Poemittens
Photo by Amy LV
Poem #262
Happy Poetry Friday! Today's poem (#29 in a Friday series of poems about poems) is for Melissa Wiley of Here in the Bonny Glen. Happy birthday, new friend! Melissa didn't know there would be a party here (it's a surprise), but she's giving us a present - an archive of all of her Poetry Friday Posts. Feel free to throw some confetti around the Bonny Glen.
Students - today's poem has the same rhythm pattern as the poems of the last two days...something strange is going on. Thank you to Charles Ghigna who found the title for today's poem in the title of the mitten photo. While this poem was originally titled "A Birthday Wish," his comment helped me discover that "Poemittens" is better! Thank goodness for friends.
Words are warming gifts for everyone, every holiday. Why not celebrate 2011 birthdays with some zany Seuss-birthday-love? Or better yet, consider writing your own poems as presents for those you love in this new year.
Because our children have a holiday assembly and because my mom will be visiting from out of town today, I have invited the mysterious Mister Linky to join us. Please leave your link with him (along with a very short post description), and hike your way through forests of poem snow!
19. Diane Mayr ("Long in the Tooth")
20. Jama's Alphabet Soup ("Man Gave Names to All the Animals" by Bob Dylan)
21. Jeannine Atkins ("How to Paint the Portrait of a Bird" by Jacques Prevert)
22. Karen Edmisten ("A Christmas Card" by Thomas Merton)
23. Dori Reads (A Christmas song from THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS by Kenneth Grahame)
24. Ruth ("Ode to the Present" by Pablo Neruda)
25. Melissa Wiley (a trip through Melissa's Poetry Friday archive)
26. Picture Books & Pirouettes (book share of NUTCRACKER TWINKLE TOES)
27. Blythe Woolston ("Scissors")
28. Tabatha (Dorothy Parker & Charles Dickens)
29. Wild Rose Reader ("Christmas Eve")
30. Sheri Doyle ("Snow Music")
31. Shelley (Poems about our Grandparents' Generation)
32. Blue Rose Girls (Christmas Acrostics)
33. Jennie ("Snow Day" by Billy Collins)
34. Tara ("Song for Sarajevo" lyrics by Judy Collins)
35. Carlie ("Machinery Maintenance")
20. Jama's Alphabet Soup ("Man Gave Names to All the Animals" by Bob Dylan)
21. Jeannine Atkins ("How to Paint the Portrait of a Bird" by Jacques Prevert)
22. Karen Edmisten ("A Christmas Card" by Thomas Merton)
23. Dori Reads (A Christmas song from THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS by Kenneth Grahame)
24. Ruth ("Ode to the Present" by Pablo Neruda)
25. Melissa Wiley (a trip through Melissa's Poetry Friday archive)
26. Picture Books & Pirouettes (book share of NUTCRACKER TWINKLE TOES)
27. Blythe Woolston ("Scissors")
28. Tabatha (Dorothy Parker & Charles Dickens)
29. Wild Rose Reader ("Christmas Eve")
30. Sheri Doyle ("Snow Music")
31. Shelley (Poems about our Grandparents' Generation)
32. Blue Rose Girls (Christmas Acrostics)
33. Jennie ("Snow Day" by Billy Collins)
34. Tara ("Song for Sarajevo" lyrics by Judy Collins)
35. Carlie ("Machinery Maintenance")
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