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Friday, April 29, 2011

Linda Sue Park - Explaining Baseball to an Alien

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Explaining Baseball to an Alien by Linda Sue Park This poem is a sijo. Sijo is a traditional Korean form of poetry. Like a Japanese haik...
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Thursday, April 28, 2011

Kurt Cyrus - The Mummy and the Mermaid

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The Mummy and the Mermaid by Kurt Cyrus "Sure I'm dead," the mummy said, "but look at what we've got-- a bride,...
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Nikki Grimes - Busted/Closet/Someone Like Me (three tanka)

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Busted / Closet / Someone Like Me Three Tanka by Nikki Grimes Busted Best thing about friends: They know you inside and out. Worst ...
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Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Rebecca Kai Dotlich - Skating Pond

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Skating Pond by Rebecca Kai Dotlich It was the year of ice, they said, the year of slip and slide and fall -- so what was a girl to do...
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J. Patrick Lewis - The Voice of the Voiceless

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The Voice of the Voiceless by J. Patrick Lewis     Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi     Political and spiritual leader of India     1869 –19...
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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Greg Pincus - I Put Each Carrot In a Suit

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I Put Each Carrot In a Suit by Greg Pincus I put each carrot in a suit. The lettuce in a scarf (how cute!). Tomatoes? Ribbons in their...
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Charles Waters - I Wear Mommy's Dress

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I Wear Mommy's Dress by Charles Waters I wear Mommy’s dress, I wear Mommy’s heels, I wear Mommy’s hats To feel how Mommy feels … ...
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Monday, April 25, 2011

A Chatty Non-Poem Post

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Hard to believe April's almost at an end, though there's still a heaping batch of poetry still to come here. In the meantime... I...

Francisco X. Alarcón - On Monday I Feel Like a Dragon/El lunes me siento como un dragón

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On Monday I Feel Like a Dragon/El lunes me siento como un dragón by Francisco X. Alarcón On Monday I Feel Like a Dragon early on Mon...
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Sunday, April 24, 2011

Joan Bransfield Graham - ONE LANGUAGE: Listening to Saint-Saens' "The Swan"

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ONE LANGUAGE: Listening to Saint-Saens’ “The Swan” by Joan Bransfield Graham The cello holds, curved in its cave, secrets that the w...
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Saturday, April 23, 2011

Alan Katz - 101 Donations

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101 Donations by Alan Katz If you have prosperity, it’s nice to give to charity. A cent, a buck, a ten, a mil. Give what you can, ...
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Bobbi Katz - Haiku for a Jiving Djembe

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Haiku for a Jiving Djembe by Bobbi Katz Our class is learning the Senegal Procession: djembes, congas, bells! Fingers rap. Palms sla...
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Friday, April 22, 2011

Brod Bagert - If I...

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If I… by Brod Bagert My name is Alyssa Keaton, I’m 11 years old, I’ve been watching the news on television about the big oil spill messi...
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Thursday, April 21, 2011

Julie Larios - Far from Home

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Far from Home by Julie Larios From my room this morning I could hear the the cu-cu-ru-ing of a Spanish dove… this little bird calling ...
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Ralph Fletcher - Mystery Flower

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Mystery Flower by Ralph Fletcher Originally from Holland, I’m called the poor man’s rose. Sunlight makes me open up but when it rain...
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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Liz Garton Scanlon - Word of Mouth

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Word of Mouth by Liz Garton Scanlon Teach a new dog some old tricks – rolling over, chasing sticks. Judge a cover by its book – h...
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Jorge Argueta - Las Dos Piedritas/Two Little Stones

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Las Dos Piedritas/Two Little Stones by Jorge Argueta From a collection entitled Story/Poems of Flavors and Colors © 2011 Jorge Arguet...
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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Calef Brown - Backstory - an excerpt

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Backstory – an excerpt by Calef Brown My life began in a tree fort in Shreveport Louisiana a breezy cabana with one of those fantasti...
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Carmen T. Bernier-Grand - "I am God"

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“I am God” by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand “God is really another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant, and the cat. He has no sty...
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Monday, April 18, 2011

David L. Harrison - Chess

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Chess by David L. Harrison My wife says my office is a mess, It’s time to clear the clutter off the floor. I guess she has a point mor...
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