tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post2669547417059722751..comments2024-03-19T05:26:04.770-04:00Comments on A Year of Reading: Poetry Friday -- Emotional Mary Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-88591117493758481932015-05-01T23:10:28.156-04:002015-05-01T23:10:28.156-04:00Mary Lee, it has been a privilege to learn beside ...Mary Lee, it has been a privilege to learn beside you this month. PO-EMotions was another fascinating poetry challenge with your poems as the mentor texts. Thank you for being the temporary hosting site for Poetry Friday. My offering is a poem to start the month of May and advertise Spring's Symphony Gallery. http://linkis.com/blogspot.com/ArOoyCarol Varsalonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02589714711155938528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-79519412455084593472015-05-01T21:11:21.668-04:002015-05-01T21:11:21.668-04:00I wrote another poem today as a way to help one of...I wrote another poem today as a way to help one of my kids write. I feel completely changed after 30 poems in 30 days. I loved connecting with you and Kay and Carol as well as so many others. Thank you. http://1stinmaine.blogspot.com/2015/05/he-sits.htmlKimberley Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944774091932084680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-23702271460960661202015-05-01T21:00:03.986-04:002015-05-01T21:00:03.986-04:00We would be lost in cyberspace without you! Thank...We would be lost in cyberspace without you! Thanks for all you do. I have really enjoyed your emotional tour this month. https://reflectionsontheteche.wordpress.com/2015/05/01/chalkabration-cinco-style/Margaret Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04434866104385187658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-88413251892236800932015-05-01T20:38:38.199-04:002015-05-01T20:38:38.199-04:00Third attempt at leaving a comment...Loved your em...Third attempt at leaving a comment...Loved your emotion poems and your take on the emotion often surprised me. I would love to learn more about haiku, especially since it's a form I enjoy. Waiting to hear what book(s) you might recommend. Ramonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15929914252480696798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-39079771761542643722015-05-01T19:56:52.871-04:002015-05-01T19:56:52.871-04:00Simply brilliant, Mary Lee! Thank you (and Franki)...Simply brilliant, Mary Lee! Thank you (and Franki) for maintaining this amazing blog. You continue to inspire me!David Schultzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270350984585372350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-41185849861520445112015-05-01T17:01:27.771-04:002015-05-01T17:01:27.771-04:00OK...My post is FINALLY live! So sorry!OK...My post is FINALLY live! So sorry!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11213687535449687976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-24060844618813769722015-05-01T15:21:03.468-04:002015-05-01T15:21:03.468-04:00Thanks for sharing your oh-so-original poems; I do...Thanks for sharing your oh-so-original poems; I do love that color spectrum one! With dogwood and crow at the end to usher us on. :0)<br /> Thank you again for jumping in to house links today. Robyn Hood Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07279289715664168026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-75497083289622728072015-05-01T14:48:24.110-04:002015-05-01T14:48:24.110-04:00Such a great project! Thanks for sharing it all m...Such a great project! Thanks for sharing it all month! I wrote something about our second Open Mic event yesterday and what may just have been the World Premiere Performance of the Progressive Poem! http://thereisnosuchthingasagodforsakentown.blogspot.com/2015/05/poetry-friday-another-open-mic-and.htmlRuthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12463332371535167975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-59076206178224823822015-05-01T14:04:54.297-04:002015-05-01T14:04:54.297-04:00I'm in today celebrating Lei Day at www.poetry...I'm in today celebrating Lei Day at www.poetryforkidsjoy.blogspot.comJoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01825251724115541708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-40596794610158237122015-05-01T13:36:16.375-04:002015-05-01T13:36:16.375-04:00One of the things I love about poetry is the hidde...One of the things I love about poetry is the hidden layers you can discover when you go back and read a poem again and again. Thanks for revealing some of your secrets to us! I enjoyed these poems all over again.Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08210045352610490115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-45564792009931442392015-05-01T13:23:54.556-04:002015-05-01T13:23:54.556-04:00I LOVE what you said about what you love about wri...I LOVE what you said about what you love about writing poetry: "I had the vaguest of notions how the whole thing would play out, and it grew to be more than I ever could have imagined." Yesyesyes! Me, too. My cento poem project was just like that and so many other poems have been too. That has also been my experience as a poetry teacher for children. My colleague and I give an assignment and again and again they create beyond what we'd imagined.Karin Fisher-Goltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10180838581250572921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-78019591554591132502015-05-01T12:15:08.845-04:002015-05-01T12:15:08.845-04:00Thank you for helping out with today's Roundup...Thank you for helping out with today's Roundup! I especially love the concept and the vivid examples in "THE WHOLE SPECTRUM, PLEASE."<br /><br />Today on the Teaching Authors blog (http://www.teachingauthors.com/2015/05/poems-animals-and-animal-poems.html), I've posted about a Poem in Your Pocket Day celebration and one more post-National Poetry Month haiku. JoAnn Early Mackenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17812079420917080829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-23761572026443134012015-05-01T11:38:04.643-04:002015-05-01T11:38:04.643-04:00Thanks for helping with the Round Up today, Mary L...Thanks for helping with the Round Up today, Mary Lee. I've loved your emotion poems, and will be back to read the ones I've missed.<br /> <br />I'm sharing my thoughts about Eileen Spinelli's verse novel, Another Day As Emily, as well as Eileen's poem, "The Month of May." https://readingtothecore.wordpress.com/2015/05/01/poetry-friday-eileen-spinelli-another-day-as-emily/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-44635510486219270832015-05-01T11:22:45.606-04:002015-05-01T11:22:45.606-04:00Loved the month of poetry here, and thanks for jum...Loved the month of poetry here, and thanks for jumping in to temphost. I'm up with an original today...<br /><br /><a href="http://gottabook.blogspot.com/2015/04/seven-incredible-things-poem-can-do.html" rel="nofollow">Seven Incredible Things a Poem Can Do! (The Third One Blew Me Away!)</a>Greg Pincushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00449684160718426340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-78991311988488904282015-05-01T10:54:56.953-04:002015-05-01T10:54:56.953-04:00Mary, LOVE the poem THE WHOLE SPECTRUM, PLEASE. Wo...Mary, LOVE the poem THE WHOLE SPECTRUM, PLEASE. Wonderful word choice. Beautiful rhyme. <br /><br />Not doing Poetry Friday today, Mary. I had my Christopher at the ER on Wednesday. Today the doctor. But I am having fun moving about and reading the posts. <br /><br />xoRobyn Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17356555082768185840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-48938053052306838102015-05-01T10:37:59.254-04:002015-05-01T10:37:59.254-04:00Just stopping by briefly before I get the boy off ...Just stopping by briefly before I get the boy off to school. My National Poetry Month project was a cento poem composed from lines from children's poetry. The finished poem, "Play," is here: http://karinfisher-golton.com/2015/04/30/a-cento-for-national-poetry-month/<br /><br />Thank you for temporarily hosting! I look forward to coming back later and perusing more. I've loved peeking in on your April emotional roller coaster of creativity. Karin Fisher-Goltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10180838581250572921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-5244491129323248892015-05-01T10:33:22.094-04:002015-05-01T10:33:22.094-04:00Hi Mary Lee. Iphigene is up today with an original...Hi Mary Lee. Iphigene is up today with an original poem. Here is the link:<br />http://gatheringbooks.org/2015/05/01/poetry-friday-seed-sower-on-longing-and-forgetting/<br />Thank you so much for hosting this week.Gathering Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01686719931775209647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-73763443395910595022015-05-01T10:30:39.292-04:002015-05-01T10:30:39.292-04:00Today, I posted Tawny by Carl Sandburg at Bildungs...Today, I posted Tawny by Carl Sandburg at Bildungsroman:<br />http://slayground.livejournal.com/805824.html<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-73435737850608818092015-05-01T10:29:23.292-04:002015-05-01T10:29:23.292-04:00A very emotional and poetic month it was! :)A very emotional and poetic month it was! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-17114030902287353492015-05-01T10:17:34.889-04:002015-05-01T10:17:34.889-04:00Thanks for stepping in, Mary Lee, and for all the ...Thanks for stepping in, Mary Lee, and for all the wonderful PO-EMotions this month-- I have loved stopping by to read them and the graphic you created is the cutest!<br /><br />My post today is in anticipation of National Teacher Appreciation Week next week and YOU are certainly one of those amazing teachers I appreciate so much. Thanks for all you do for kids, poetry, and ME!<br /><br />Link: http://poetryforchildren.blogspot.com/2015/05/may-4-8-2015-celebrating-teacher.html<br />Sylvia Vardellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16970790447637356879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-74138420844222583642015-05-01T10:08:15.586-04:002015-05-01T10:08:15.586-04:00Hi Mary Lee,
I completely enjoyed all three poems,...Hi Mary Lee,<br />I completely enjoyed all three poems, but I think I sort of liked the second one best. I like the contrast between banks. Thanks for hosting today's poetry friday. Here's our post for today.<br /><br />http://gatheringbooks.org/2015/05/01/poetry-friday-seed-sower-on-longing-and-forgetting/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-56658975129149594752015-05-01T10:01:57.575-04:002015-05-01T10:01:57.575-04:00I'm here! So sorry about the blog mix ups! Hea...I'm here! So sorry about the blog mix ups! Head on over to Elementary Dear Reader at http://ellenleventhal.com/. But not yet...at work, and am doing poetry with little ones. I think those are the ones I should share today! Mea Culpa for somehow getting the group and my personal blog mixed up. Not sure how that happened except that I wrote a post on poetry on my group blog in April. Stay tuned!! (It's early here, and I have little ones about to barge in!)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11213687535449687976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-30823899454205559092015-05-01T09:22:46.564-04:002015-05-01T09:22:46.564-04:00I've been so busy with my own posts this month...I've been so busy with my own posts this month, I've had little time to read the work of others. I'm looking forward to May to read what you, Irene, Laura, and others have shared.<br /><br />Today I'm sharing two different pantoums written for the most recent Poetry 7 projects.<br /><br /><a href="http://missrumphiuseffect.blogspot.com/2015/05/poetry-seven-share-pantoums.html" rel="nofollow">http://missrumphiuseffect.blogspot.com/2015/05/poetry-seven-share-pantoums.html</a><br /><br />Let me know if you need help rounding up. I'm free today and can host.Triciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18350907653629775293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-43054890551374575092015-05-01T09:13:15.485-04:002015-05-01T09:13:15.485-04:00I love your hidden colors, Mary Lee! So many great...I love your hidden colors, Mary Lee! So many great poems this Poetry Month!! Thanks for the temporary ? roundup. :) I've got some final thoughts on ARTSPEAK!, a special thank you, and #EveryBrilliantThing April roundup. http://www.irenelatham.blogspot.com/2015/05/artspeak-in-review-everybrilliantthing.htmlIrene Lathamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905936104127707762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-41499139645273306142015-05-01T09:02:36.511-04:002015-05-01T09:02:36.511-04:00Of course I forgot to link - sorry! http://www.poe...Of course I forgot to link - sorry! http://www.poemfarm.amylv.com/2015/05/may-first-poemsongs-all-in-one-place.html<br />a.Amy LVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16625469276544426664noreply@blogger.com