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Showing posts with label 30 Poets/30 Days. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 30 Poets/30 Days. Show all posts
Thursday, April 30, 2009

Pat Mora - Books & Me

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Books & Me by Pat Mora We belong together, books and me, like toast and jelly o queso y tortillas. Delicious! ¡Delicioso! Like flowers ...
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Douglas Florian (kinda, sorta)

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Things have been running so smoothly here in the inaugural year of 30 Poets/30 Days, and yet today, in the words of a rather famous poet, t...
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

April Halprin Wayland - How to Read a Poem Aloud

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HOW TO READ A POEM ALOUD by April Halprin Wayland First, read the title of the poem and the poet’s name. Be clear. Now completely disappear....
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Monday, April 27, 2009

Kenn Nesbitt - My Chicken's On The Internet

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My Chicken's On the Internet by Kenn Nesbitt My chicken's on the Internet. She surfs the web all day. I've tried to stop her bro...
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Sunday, April 26, 2009

Joan Bransfield Graham - I am the Poem

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I AM THE POEM by Joan Bransfield Graham I am the poem out of reach I make you spin and leap and stretch and when you're just about to ca...
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Saturday, April 25, 2009

Julie Larios - No Strings Attached

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NO STRINGS ATTACHED Julie Larios If I were a kite with no strings to hold me, I 'd let the wind take me – I'd let the crows scold me...
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Friday, April 24, 2009

J. Patrick Lewis - The Poet of the World

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The Poet of the World by J. Patrick Lewis "How ho-ho-hum has the planet become!"       Cried the Poet of the World. "I must ...
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Thursday, April 23, 2009

Nikki Giovanni - My Sister and Me

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My Sister and Me by Nikki Giovanni Chocolate cookies Chocolate cakes Chocolate fudge Chocolate lakes Chocolate kisses Chocolate hugs Two lit...
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Janet Wong - My Green Grandfather

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My Green Grandfather by Janet Wong If you praised my grandfather for being green, he would check his favorite flannel shirt and say, "Y...
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Gregory K. - I Went to the Farm Where Spaghetti Is Grown

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I Went to the Farm Where Spaghetti Is Grown by Gregory K. I went to the farm where spaghetti is grown In rows of long vines in a field of it...
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Monday, April 20, 2009

Jane Yolen - My Teacher

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My Teacher by Jane Yolen My teacher's tall, My teacher's small, My teacher's white, Black, tan. My teacher is a woman, ...
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Sunday, April 19, 2009

Arnold Adoff - n o justice n o p e a c e

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n o  justice   n o p e a c e o f   course: t r u e   change   is always   too   slow and   o u r   b e s t   hopes   rest   with s t e a d ...
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Saturday, April 18, 2009

Kristine O'Connell George - Skeleton at Dinner

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Skeleton at Dinner by Kristine O'Connell George I heard you shout                Soup's on! I rattled in,               sat, slurpe...
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Friday, April 17, 2009

Jon Scieszka - 200 Typing Monkeys Almost Make It

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            200 Typing Monkeys                 Almost Make It                           by Emily Dickinson and Jon Scieszka I never saw a m...
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Thursday, April 16, 2009

Betsy Franco - Me and Joe Lining Up After Recess

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Me and Joe Lining Up After Recess by Betsy Franco We race for the front     bunch up       and bump,             wiggle,                  ...
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Mary Ann Hoberman - I Dreamt I Saw a Dinosaur

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I Dreamt I Saw a Dinosaur by Mary Ann Hoberman I dreamt I saw a dinosaur          Who stretched up very high. I dreamt I saw a dinosaur     ...
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Linda Sue Park - Villanelle: Why I Love Libraries

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Villanelle : Why I Love Libraries by Linda Sue Park I lose myself within the book-walled maze, with no end to the promises in sight, through...
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Monday, April 13, 2009

Lee Bennett Hopkins - SPRING

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SPRING by Lee Bennett Hopkins Roots sprouts buds flowers always-- always-- cloud-bursting showers rhymes April fools fledglings on wing ...
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Sunday, April 12, 2009

Nikki Grimes - All Eyes

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All Eyes by Nikki Grimes I stood at the altar twitching in God's shadow dizzy with the scent of lilies, fear a broom that swept away th...
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Saturday, April 11, 2009

Avis Harley - Perfect Pitch

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Perfect Pitch by Avis Harley W hen you A che to make some music T hough you’re feeling all forlorn; you don’t E ven own a piano or R ecorder...
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