Poetry Friday Round-up is at The Poem Farm.
Some days don’t go as planned. As you know, I am trying to do a poem a day using ABCs of styles, forms, and techniques. For Day 3, letter C, we got so wrapped up in book talks that we had little time left for writing.
As we reviewed the results of Round 4 on MMPoetry, we found the words for the final round. Incontinent, kerfuffle, confabulation, and defenestrate. After discussion, collaboration led to a haiku using the word defenestration. I showed my students this new app I learned about from Kevin Hodgson and Michelle Haseltine, Notegraphy. It works well for a collaborative haiku.
The line lifter lurked on my students’ blogs and left some cool response poems. The kids were so excited that their poems had been hacked! Thanks, Kevin.
Me –
the mold on the wall,
sticks to you like thoughts in your head
that you can’t ever shake loose
or clean with a swipe
or maybe I am more like a poem
that one shares on the Web
which then whispers melodies of meaning in your ear
all day.– Mr. Hodgson
Sixth Grade Teacher
Norris Elementary School
aka, the line lifter
🙂
Kaylie stopped by our class blog and saw no poems using the letter C. That didn’t stop her from contributing. She wrote a beautiful couplet about pelicans.
The pelican flies out towards dawn
Past the orange sunrise and so onThey travel in pairs across the sky
When the bayou has gone bone dryThey long for the feel of the wet on their feathers
The bayou is where their hearts are tetheredThe pelican flies out towards dawn
Past the orange sunrise… on and on and on…
–Kaylie, all rights reserved
Please click on over to Caroline Starr Rose’s blog where I am the guest writer. My post is more about anaphora.
Reflections on the Teche 
Oh, pelican! What a lovely poem by Kaylie. And such a treat to read about a different place with different animals. No pelicans here in Buffalo, NY. I will check out Notegraphy. Thank you. Happy Poetry Friday!
How terrific that your students are writing along with March Madness!
I love The Line Lifter. 😉 “Defenestration” is an hilarious word. 😉 I really like this line from Kaylie’s poem: The bayou is where their hearts are tethered
Such a gorgeous poem by Kaylie!
Such a wonderful “Compilation” of your work, Margaret. I love the pelican poem, first discovered them (in person) on a trip to Mexico long ago.
Margaret, you and the students are doing such fine work! How inspiring. Keep it coming!!
So much creativity bursting from the walls of your classroom, Margaret!
Always wonderful to see the work of your students. They are amazing. 🙂
Your students sleigh me. It’s got to be hard to keep up.
Kaylie, I live in land-locked Ohio and have never seen pelicans fly over a bayou…until I read your poem.
These lines from Kaylie’s poem:
“They long for the feel of the wet on their feathers
The bayou is where their hearts are tethered”
caught my attention right away. Love that “hearts are tethered” slant rhyme with “feathers.” Nice job Kaylie.
Margaret – I was touched to see how you are using the MM Poetry words to inspire poetry writing in your students. How wonderful and so much fun! I also wanted to thank you again for signing up your classroom to vote in the MM Poetry Contest!