Puddles by Jonathan London is one of our recent picture books find. I immediately fell in love with the poetic language. Here is a sample from the beginning:
All Night the slash
of rain and the flash
of lightning, and the
Ka-BOOM
of thunder rattling
the house and all
the windows. We cuddle
between fright
and glee and want it
to stop
and never stop.
Puddles [...]
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Poetry Friday: Puddles by Jonathan London
Posted in Poetry Friday, picture books on September 12, 2008 | No Comments »
Poetry Friday: I Saw A Butterfly Today
Posted in Poetry Friday on August 29, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Our local nature center has a butterfly exhibit every year from the beginning of July through Labor Day weekend. M is fascinated by butterflies so we’ve been many times over the summer. Yesterday, we went for our last visit before the exhibit closes, and we stayed until they were ready to close up for the [...]
Poetry Friday: Summer Wind
Posted in Poetry Friday on June 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
One of my favorite memories of summer time as a little girl is laying under the redbud tree that was in my front yard and listening for the wind, hearing it begin to rustle the leaves, and then to slowly blow over me. Bryant’s poem about the summer wind, captures that feeling so well.
Summer [...]
Poetry Friday: Bleezer’s Ice Cream
Posted in Poetry Friday on June 6, 2008 | No Comments »
I’ve been thinking a lot about ice cream this week. It’s been unusually hot for early June in Western NC, low 90’s for the last two days. And, finally, after years of wishing, craving, nearly considering opening one myself, we have an ice cream shop in our neighborhood, a mere ten minute walk away. Well, [...]
Poetry Friday: Uphill by Christina Rossetti
Posted in Poetry Friday, tagged poems, Christina Rossetti, motherhood on May 9, 2008 | 3 Comments »
As I’ve said before, Christina Rossetti is one of my favorite poets. I think this poem, “Uphill”, is a great metaphor for the difficulties and rewards of motherhood so it’s my offering for this week as we approach Mother’s Day (yikes! I better get those cards in the mail :))
Uphill by Christina Rossetti
Does [...]
Poetry Friday: The Land of Counterpane
Posted in Poetry Friday on April 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
When I was little, Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Land of Counterpane was one of my favorite poems. I loved the idea of creating a whole world on your bed. When I was seven I got a high antique rope bed that had been in my family for several generations. I loved it and when I [...]
Poetry Friday: The Cat and the Moon by W. B. Yeats
Posted in Poetry Friday on April 18, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Yeats is one of my favorite poets. I love his use of language and how his words really set a mood. This is one I read to M and C after we heard an excerpt from it on the Baby Shakespeare video
The Cat and the Moon by William Butler Yeats
The cat went [...]
Poetry Friday: One Day
Posted in Poetry Friday, parenting on April 4, 2008 | No Comments »
I was thinking about writing a “day in the life” post about yesterday but as I ran through all the activity in my head, I thought about how I hadn’t tried writing a poem in a very long time so here is our day as a poem…
One Day by Sarah
Waking
Snuggling
Reading
Dressing
Eating
Rushing
Driving
Kiss Goodbye
Back Home
Sorting
Cleaning
Writing
Reading
Shopping
Pick-Up
Lunching
Galloping
Skipping
Racing
Building
Connecting
Reading
Napping
Playing
Creating
Visiting
Eating
Twirling
Jumping
Dancing
Bathing
Nursing
Reading
Reading
Reading
Good Night
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Poetry Friday: Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout
Posted in Poetry Friday, reading on March 28, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Today I’m sharing my favorite Shel Silverstein poem. I recently read it to M for the first time and we dissolved into giggles.
SARAH CYNTHIA SYLVIA STOUT
by Shel Silverstein
Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout
Would not take the garbage out.
She’d wash the dishes and scrub the pans
Cook the yams and spice the hams,
And [...]
