September 23, 2016 by margaretsmn
Poetry Friday is with Catherine at Reading to the Core.
I am a big fan of poet Laura Purdie Salas. Every Thursday she posts an image and invites her readers to write a poem in 15 words or less. I love this challenge. Her post yesterday reminded me of sparklers. I left the computer, made coffee, and these words came into my head. Then last night’s Good2Great chat (#G2Great) was about Dreaming Big. This is what my Big Dream is all about: lighting that fire of passion in my students.
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5 Irene Latham at Live your Poem
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7 Rose Cappelli at Imagine the Possibilities
8 Denise Krebs at Dare to Care
9 Margaret Simon at Reflections on the Teche
10 Molly Hogan at Nix the Comfort Zone
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14 Susan Bruck at Soul Blossom Living
15 Wendy Taleo at Tales in eLearning
16 Heidi Mordhorst at my juicy little universe
17 Tricia Stohr Hunt at The Miss Rumphius Effect
18 Linda Baie at Teacher Dance
19 Carol Varsalona at Beyond Literacy Link
20 Robyn Hood Black at Life on the Deckle Edge
21 Leigh Anne Eck at A Day in the Life
22 Ruth Hersey at There is No Such Thing as a God-forsaken Town
23 Janice Scully at Salt City Verse
24 Tabatha Yeatts at The Opposite of Indifference
25 Shari Daniels at Islands of my Soul
26 Tim Gels at Yet There is Method
27 Rebecca Newman
28 Catherine Flynn at Reading to the Core
29 Christie Wyman at Wondering and Wondering
30 Michelle Kogan at More Art 4 All
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Gorgeous, and like so many, poems show what’s truth.
YES! What a wonderful reminder for us educators to always seek to light that sparkler, and to nurture it and keep it burning brightly.
Absolutely! What a great challenge you shared as well. Have a spectacular weekend, Margaret!
Yes! And you are always at the ready with a flame. Brilliant. 🙂
Margaret, this is so inspiring and so YOU! When teachers feel that way about their students, when people feel that way about children in general, a child in such a person’s sphere can’t help but sparkle.
I love this, Margaret! It’s such a joy to see that inner sparkler begin to glimmer. I’m going to print it and post it by my desk!
I love this! First, I didn’t know about the Thursday challenge. I tell you what…..EVERY Poetry Friday I learn something wonderful and new from friends. And, the idea of sparklers to be lit. Yes, that’s it….that’s it exactly. I may need to make a poster of this for my office door. Thank you Margaret for the spark that you are to your students — me included.
Fabulous. I love that it sparks more than a fire does. A sparkler is perfect.
Love it. Adults, do, too! 🙂
I’m so glad you shared this, Margaret. It’s rather devastating in its clarity and urgency! Plus it’s beautiful. And thanks for the 15WOL shoutout:>)
Beautiful image, Margaret – I immediately thought of my 24-year-old-teacher-daughter, starting her third year as a third-grade teacher. It’s been amazing to “see” her finding that hidden sparkler in her kids. Happy Fall!
Aw, that’s great, Margaret! What a beautiful thing to see.