Unplugged - Writing with a Friend

Empty Outlet, Full Head

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Students - Today's poem is one that I wrote back in 2010 with my friend Charles Ghigna, otherwise known as Father Goose.  He wrote the beginning and ending of the poem and then passed it to me, asking if I'd like to write some middle stanzas.  This is not something that I do often, and it was a lot of fun to work together with another writer.  If you want to see a neat piece of art that goes with this poem, visit Charles's blog to see his son Chip's piece.

Today's poem is written in three line stanzas called tercets.  You can see the rhyme pattern pretty easily.  Once Charles shared what he had written, I was able to follow his lead.

Our family does not have a television, and you know what?  We don't miss it a bit!  I am extremely happy that nothing like this exists in our home either.

Sheri Doyle is hosting today's Poetry Friday roundup!  Have fun checking everything out and then...head on outside...

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Poem #21 & TV Turnoff #3 - A Roll of Foil

For all time and in all corners of our world, children have played with small bits of things, making their own toys from very simple materials.  Even though we have gadgets and gizmos galore in our modern world and wealthy country, we can still do this:

 

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This picture book about a young boy in an African village who builds his own toy vehicle out of wire scraps is a good story to recapture a sense of building something out of what may appear to be nothing.

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If you are interested in allowing children to live out their complete childhoods, you may wish to read this article by Lenore Skenazy at the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood. 

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