Posted in Poetry, Writing, tagged #playwithpoetrynpm, haiku, magnetic poetry, metaphor dice on April 27, 2019| 1 Comment »
The more I play with the poetry tools, the less I trust them. I want to manipulate the words into something, anything that rings true. Yesterday I combined magnetic word pieces with metaphor dice. Both of these poems interested me, but I don’t think either is a great poem. Let’s just live in the moment for a moment.
White misty rose
unspoken kiss
of light wine
True summer echoes
as delicate time lost
my bare feet say-shine
Posted in Poetry, Writing, tagged Earth Day, haiku, nature on April 22, 2019| 2 Comments »
Over the weekend I bought a new magnetic poetry kit, The Edgar Allan Poe version. Lots of words spread out on a cookie sheet. I created an Earth Day haiku.
Posted in Gratitude, Photography, Slice of Life, Travel, Writing, tagged Dani Burtsfield, Glacier Park, haiku, hiking, Montana, St. Mary Lake on July 10, 2018| 11 Comments »
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St. Mary Falls, Glacier Park
Montana mountains
marvel me with rugged peaks
water blue as topaz.
Bear Grass wildflower
Glacier Park, Montana
Bear grass blossoms
a mountain spray of stars
invite travelers in.
Kayaker on St. Mary Lake, Glacier Park, Montana.
Lone kayak streams
rock mosaic reflection
private piece of heaven
I understand why Basho turned to haiku to capture moments in nature. They are just too big to write big about. Last week, my husband and I spent July 4th with my friend Dani and her husband, Randy, hiking in Glacier Park. A note about Dani: We meet through a Voxer group and Twitter chats with #G2Great. It means so much to me to have a close friend so far away. What a joy to get our guys together and spend time in a magnificent wonderland! These pictures say it all, beauty and majesty, and all that is good.
Posted in Poetry, Poetry Friday, Teaching, tagged fall poetry, found haiku, haiku, Linda Mitchell, Ted Kooser on October 13, 2017| 13 Comments »
Poetry Friday posts are with Irene at Live Your Poem
Last week, my friend, poet, blogger, writing partner Linda Mitchell posted her found haiku along with the inspirational poem Letter in October by Ted Kooser. See her post here. I took it all to create a lesson for my students. After study of and talk about Ted Kooser’s poem, I shared Linda’s haiku and talked about how these haiku could stand separate from the original poem. I challenged my students to try finding haiku.
Madison created this lovely poem, but first she gave the form a name “re-ku” as in recycled haiku.
A late light dawning
finding a world of darkness.
Silhouettes of thelost leaves, soaring
on a draft. They have lost
their way. I watch thedarkness, sipping tea.
The night has wrapped the light, sowing
reflections ‘cross
my window. Watch.Madison, 4th grade
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I’m fascinated by the rhythm and repetition that Noah used to create his artistic expression of A Letter in December.
The icy water
a letter in December
Sowing reflections
The icy writing
a letter in December
in the window pane
The icy fingers
a letter in December
wrapped around the hearth
The icy shingles
a letter in December
frozen in its place.
–Noah, 6th grade
Posted in Celebration Saturday, Poetry, Writing, tagged haiku, National Poetry Month, poetry postcard on April 22, 2017| 4 Comments »
Find more celebration posts at Ruth’s blog.
I love that we have a whole month of celebrating poetry. My students walk into class each day and ask, “What kind of poem are we writing today?” or “I have been thinking about writing a poem about wind.”
I’ve read articles, listened to podcast, and read lots of daily poetry this month. I don’t want it to end! Check on the progress of the Progressive Poem. Listen to Laura Shovan on All the Wonders. Find a selection of daily poem writers on Jama’s Alphabet Soup.
Yesterday I got a postcard poem from Jone MacCulloch’s kids poetry group, an ode to cheating. We will be trying out odes next week, so I’ll share this one with my students. I love the irony of flying hearts and pencils around this topic of cheating.
Here’s my poem for today, a little haiku about our state flower Magnolia. They are blooming!
Posted in Celebration Saturday, Poetry, Writing, tagged Bayou Teche, haiku on February 25, 2017| 10 Comments »
Find more celebration posts at Ruth’s blog.
Good Morning Haiku
1. Light streams on bayou
wake up trees to stand tall for
perfect reflection.2. Frothy milk swirling
atop French roast coffee drips,
sweet cafe au lait.3. Breezy walk with Anne-
dogs sniff, pull, and interrupt
our conversation.4. Breakfast at Victor’s,
savor sweet potato pancakes,
crispy bacon.5. A day like today,
watering is not a chore;
Praise gentle morning.–Margaret Simon
Posted in Poetry Friday, tagged haiku, sonnet on November 11, 2016| 17 Comments »
Poetry Friday is with Jama at Jama’s Alphabet Soup
When I consider
feathers on a mourning dove
I know loveWhen I consider
chimes ring for an evening breeze
I know loveWhen I consider
roses he bought just-because
I know loveWhen I consider
pages that breathe a true life
I know loveWhen I consider small things
I am whole & here–Margaret Simon
(Haiku sonnet on the opening line of Shakespeare’s Sonnet XV)
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1 Matt @ Radio, Rhythm and Rhyme
2 Kat @ Kathryn Apel
3 Kimberly @ KimberlyHutmacherWrites
4 Jone @ DeoWriter
5 Linda @ TeacherDance
6 Tara @ Going to Walden
7 Ruth @ thereisnosuchthingasagodforsakentown
8 Mary Lee @ A Year of Reading
9 Rebecca @ Rebecca Herzog
10 Janet F. @ Live Your Poem
11 Dani @ Doing the Work that Matters
12 Margaret @ Reflections on the Teche
13 Doraine @ Dori Reads
14 Christie @ Wondering and Wandering
15 Robyn @ Life on the Deckle Edge
16 Carol @ Beyond LiteracyLink
17 Amy @ The Poem Farm
18 Linda @ A Word Edgewise
19 Heidi @ my juicy little universe
20 Buffy @ Buffy’s Blog
21 Michelle @ Michelle Kogan
22 Catherine @ Reading to the Core
23 Penny @ a penny and her jots
24 Tabatha @ The Opposite of Indifference
25 Jan @ Bookseestudio
26 Linda @ Write Time
27 Sheila @ Sheila Renfro
28 Liz @ Elizabeth Steinglass
29 Irene @ Live Your Poem
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