Salt or Sugar?
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Students - Happy almost April Fools' Day! It's not for a couple of more days, but Sunday is our day to be prankters. I like writing holiday poems, but I also like writing poems about the days before or after holidays. I did this with Groundhog Day too, with the poem February 3.
You might try this - just think about a holiday, any holiday. Then list the feelings and preparations one might do BEFORE this holiday. After this, list the feelings and activities one might do AFTER this holiday. Pick one idea and go with it. You may just find a good writing idea in those lists.
If you missed my Tuesday post, you might be interested in taking a peek at my new book with Lou Fancher and Steve Johnson. It is titled WITH MY HANDS: POEMS ABOUT MAKING THINGS, and you can see the trailer and learn more HERE. The giveaway winner is Nerdy Knitter...so if that's you, please drop me an e-mail to amy at amylv dot com. If you're interested in another giveaway, Clarion/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is giving away 10 copies on Twitter. Just follow the directions on my pinned Twitter post HERE to enter by April 3.
If you missed last Friday's post by Second Grade Teacher Darlene Daley and her poets, I recommend going back to read it. These writers teach us, through narrative and poetry, all about showing and not telling with our words. I am thankful to share the work of teachers and young writers and welcome classes who wish to share interesting poetry work Poem Farm readers to reach out to me.
National Poetry Month begins on Sunday, and I will be doing a special daily poem project here which I have juuuuust decided upon! You can see it in my sidebar here. (This is an update from this morning when I still did not know what the project will be!)
Find out about all kinds of other cool poem projects at Jama's Alphabet Soup, where Jama shares the 2018 National Poetry Month Kidlitosphere Events Roundup! Hooray for National Poetry Month!
National Poetry Month begins on Sunday, and I will be doing a special daily poem project here which I have juuuuust decided upon! You can see it in my sidebar here. (This is an update from this morning when I still did not know what the project will be!)
Find out about all kinds of other cool poem projects at Jama's Alphabet Soup, where Jama shares the 2018 National Poetry Month Kidlitosphere Events Roundup! Hooray for National Poetry Month!
Heidi is hosting today's Poetry Friday roundup at my juicy little universe with a history of the Poetry Friday Progressive Poem. Visit Heidi's place to learn about this and to find out about all of this week's Poetry Friday Posts...
ps - It's salt!
ps - It's salt!
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