Poetry Friday round-up is with Laura Shovan.
One of the best parts of this Poetry Friday community is the Winter poem swap managed by Tabatha Yeats. My recipient this year was Matt Forrest Esenwine. He posted my gift and poem on his site today along with a virtual Christmas party.
I received a handmade journal and a poem from Linda Mitchell. She is in my writing group. How serendipitous! She explained that she had gathered words and phrases from one of our Zoom meetings and weaved them together into this amazing reverso poem. She also hand made the little snowman from cutting paper from an old discarded picture book.
With my students this week, we explored word wandering. I remembered first seeing this idea on Today’s Little Ditty when Michelle featured Nikki Grimes. Some great examples are included in the Best of Today’s Little Ditty, 2014-2105. Breighlynn wandered with the word bell.
Bell
by Breighlynn
Bell is a shiny word,
the music in my ears
Ding! Ding!
The bell rings for school
for lunch
even playtime
Bells help us learn
just like music.
I played around with a few words in my notebook, and each one seemed to lead me to babies. (Wonder why?)
Small is a tiny word
rolling on the page
where nothing is too small
to be noticed.Small is my baby boy.
His lips circle and stretch
as he tastes the world.Whenever you feel small,
think of this tiny miracle
and you will know
the truth
of pure love.(draft) Margaret Simon
Grandbaby Leo with the blanket I made for him.
Reflections on the Teche 