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Happy Poetry Friday! This is the first Friday of 2011, and my first poem in a series of poems about words and reading and books. 2010 brought 31 poems about poems, and lately I have been enjoying writing about reading, perhaps because one of my resolutions is to read more books. We shall see how long this series will last.
Students - as I have mentioned before, there are times when poets fall in love with a particular rhythm. This happened to me this week. If you go back to Tuesday's poem, "Lonely," and read it alongside this one, you will feel that the beats are much the same.
Sometimes our writing minds get in a beat-groove and like dancing in one place. I like staying in one place for a while and then moving along the dance floor to a new place. It's good to be aware of how our writing sounds...just like watching ourselves dance in a mirror!
This March, Lee Bennett Hopkins has a new book coming out, illustrated by Yayo. It is called I AM THE BOOK, and I am pleased to share that I have a poem in this book and can barely wait to see the illustrations.
Students - as I have mentioned before, there are times when poets fall in love with a particular rhythm. This happened to me this week. If you go back to Tuesday's poem, "Lonely," and read it alongside this one, you will feel that the beats are much the same.
Sometimes our writing minds get in a beat-groove and like dancing in one place. I like staying in one place for a while and then moving along the dance floor to a new place. It's good to be aware of how our writing sounds...just like watching ourselves dance in a mirror!
This March, Lee Bennett Hopkins has a new book coming out, illustrated by Yayo. It is called I AM THE BOOK, and I am pleased to share that I have a poem in this book and can barely wait to see the illustrations.
Over at Poetry for Children, Sylvia Vardell has posted her "Favorite Poetry of 2010." Don't miss her recommendations!
For any of you who might have missed last Poetry Friday due to New Year's festivities, please don't miss teacher Theresa Annello's generous post about her students' poetry calendar project which now also lives in the sidebar along with its Classroom Poetry Peek friends.
For the complete Poetry Friday roundup full of poetic favorites, originals, stories, and information, visit Irene over at Live, Love, Explore!
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