart .<br />
</span></span><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt;">That lift effortlessly</span></span><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><br />
</span><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt;">Into the azure sky</span></span><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><br />
</span><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt;">Melting the frost</span></span><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><br />
</span><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt;">Of a long winter</span></span><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><br />
</span><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt;">That kiss the ground</span></span><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><br />
</span><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt;">And bloom the flowers</span></span><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><br />
</span><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt;">That bud the trees</span></span><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><br />
</span><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt;">And ruffle my hair</span></span><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><br />
</span><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt;">The words are mine alone, yet they speak to others</span></span><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><br />
</span><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt;">We form a bond with every verse. </span></span><br />
<span class="textexposedshow"><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt;">We change the world with every word.</span></span><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><br />
</span><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt;">Making in each word as if it were the last.</span></span><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><br />
</span><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt;">Beautiful words that touch the souls of stars that shine brightly</span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;">Intent on writing</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Only the words<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Not to be forgotten</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">like the tear drops</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">on my windowpane<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">washed away by time,</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">leaving only an<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
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</span><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt;">I whisper the names</span></span><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><br />
</span><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt;">of trinkets stored under</span></span><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><br />
</span><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt;">the cover of an old notebook.</span></span><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><br />
</span><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt;">A yellow pansy, a cartoon from the New Yorker</span></span><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><br />
</span><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt;">sent by a college suitor, a black and white photo</span></span><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><br />
</span><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt;">of a girl I once knew well. In bursts I remember.</span></span><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><br />
</span><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt;">Scramble from my pen,</span></span><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><br />
</span><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt;">Take up residence in my notebook,</span></span><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><br />
</span><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt;">Waiting to be</span></span><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><br />
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</span><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt;">And again in bursts, the kids come home, slamming the door open,
yelling, "What's for dinner, Mom? I'm starving!"</span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="uficommentbody">What I know is now lost</span><br />
<span class="uficommentbody">I look to the sky</span><br />
<span class="uficommentbody">the clouds full of dust</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="uficommentbody"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">My
mind rumbles</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="uficommentbody"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Memories
burning to be set free</span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="uficommentbody"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Restrained
only by the sanguine regrets of choices not made</span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="uficommentbody"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">And
our struggle to accept our missed opportunities while building new dreams</span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="uficommentbody"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">I
push at the dust, <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #f6f7f8; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 9pt 0.0001pt 0in;">
<span class="uficommentbody"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">watch
it dance in the air. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #f6f7f8; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 9pt 0.0001pt 0in;">
<span class="uficommentbody"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Swirling
through time, <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #f6f7f8; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 9pt 0.0001pt 0in;">
<span class="uficommentbody"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">I
search for reason and rhyme.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #f6f7f8; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 9pt 0.0001pt 0in;">
<span class="uficommentbody"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">How
I wish I could sparkle as the flame I once was, <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #f6f7f8; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 9pt 0.0001pt 0in;">
<span class="uficommentbody"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">that
my layers of colors would be somehow understood.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #f6f7f8; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 9pt 0.0001pt 0in;">
<span class="uficommentbody"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">By
no one but me</span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span class="textexposedshow"><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt;">
</span></span></div>
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<span class="uficommentbody"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Dance
in my head,</span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><br />
<span class="uficommentbody">Eager to find their way into the world.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
<span class="uficommentbody">They hover and smolder</span><br />
<span class="uficommentbody">They crackle and swirl</span><br />
<span class="uficommentbody">The flame is lit</span><br />
<span class="uficommentbody">New ideas explode!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span class="uficommentbody"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14pt;">April 4</span><sup>th</sup></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: none; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; padding: 0in;">
<br /></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Hunting doubted dreams,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><br />
<span style="background: white;">I tiptoe with my net</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">quiet like a mouse,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">slipping through
the dark</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Stalking my prey,</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">ready to pounce</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">To be a spider with
webbed fingers,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">but then my dreams
be burdened with chances of rain</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">or a sudden burst
of light letting my secret slip away</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Standing silent I
put down my net and listen</span><span class="uficommentbody"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: none; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; padding: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="background: white;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">April 5<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><sup><br /></sup></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span class="uficommentbody"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Mingling limbs, entangle the night</span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 9pt 0.0001pt 0in;">
<span class="uficommentbody"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">The
moon rests upon their branches.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 9pt 0.0001pt 0in;">
<span class="uficommentbody"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Swaying
gently in the wind</span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 9pt 0.0001pt 0in;">
<span class="uficommentbody"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Stretching
to reach the worlds above</span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 9pt 0.0001pt 0in;">
<span class="uficommentbody"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Stars
gaze down in adoration</span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="uficommentbody"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">love</span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 9pt 0.0001pt 0in;">
<span class="uficommentbody"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Gazing
up at the sky above</span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 9pt 0.0001pt 0in;">
<span class="uficommentbody"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">The
whispers heard by only a few</span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="uficommentbody"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Yet
many knew their name</span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 9pt 0.0001pt 0in;">
<span class="uficommentbody"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">They
float just out of reach</span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 9pt 0.0001pt 0in;">
<span class="uficommentbody"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Silver
moonlight surrounds them</span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 9pt 0.0001pt 0in;">
<span class="uficommentbody"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Reach,
Reach....They are yours.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="uficommentbody"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(235, 235, 235); border-top-width: 1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 9pt; padding: 7pt 0in 0in;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: none; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; padding: 0in;">
<span class="uficommentbody"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">April 6<sup>th</sup><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: none; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; padding: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: none; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; padding: 0in;">
<span class="uficommentbody"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Weathered memories</span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 9pt 0.0001pt 0in;">
<span class="uficommentbody"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">plucked
by fingers frail</span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 9pt 0.0001pt 0in;">
<span class="uficommentbody"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Like
the string of a bow that now sits unused</span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 9pt 0.0001pt 0in;">
<span class="uficommentbody"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Past
celebrations play like movie reels in the mind.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 9pt 0.0001pt 0in;">
<span class="uficommentbody"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">emotions
tumble in swiftly changing</span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 9pt 0.0001pt 0in;">
<span class="uficommentbody"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Tears
once shed in joy, now fall in sorrow.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 9pt 0.0001pt 0in;">
<span class="uficommentbody"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">But
still, hope resides in the pages of this book bound by time</span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 9pt 0.0001pt 0in;">
<span class="uficommentbody"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">and
chapters not yet ventured</span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 9pt 0.0001pt 0in;">
<span class="uficommentbody"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">With
every ending bringing a new beginning</span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 9pt 0.0001pt 0in;">
<span class="uficommentbody"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Every
beginning bringing new memories, seasoned until weathered again</span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 9pt 0.0001pt 0in;">
<span class="uficommentbody"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">It's
a salt and pepper life, with a dash of paprika.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="uficommentbody"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">A
splash of wine, some lemon zest, the scent of joy, and a sweet caress.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="uficommentbody">
<span class="uficommentbody"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span data-reactid=".q1.1:3:1:$comment10203492722829232_7284501:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.3.$metadata:0">Slip
to the back of the mind to be retrieved in the dawn of a new day</span></span></span></span></div>
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Betsy Hubbardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10492340502962987362noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661258709145271417.post-61399323838513659802014-01-31T12:06:00.001-05:002014-01-31T12:10:19.697-05:00Straight From the Heart<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I went into some classes this week to teach a poetry lesson. I asked students, "What is a poem?" The answers varied across the grade levels.<br />
"They rhyme."<br />
"There are poems about dogs."<br />
"They are like a song."<br />
"It's a little story."<br />
But the most touching answer for me was when a first grader said, "Something you write from your heart."<br />
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All these students understood some element of poetry, but this student understands it deeper. He realizes that these little stories about dogs, the rhymes, the little nuggets that poets pull from stories come from our hearts. It was as though he took those words straight from my mouth as I find myself always writing poetry from my heart. I'm sure you will agree.<br />
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Today is Chalk-A-Bration at my other blog, <a href="http://teachingyoungwriters.blogspot.com/">Teaching Young Writers</a>. You can get a peek at the lesson I taught and the poems students chalked from their hearts about what it is like "being them."<br />
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Here is my chalk poem for the day as I sit on yet another snow day in Michigan.<br />
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My thinking drips</div>
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like an ice cold slick.</div>
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I grab at drops</div>
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too quick as they slip.</div>
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Away from my tips</div>
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my fingers, they grip.</div>
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This chalk in my hand</div>
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my words finally land.</div>
Betsy Hubbardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10492340502962987362noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661258709145271417.post-84062252524947840042014-01-03T00:00:00.000-05:002014-01-04T13:34:58.365-05:00A Michigan Inspired Poetry Friday<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-8BCYG4mJ9vpN44tkANY7FFQxJR7zNweTGHWIscZ2cu0cVCA1BEMVtgP_s-5chtiRnmFPPQJkNcnJtopfBXXBPsoMSLfRmgcYT97RR6IDfFmfDc8T5qjYBMaN_oXA03zEBwFttc7b_bI/s1600/poetry+friday+button.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="137" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-8BCYG4mJ9vpN44tkANY7FFQxJR7zNweTGHWIscZ2cu0cVCA1BEMVtgP_s-5chtiRnmFPPQJkNcnJtopfBXXBPsoMSLfRmgcYT97RR6IDfFmfDc8T5qjYBMaN_oXA03zEBwFttc7b_bI/s200/poetry+friday+button.JPG" width="200" /></a>Poetry Friday is here. I am delighted to share poetry with my PF friends and celebrate my state. It is the first Friday of the newest of years, 2014. I hope you enjoyed a spirit filled New Year's Eve and an even better beginning on New Year's Day. Celebrate Michigan with me as I take you on a tiny tour.<br />
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For Christmas I received the book, POETRY IN MICHIGAN IN POETRY, edited by William Olsen and Jack Ridl. It is a beautiful book of poems and artwork. The first poem is so striking to me I had to include it here today as I celebrate the way I see my home, Michigan.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">At Burt Lake</span><br />
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To disappear into the right words<br />
and to be their meanings. . .<br />
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October dusk.<br />
Pink scraps of clouds, a plum-colored sky.<br />
The sycamore tree spills a few leaves.<br />
The cold focuses like a lens. . .<br />
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Now night falls, its hair<br />
caught in the lake's eye.<br />
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<i><a href="http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/at-burt-lake/">Read the rest here.</a></i><br />
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This poem speaks to me in a way I cannot describe any better than Andrews describes it here. The language of Michigan's beauty is a wonder and happens to you. Michigan is speaking. When you enter a forest in Michigan, the trees happen to you. When you gaze on the waters, they happen to you. When you trod on the trails and climb the ladderous roots of trees, they happen to you. It is the world in my eye and it happens to me. I see the poetry in Michigan at every turn. Everyone takes the views and interprets them for themselves. You take it in and it fills you like a dried up well overflowing with words, images, sounds...it happens. When you smell a coneflowered field it never ends. It happens to you. Close your eyes, breathe in and let it happen.<br />
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We recently had an ice storm in Michigan. I was further north when the ice began to accumulate on every surface available including power lines surrounding my home. Many were left without power on Christmas and forced to wrap presents by candlelight. I was fortunate and did not come home to frozen pipes or the sounds of generators in my neighborhood. Instead I saw twinkling ice that appeared to preserve moments. The sleds in neighboring yards glued to front hills. The teetering tree branches and downed trees in our woods. The branch littered yard and splintered wood. Bushes held still with layers of lacquered ice glistening.<br />
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This photo was taken by a friend and I thought it went perfectly with my poem below. Forgive me for the poem's shape. It just felt right, like a melting icicle into a mirror of a melting icicle. Sometimes a poem happens the way it is suppose to. I won't question it, too much.<br />
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I had hoped to go snowshoeing in December but following the ice we had warmer temperatures making it impossible. I would have to settle for a walk in my boots. However, in my fantasy of snowshoeing through the woods of pine and birch, this is how I imagined it. Not a true diamante poem, but again, it felt right.<br />
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brushing the clouds
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Spring cannot come too soon when you've entered a March snow storm. However, the melting, though slushy below, is beautiful above as branches are finally relieved of their weight.</div>
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Springing back</div>
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branches bounce</div>
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as the forgotten sun</div>
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sprinkles its light</div>
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onto the brown</div>
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bringing greens and hues of pink</div>
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in the sky on morning's</div>
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daybreak,</div>
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back to work.</div>
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Summer sunsets in Michigan are perhaps the most beautiful sight on a Michigan lake. Here is an old poem revisited from a summer sunset on an evening in July. </div>
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A blinding glare</div>
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paints squints and smiles.</div>
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The sunlit waves</div>
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and sand for miles.</div>
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Dukes and Yorks abound.</div>
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Then washed away,</div>
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the sun goes down.</div>
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Orange and pink</div>
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strokes of bliss.</div>
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Soothing sprays </div>
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of happiness.</div>
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Beauty </div>
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stares into my eyes.</div>
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my paradise.</div>
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If you have ever taken a color tour in Michigan you know that every hue is present. Crayola couldn't come up with a name for every color that Michigan provides. It is truly a breath taking sight to drive over a hill revealing a colorful bed below.</div>
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I hope I was able to transport you through each season of Michigan. I am so proud to live here and take in all the scenes as they happen to me.</div>
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Enjoy more poetry offerings as I round-up the day's poems below.<br />
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<span style="color: #999999;">Robyn, at <a href="http://www.robynhoodblack.com/blog.htm?post=941581">Life on the Deckle Edge</a> is in with a poem about "Home" from a new/old treasure, a hefty and original 1888 book from a friend. </span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;"><a href="http://buffysilverman.com/blog/?p=380">Buffy's Blog</a> joins in with a spidery moonlight poem she recently had published in Spider Magazine! </span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">Myra from <a href="http://gatheringbooks.wordpress.com/2014/01/03/poetry-friday-5/">Gathering Books</a> continues to feature poet, Nerisa Guevara. The poem Tremors will have you trembling at forgotten memories of lost love. </span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;"><a href="http://vnesdolypoems.wordpress.com/2014/01/02/january-february/">Violet Nesdoly</a> brings us a New Year's Resolution gone bad. I'm sure you can relate!</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">Julie Larios from <a href="http://julielarios.blogspot.com/">The Drift Record</a> has broken her new year's resolution already and posted a poem by Hailey Leiithauser, winner of this year's Emily Dickinson First Book Award. </span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">Greg Pincus gives us a preview of his year ahead at <a href="http://gottabook.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-year-in-preview-new-years-poem.html">Gottabook</a>.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">Charles Ghigna shares a poem called Moon Tree over at the <a href="http://bald-ego.blogspot.com/">Bald Ego</a>. </span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">Jone from <a href="http://maclibrary.wordpress.com/2014/01/03/poetry-friday-announcing-the-cybils-poetry-finalists/">Check it Out</a> share the diverse selection of poets nominated for the CYBILS.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">Tabatha Yeatts joins in from <a href="http://tabathayeatts.blogspot.com/2014/01/resolution-by-mhb.html">The Opposite of Indifference</a> with a winter poetry swap. </span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">Michelle Heidenrich Barnes welcomes in the new year with a lofty goals and a poem by Tabatha Yeatts from the Winter Poem Swap on <a href="http://michellehbarnes.blogspot.com/2014/01/secret-superpowers.html">Today's Little Ditty</a>. </span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">Liana shares her thoughts about the new year at <a href="http://commashavewings.com/its-that-time/">Commas Have Wings.</a></span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">Amy takes us back in time with her poem and a few announcements! Go visit her on <a href="http://www.poemfarm.amylv.com/2014/01/scrapbooks-stories-buttons.html">The Poem Farm.</a></span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">Jeff at <a href="http://ncteacherstuff.blogspot.com/2014/01/poetry-friday-looking-for-sunset-bird.html">NC Teacher Stuff</a> joins us with a Robert Frost poem about a seeking a sunset bird in winter. </span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;"><a href="http://readingtothecore.wordpress.com/2014/01/03/poetry-friday-this-moment/">Reading to the Core</a> comes with a poem from the Irish poet, Eavan Boland. Be sure to visit <i>This Moment</i>. </span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;"><a href="http://www.laurasalas.com/blog/ice-storm-pf/">Laura Purdie Salas</a> jumps in with an orchestra of winter noise on this cold Poetry Friday. </span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">Linda at <a href="http://lindakulp.blogspot.com/2014/01/celebrating.html">Write Time</a> shares a birthday poem and her outlook on a new year!</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">Linda at <a href="http://www.teacherdance.org/2014/01/poetry-friday-at-beginning-again.html">Teacherdance</a> shares a beautiful poem by Edith Sodergran. </span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">Becky at <a href="http://beckyshillington.blogspot.com/">Tapestry of Words</a> shares an antonym diamante poem and shares a bit about her secret love for January.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">Mrs. Nosal of <a href="http://mnosal.edublogs.org/2014/01/03/526/">Read For Your Life</a> brings us a poem about a <i>Snow Day</i> by Billy Collins. </span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">You will appreciate the humor in Mary Lee's post at <a href="http://readingyear.blogspot.com/2014/01/poetry-friday-comic-strip-edition.html">A Year of Reading</a>. She shares a series of Agnes comics on writing poetry. </span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">Margaret Simon from <a href="http://reflectionsontheteche.wordpress.com/2014/01/03/seeing-life-in-poems/">Reflections on the Teche</a> shares a poem about egrets in Mississippi. </span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">Steven Withrow from <a href="http://cracklesofspeech.blogspot.com/2014/01/poem-morning-walk.html">Crackles of Speech</a> takes us on a <i>Morning Walk</i> after a fresh snow fall. </span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">Irene Latham shares her One Little Word of 2014 at <a href="http://irenelatham.blogspot.com/2014/01/one-little-word-for-2014.html">Live Your Poem</a>. </span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">Ruth at <a href="http://thereisnosuchthingasagodforsakentown.blogspot.com/2014/01/poetry-friday-gods-garden.html">There's No Such Thing As A God-Forsaken Town</a> shares a poem about God's garden. </span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">Diane Mayr brings us three offerings today: A post card exchange at <a href="http://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2014/01/poetry-friday-akemashite-omedetou.html">Random Noodling</a> A poem for a snow day at <a href="http://www.kuriouskitty.blogspot.com/2014/01/poetry-friday-poem-for-snow-day.html">Kurious Kitty</a> And last, a haiku quote at <a href="http://www.kkskwotes.blogspot.com/2014/01/poetry-friday.html">KK's Kwotes</a>. </span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">Cathy from <a href="http://merelydaybyday.blogspot.com/2014/01/poetry-friday-evergreen.html">Merely Day By Day</a> joins in with a poem about the mighty evergreen who in any other season might get lost among the trees. </span><span style="color: #999999;">Mrs. Bennett shares a snow day celebration with Billy Collins at <a href="http://usedbooksinclass.com/2014/01/03/poetry-friday-best-two-words-in-winter-snow-day/">Used Books in Class</a>. </span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">Tara at <a href="http://ateachinglifedotcom.wordpress.com/2014/01/03/poetry-friday-snow-snow-and-more-snow/">A Teaching Life</a> brings us a poem that celebrates the silence of snow. </span><span style="color: #999999;">Anastasia Suen shares a haiku in celebration of the CYBILS at <a href="http://www.asuen.com/poetry/cybils-shortlist/">Poet! Poet!</a></span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">Bridget Magee shares a loose tooth poem at <a href="http://weewordsforweeones.blogspot.com/2014/01/loose-tooth.html">Wee Words for Wee Ones</a>.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">This week at <a href="http://slayground.livejournal.com/768200.html">Slayground</a> we get a dose of Mary Oliver. Love her. </span>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Keri from <a href="http://kerirecommends.com/2014/01/03/poetry-friday--bridge-over-troubled-water.aspx">Keri Recommends</a> brings us a story of her grandmother and a song they shared for a brief moment on a recent visit. </span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;"><a href="http://mainelywrite.blogspot.com/2014/01/static-cat.html">Mainely Write</a> brings us a <i>Static Cat</i> full of alliteration. </span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">Robin from <a href="http://teachingtomorrowsleaders.blogspot.com/2014/01/poetry-friday-generating-light.html">Teaching Tomorrow's Leaders</a> comes with a OLW post and shines brightly. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Joy from <a href="http://www.poetryforkidsjoy.blogspot.com/">Poetry for Kids Joy</a> is joining us with a poem about opening doors.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Kelly comes to us with a poem celebrating football season! Check her out at <a href="http://kellyrfineman.livejournal.com/816565.html">Writing and Ruminating</a>. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://diacalhoun.blogspot.com/2014/01/poetry-friday-apple-witch.html">Dia Calhoun</a> joins in with a poem from her book Eva of the Farm. </span><br />
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Betsy Hubbardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10492340502962987362noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661258709145271417.post-3148518283136768062013-12-07T16:19:00.000-05:002013-12-07T16:19:21.532-05:00Never StopLegs bent in a diagonal<br />
I sit on my feet<br />
head leaning on the wall<br />
watching you run<br />
run the circle in our house<br />
"NO running in the house,"<br />
expired long ago<br />
as you got faster<br />
laughed harder, who could stop you<br />
I watch you chase her<br />
grabbing the wall<br />
swinging around the curve<br />
you run<br />
run out of breath and have to stop<br />
bending down for breath<br />
smile blazing<br />
sister tags and you're off<br />
I watch you run around the circle<br />
a little bigger at every turn<br />
when will you stop running<br />
stop to take a breath<br />
a longer breath<br />
and then just stop.<br />
I ask,<br />
you answer<br />
"I'm never going to stop."<br />
I'm good with that.<br />
Never stop.Betsy Hubbardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10492340502962987362noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661258709145271417.post-63930412491236045602013-12-06T06:18:00.002-05:002013-12-06T06:22:23.810-05:00Jingling Chatter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Robyn at <a href="http://www.robynhoodblack.com/blog.htm?post=938974">Life on the Deckle Edge</a> has the roundup today.</div>
Coins clatter<br />
pocket chatter<br />
splitting through<br />
the walls of matter<br />
straight in my ears<br />
out through my eyes<br />
a jangling jingle<br />
in disguise.<br />
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Yesterday I chalked the first two lines of this poem as part of my Chalk-A-Day for #nerdlution on Twitter. I thought I would expand on it and think more about what I was visualizing when I wrote those first two lines. In the spirit of the season, a jingle bell came into play, but it didn't stay.Betsy Hubbardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10492340502962987362noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661258709145271417.post-88496266227718122262013-11-29T09:04:00.004-05:002013-11-29T09:04:59.262-05:00Eternal<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was reading some posts this morning. I stopped by <a href="http://www.teacherdance.org/2013/11/remembering-last-weekend-celebrating-my.html">Teacherdance</a> to visit Linda's latest offering and got inspired to write this:<br />
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<span lang="EN-US">Poetry,</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">in a state of arrest?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">No.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">No need for resurrection </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">or defibrillation.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">It lives each day</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">in a flow of words</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">from my pitcher.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">It fills my cup, brimming</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">spilling over onto my page.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Poetry is eternal.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"> </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">the poem song</span></div>
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Betsy Hubbardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10492340502962987362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661258709145271417.post-37644674142040600562013-11-08T00:00:00.000-05:002013-11-08T00:00:00.244-05:00A Flake in Fallflakes fall<br />
the first snow<br />
cold on my head<br />
freezing my toes<br />
I stand in the air<br />
I breathe<br />
like a dream<br />
the flakes<br />
like vapor<br />
disappear<br />
dissipate<br />
my discouraged hour<br />
gone<br />
I awake<br />
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Join the poetry party at <a href="http://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2013/11/ready-for-round-up.html">Random Noodling</a>.</div>
Betsy Hubbardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10492340502962987362noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661258709145271417.post-88722433743874782952013-10-17T21:07:00.000-04:002013-10-17T21:10:38.001-04:00Tiny Hands<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Visit Cathy for the round-up at <a href="http://merelydaybyday.blogspot.com/">Merely Day By Day</a>.</div>
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Tiny things...this seems to be on my mind lately. I wrote a post on <a href="https://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/10/17/a-tiny-invitation/">Two Writing Teachers</a> Thursday and a commenter said it sounded like the start of a poem. I thought, of course, it must be. So I went with it and created a little poem about tiny hands.<br />
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miniature fingers</div>
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tiny but mighty.Betsy Hubbardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10492340502962987362noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661258709145271417.post-63560759240546930992013-10-11T06:18:00.000-04:002013-10-11T06:18:27.613-04:00Morning Quiet Song<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Take a peek into some poetry at <a href="http://www.laurasalas.com/blog/pf-buckled-bricks/">Writing the World for Kids</a> with Laura Purdie Salas. You can also find me over at Amy Ludwig VanDerwater's blog <a href="http://www.sharingournotebooks.amylv.com/2013/10/betsy-hubbard-sharing-my-heart-on-page.html">Sharing Our Notebooks</a>.</div>
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Here is my Poetry Friday haiku of a morning quiet song.</div>
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in morning stillness </div>
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one cricket chirps in the dark</div>
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stars turn into sun</div>
Betsy Hubbardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10492340502962987362noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661258709145271417.post-17663160722974085672013-09-27T22:51:00.001-04:002013-09-27T22:51:38.322-04:00Evening of Laughter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Go visit <a href="http://www.poemfarm.amylv.com/2013/09/poetry-friday-is-here.html">The Poem Farm</a> with Amy Ludwig VanDerwater for the roundup! </div>
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I was lucky this evening to share a dinner table with Mary Lee Hahn, Cathy Mere, Deb Frazier and Marie Nixon. What great company and there was lots of laughter. I kept talking about how I didn't have a poem for today. I kept seeing things on my drive all afternoon that would be great, but got nothing. I had little nuggets and lines but it all sounded so random. So, I decided a random poem was in order. It turned out not so random after all...at least not entirely. :)<br />
I hope you all had a lovely Poetry Friday.<br />
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a random</div>
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dairy dream</div>
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ocean breeze</div>
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cool night air</div>
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sitting here</div>
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watching there</div>
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warmth and laughter</div>
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everywhere</div>
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my hair a net</div>
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to capture life</div>
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I hold it close</div>
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all through the night.</div>
Betsy Hubbardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10492340502962987362noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661258709145271417.post-63385217401977368582013-09-20T20:55:00.004-04:002013-09-21T13:45:05.756-04:00Dark Horses<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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To me.</div>
Betsy Hubbardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10492340502962987362noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661258709145271417.post-31174558188706874982013-09-13T06:18:00.001-04:002013-09-13T06:18:24.745-04:00Earthetry Re-Visited with Tagxedo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
This week our host is Jen from <a href="http://www.teachmentortexts.com/#axzz2elaaGXu7">Teach Mentor Texts</a>!</div>
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Haven't done this in a while but remembered when Mary Lee first introduced me to Wordle inspired poems. So, I gave <a href="http://www.tagxedo.com/">Tagxedo</a> a try this time with an old post titled <a href="http://ithinkinpoems.blogspot.com/2013/07/earthetry-earth-inspired-poetry.html">Earthetry</a>. </div>
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A poetry smile<br />
spreads over my lips<br />
poem inspired<br />
happiness rich.<br />
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Imagining an hour<br />
with rays for trees<br />
the sun as the breeze<br />
eyes crinkled and green.<br />
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Reading the words<br />
of pine sweet views<br />
sometimes I think<br />
earth's windows look through. <br />
<br />Betsy Hubbardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10492340502962987362noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661258709145271417.post-67925850196497299622013-09-06T05:54:00.001-04:002013-09-06T05:54:14.585-04:00Words Flow<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Poetry Friday is hosted by <a href="http://authoramok.blogspot.com/">Author Amok</a> this week. Join in and read some poetry with friends. </div>
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Thank you Tara from <a href="http://tmsteach.blogspot.com/2013/08/poetry-friday-william-blake-schoolboy.html">A Teaching Life</a> for hosting Poetry Friday!</div>
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Please, please, please go to <a href="http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2013/08/30/where-is-poetry-its-everywhere-guest-post-by-betsy-hubbard/">Two Writing Teachers</a> blog today to read my guest post on "Where is Poetry? It's Everywhere." I share some personal early on experiences with poetry and talk about the importance it has in the classroom....everyday. </div>
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You found it! I am excited to be hosting Poetry Friday once again, but from my newer blog...my toddler, one might say! I have been working on other writing projects about poetry instead of writing poems lately. But, as I sat here this week pondering a poem, a rhyme, anything really I realized all I can think about is summer slipping away. How it comes and then it goes and we all move through to the next season.<br />
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I hope you will all join me for Chalk-A-Bration on Saturday August, 31st! I hope to keep the Chalk-A-Bration going all year long this time so be sure to join in and check out all the chalkers next week!<br />
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And now onto my offerings of the day...<br />
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summer<br />
stands<br />
still<br />
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sending<br />
sweet<br />
scents<br />
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sun<br />
sings<br />
so-long<br />
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sweet<br />
summer<br />
song<br />
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And then.....I saw a bee! I am so easily distracted. But, had to write about it, because it was a bee buzzing really close to me on my hydrangea bush. Don't worry, the bee was unharmed.<br />
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And so begins the roundup.....drum roll......<br />
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Go catch some fish with Charles Ghigna over at<a href="http://www.charlesghigna.blogspot.com/"> Father Goose</a>!<br />
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<a href="http://maclibrary.wordpress.com/2013/08/22/poetry-friday-collaborative-poem-and-information-about-the-cybils/">Check it Out</a> with Jone where she shares a collaborative poem with Mary Lee and information on the Cybils.<br />
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Linda, from <a href="http://teacherdance.blogspot.com/2013/08/new-year-new-reading.html">Teacherdance</a>, wrote a poem back in April using a prompt idea shared by Mary Lee! Linda shares this poem as well as some thoughts about beginning the new school year.<br />
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April has guest Sonya Sones who offers teaching tips and a big poetry reveal at <a href="http://www.teachingauthors.com/2013/08/unreliable-narrator-verse-novelist.html">Teaching Authors</a>. But that's not all...there's a book giveaway!<br />
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Join BJ Lee over at <a href="http://www.bluewindow.weebly.com/">Blue Window</a> for an original ballad.<br />
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Myra at <a href="http://gatheringbooks.wordpress.com/2013/08/23/poetry-friday-a-heroic-crown-of-sonnets-in-a-wreath-for-emmett-till/">Gathering Books</a> shares a wreath of words and a heroic crown of sonnets.<br />
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This week at <a href="http://julielarios.blogspot.com/2013/08/john-hollander-imagine-studying-poetry.html">The Drift Record</a>, Julie posts several double dactyls and challenges readers to write one as a way to honor the late poet John Hollander.<br />
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Michelle shares an original mask poem titled "Sky Calling" at <a href="http://michellehbarnes.blogspot.com/2013/08/sky-calling.html">Today's Little Ditty</a>.<br />
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Tabatha at <a href="http://tabathayeatts.blogspot.com/2013/08/a-cleave-poem.html">The Opposite of Indifference</a> has a cleave poem.<br />
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Mary Lee shares two poetry book reviews as she begins a busy school year. Go see the reviews at <a href="http://readingyear.blogspot.com/2013/08/poetry-friday-back-to-school.html">A Year of Reading</a>.<br />
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At <a href="http://carolwscorner.blogspot.com/2013/08/poetry-friday.html">Carol's Corner</a> you will find a poem celebrating the unknowns of "The First Day of School" by Judith Viorst.<br />
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Margaret has an exercise she did with her kids this week at <a href="http://reflectionsontheteche.wordpress.com/2013/08/23/clair-de-lune/">Reflection on the Teche</a>.<br />
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At <a href="http://thelatebloomersbookblog.blogspot.com/2013/08/friday-is-hosted-by-i-think-in-poems.html">The Late Bloomer's Book Blog</a> Gigi has some entertaining animal poetry.<br />
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Irene Latham has Valerie Worth poems about farm animals this Poetry Friday at Live <a href="http://www.irenelatham.blogspot.com/2013/08/valerie-worth-poems-about-farm-animals.html">Your Poem</a>.<br />
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Jama is back from a blogging break and is featuring Kate Lebo, Seattle's Pie Poet. Go check it out at<a href="http://jamarattigan.com/2013/08/23/friday-feast-kate-lebos-pie-losophy/"> Jama's Alphabet Soup.</a><br />
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Join <a href="http://authoramok.blogspot.com/2013/08/poetry-friday-eye-witness-poetry.html">Author Amok</a> in Gettysburg while her family tours the battlefields ans she shares a poem by a Confederate veteran, describing (some think) the doomed and famous Pickett's Charge.<br />
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Stefanie from <a href="http://morningmusing.weebly.com/1/post/2013/08/rhythm-of-summer.html">Morning Musing</a> comes with an ode to one of her favorite summer activities.<br />
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Want to read an original poem from the garden? Join<a href="http://elizabethsteinglass.com/2013/08/fuzzy-tails/"> Liz Steinglass</a> at her blog for some Fuzzy Tails.<br />
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Diane swoops in with a summer poem at <a href="http://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2013/08/poetry-friday-my-summer-poem-swap-poems.html">Random Noodling</a> and of course <a href="http://kkskwotes.blogspot.com/2013/08/poetry-friday_23.html">KK's Kwotes</a> joins us too!<br />
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Check out some Poetry Resources from Penny at <a href="http://wp.me/p22d5X-J7">a penny and her jots.</a><br />
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Jeannine wrote about deepening poems at <a href="http://jeannineatkinsonwritingandstuff.wordpress.com/2013/08/23/deepening/">Views from a Window Seat</a>.<br />
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Ruth has Christina Ressetti's "In an Artist's Studio," at <a href="http://thereisnosuchthingasagodforsakentown.blogspot.com/2013/08/poetry-friday-in-artists-studio.html">There is no such thing as a God-forsaken town</a>.<br />
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At <a href="http://www.asuen.com/poetry/why-haiku/">Poet! Poet!</a> Anastasia shares a "Why Haiku" that she wrote for Michelle's Haiku garden.<br />
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Keri joins us with her last poem swap at <a href="http://kerirecommends.com/2013/08/23/final-poem-swap-postcard-for-jone.aspx">Keri Recommends</a>.<br />
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Ready for a double haiku about an emu? Go get it with Becky at <a href="http://www.beckyshillington.blogspot.com/">Tapestry of Words</a>.<br />
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Matt joins in with a poem called "To the Newborn," at <a href="http://mattforrest.wordpress.com/2013/08/23/poetry-friday-to-the-newborn-for-phoebe/">Radio, Rhythm & Rhyme</a>. You must stop here to see this precious new baby.<br />
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<a href="http://slayground.livejournal.com/">Little Willow</a> joins in with Universal by Walt Whitman.<br />
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At <a href="http://i.droo.it/">i.droo.it</a> has five new poems and 15 lunchbox doodle cartons as a result of taking suggestions from twitter and Facebook for challenging poem vocabulary. Check out the tricky words with Samuel.<br />
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The <a href="http://mmsocks.wordpress.com/2013/08/18/mr-knuckles/">Drawer of M.M. Socks</a> brings us an original poem about Mr. Knuckles!<br />
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Find an original poem and a writing exercise with Joy at <a href="http://www.poetryforkidsjoy.blogspot.com/">Poetry for Kids Joy</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://www.joannmacken.com/blog.htm?post=924829">JoAnn</a> has an original poem in The Fib form, check out her blog to learn more!<br />
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In this week with Billy Collins and Aimless Love is <a href="http://karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2013/08/poetry-friday-billy-collins-because-he.html">Karen</a>.<br />
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With a poem called Surrender <a href="http://diacalhoun.blogspot.com/2013/08/surrender-poetry-friday.html">Dia</a> joins the party.<br />
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Robin joins us from <a href="http://teachingtomorrowsleaders.blogspot.com/2013/08/revisit-and-revise-summer-bathtub.html">Teaching Tomorrow's Leaders</a> with a new and improved revised version of a poem called The Summer Bathtub.<br />
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Liana joins us from <a href="http://commashavewings.com/poetry-in-schools/">Commas Have Wings</a>, she is a poetry advocate (love her already). Go read her poetic share!<br />
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Doraine's post from <a href="http://dorireads.blogspot.com/2013/08/little-dong-lost.html#comment-form">Dori Reads</a> was inspired by <i>Little Dog, Lost </i>by Marion Dane Bauer.<br />
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Jen from <a href="http://www.teachmentortexts.com/2013/08/falling-hard-and-poetry-friday-part-2.html#axzz2csppZQm9">Teach Mentor Texts</a> brings us two poems from the book <i>Falling Hard, 100 Love Poems by Teenagers</i> by Betsy Franco.<br />
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Bridget Magee brings a poem about three little...but big on importance words. Find her at <a href="http://weewordsforweeones.blogspot.com/2013/08/three-little-words.html">wee words for wee ones.</a><br />
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Amy from <a href="http://www.poemfarm.amylv.com/2013/08/some-cats-life-in-new-york-city.html">The Poem Farm</a> is in late but joins us with a post including some cats and life in New York City.<br />
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Roundup complete now onto reading all of you! Happy weekend poetry friends.Betsy Hubbardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10492340502962987362noreply@blogger.com43tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661258709145271417.post-13044433437797276372013-08-09T00:00:00.000-04:002013-08-09T09:48:50.071-04:00A Hunch<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
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<b>Sun Night Light</b><br />
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moon<br />
beams<br />
his light<br />
never sleeps<br />
it shines<br />
over me<br />
each night<br />
in the dark<br />
no fire<br />
not burning<br />
but reflecting<br />
his beauty<br />
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I think about the sun a lot. It is there everyday, hard not to. But even when I am squinting, or sweating in its heat I appreciate the sun. Even when he goes to shine on others around the corner he still shines for us at night when he kisses the moon. The moon is my sun night light.<br />
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Meet up at <a href="http://teachingyoungwriters.blogspot.com/">Teaching Young Writers</a> for a Chalk-A-Bration on July 31st! Chalk a poem or illustrate one, take a photo and link it next Wednesday. Hope to see you there.Betsy Hubbardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10492340502962987362noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661258709145271417.post-35718034292983308032013-07-19T21:27:00.002-04:002013-07-19T21:28:42.580-04:00Earthetry: Earth Inspired Poetry<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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More poems inspired by the U.P. of Michigan.<br />
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<b>Bright</b><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">Sun in my eyes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">pupils small<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">crinkled brow<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I strain to smile<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">the rays are silent<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">but the growth<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">thunderously<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">billows in the grass and<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">greens as I</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">walk……..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>Smile</b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I imagine happiness </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">smelling like a pine cone,</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">sweet, earthy, </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">real.</span></div>
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<b>Windows</b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Hills and mountains</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">topped with trees</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">rocky islands</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">lined with leaves</span></div>
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evergreens</div>
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<span lang="EN-US">piney stems</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">greenlit views</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">sun sprinkled in</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">like little windows</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">on a birch</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">the rays more round</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">my view in search</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">of little fairies</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">watching me</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I hear them scurry</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I hear them flee.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>Little Rock Island</b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Little island</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">distant land</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">isolated from</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">your own sand</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">your own trees</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">defy and find</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">through the cracks</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">birch and pine</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">row and tow</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">the people go</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">to test your water</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">with chill dipped toes.</span></div>
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Betsy Hubbardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10492340502962987362noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661258709145271417.post-37681058515697886482013-07-16T08:23:00.001-04:002013-07-16T08:23:13.287-04:00Honeymoon<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Pthps8NttkPaavA70clrywCY120558HdKVHL5mqRhRCaJ7dFG-715-DCn3Dv5wjRZnzSu5Q4FGoDcCSDhbWowY_HtNR57n5-NJJ74Iy0E3CjZrS_3D7WVbDS9p51J0N-XrE9Aeu7ijk/s1600/sols_yellow.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Pthps8NttkPaavA70clrywCY120558HdKVHL5mqRhRCaJ7dFG-715-DCn3Dv5wjRZnzSu5Q4FGoDcCSDhbWowY_HtNR57n5-NJJ74Iy0E3CjZrS_3D7WVbDS9p51J0N-XrE9Aeu7ijk/s200/sols_yellow.gif" width="200" /></a>My children were having a conversation in the car and it lead to this:<br />
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J, "What's a honeymoon?"<br />
E, "It's when honey gets on the moon."<br />
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My thought..."honey on the moon." Don't you just instantly see that? The fact that it started with the word honeymoon lead me to a love poem. Short and sweet like a drop of honey. Long on meaning if you are struggling with the sticky strings of love.<br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>Love</b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Like honey on the moon<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I fall right back to you<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Slow and golden sweet<o:p></o:p></span></div>
My heart’s biggest feat.<br />
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