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Kidlit Progressive Poem 2021

I’m a case of kindness – come and catch me if you can!
Easily contagious – sharing smiles is my plan.
I’ll spread my joy both far and wide
As a force of nature, I’ll be undenied.

Words like, “how can I help?” will bloom in the street.
A new girl alone on the playground – let’s meet, let’s meet!
We can jump-skip together in a double-dutch round.
Over, under, jump and wonder, touch the ground.

Friends can be found when you open a door.
Side by side, let’s walk through, there’s a world to explore.
We’ll hike through a forest of towering trees.
Find a stream we can follow while we bask in the breeze.

Pull off our shoes and socks, dip our toes in the icy spring water
When you’re with friends, there’s no have to or oughter.
What could we make with leaves and litter
Let’s find pine needles, turn into vine knitters.

We’ll lie on our backs and find shapes in the sky.
We giggle together: See the bird! Now we fly!
Inspired by nature, our imaginations soar.
Follow that humpback! Here, take an oar.

Ahh! Here comes a wave – let’s hold on tight,
splashing and laughing, let’s play until night!
When the Milky Way sparkles, and the moon’s overhead,
we make a pretend campfire and tell stories we’ve read.

Some stories are true and some myths of our time.
I love all of them, but my favorite ones rhyme!
With windows to see other lives, other places
We’ll find and treasure a rainbow of faces.

When you open your heart to a new friend
kindness for another kindles and ascends!

Progressive Poem Illustration, 2021, © Michelle Kogan, pen & ink & watercolor

Here are all the stops the poem has made throughout the month

2021 Progressive Poem Itinerary:

1 Kat Apel at katswhiskers
2 Linda Mitchell at A Word Edgewise
3 Mary Lee at A Year of Reading
4 Donna Smith at Mainly Write
5 Irene Latham at Live your Poem
6 Jan Godown Annino at BookseedStudio
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
11 Buffy Silverman
12 Janet Fagel at Reflections on the Teche
13 Jone Rush MacCulloch
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 at https://timgels.com
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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  • 2022 Kidlit Progressive Poem

    April 1 Irene at Live Your Poem
    2 Donna Smith at Mainly Write
    3 Catherine Flynn at Reading to the Core
    4 Mary Lee at A(nother) Year of Reading
    5 Buffy at Buffy Silverman
    6 Molly at Nix the Comfort Zone
    7 Kim Johnson at Common Threads
    8 Rose Cappelli at Imagine the Possibilities
    9 Carol Varsalona at Beyond Literacy Link
    10 Linda Baie at Teacher Dance
    11 Janet Fagel at Reflections on the Teche
    12 Jone at Jone Rush MacCulloch
    13 Karin Fisher-Golton at Still in Awe
    14 Denise Krebs at Dare to Care
    15 Carol Labuzzetta @ The Apples in my Orchard
    16 Heidi Mordhorst at My Juicy Little Universe
    17 Ruth at There is no such thing as a God-forsaken Town
    18 Patricia at Reverie
    19 Christie at Wondering and Wandering
    20 Robyn Hood Black at Life on the Deckle Edge
    21 Kevin at Dog Trax
    22 Margaret at Reflections on the Teche
    23 Leigh Anne at A Day in the Life
    24 Marcie Atkins
    25 Marilyn Garcia
    26 JoAnn Early Macken
    27 Janice at Salt City Verse
    28 Tabatha at The Opposite of Indifference
    29 Karen Eastlund at Karen’s Got a Blog
    30 Michelle Kogan Painting, Illustration, & Writing

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