tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post3342148824554095272..comments2024-03-19T05:26:04.770-04:00Comments on A Year of Reading: Our Wonderful World.2Mary Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-33488881597043126882014-04-03T06:44:13.118-04:002014-04-03T06:44:13.118-04:00Lovely poem. Stone Henge is such a fun subject. I ...Lovely poem. Stone Henge is such a fun subject. I never visited it but I have been passed the field where the knight of the round table was. catherinemjohnson.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14682281308178996823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-82680011247291136362014-04-02T22:31:27.190-04:002014-04-02T22:31:27.190-04:00I still have never been there, have you, Mary Lee?...I still have never been there, have you, Mary Lee? Even in pictures, it has such an aura. Love that you're sharing what happens in class, too. And all the other poems, too. Maybe I can find time to join you sometimes. Just so busy. Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-54813863823540495272014-04-02T19:51:13.453-04:002014-04-02T19:51:13.453-04:00Love this, Mary Lee. I am there with you now, and ...Love this, Mary Lee. I am there with you now, and through the ages. <br /><br />I can see this a choral reading in class too!Susan Taylor Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06931432581676140096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-21825250144235711972014-04-02T19:30:53.161-04:002014-04-02T19:30:53.161-04:00I love the way this poem feels in my mouth. The rh...I love the way this poem feels in my mouth. The rhythm is just perfect. And I love that your kids are helping you revise.<br /><br />Here's my "poem" for today.<br /><br /> "Stonehenge. Why?"<br /> <br />Stonehenge.<br />Why?<br /><br />Were you simply<br />a cemetery?<br />A place where townspeople<br />bearing incense<br />or mace heads<br /> might commemorate<br />the lives<br />of their society’s<br />religious, political<br />or military<br />elite?<br /><br /><br />Stonehenge.<br />Why?<br /><br />Were you a place for healing?<br />Did the lame, maimed<br />sick, dying, hopeless<br />make pilgrimages<br />to chip away at<br />your great blue stones<br />and somehow<br />eke out<br />wholeness<br />and protection?<br /><br /><br />Stonehenge.<br />Why?<br /><br />Were you some kind of<br /> celestial observatory?<br />a place where worshippers<br />slaughtered pigs<br />in celebration of<br />summer or<br />winter solstice?<br /><br /><br />Stonehenge.<br />Why?<br /><br />Were you an<br />Neolithic concert hall?<br />Did pipers<br />travel to this<br />earthen Carnegie Hall<br />to play tunes<br />they could hear<br />in no other<br />human cathedral?<br /><br /><br />Stonehenge.<br />Why?<br /><br />Were you just<br />an ancient<br />teamwork exercise<br />a place<br />where people<br />unified<br />to create something<br />much greater<br />than themselves?<br /><br />Stonehenge.<br />Why?<br /><br />© Carol Wilcox, 2014Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13294455230627182656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-85009477974715430662014-04-02T09:39:13.323-04:002014-04-02T09:39:13.323-04:00Love this. I shared Jane Yolen's First Take wi...Love this. I shared Jane Yolen's First Take with my students yesterday. This will be a nice follow up to that. I think the concrete nature of objects and visuals inspires students. Julieannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08876141420632207823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-42425156891083768842014-04-02T05:31:21.826-04:002014-04-02T05:31:21.826-04:00Have you tried Notegraphy?
https://notegraphy.com/...Have you tried Notegraphy?<br />https://notegraphy.com/dogtrax/note/738218<br />KevinDogtraxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079631702744063837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-39897319398874738982014-04-02T05:29:23.399-04:002014-04-02T05:29:23.399-04:00At night, with darkness as our cloak,
we work,
bui...At night, with darkness as our cloak,<br />we work,<br />building a mystery that others will ponder,<br />puzzled over the intent<br />of this stone upon stone upon stone,<br />and it will be only the two of us, alone,<br />that will ever know the message hidden over time<br />in this convergence of rock,<br />as we send forth a cryptographic signal of love<br />to the world.<br /><br />-Kevin<br />Dogtraxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079631702744063837noreply@blogger.com