tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post6025539667509774138..comments2024-03-19T05:26:04.770-04:00Comments on A Year of Reading: PO-EMotion -- DejectionMary Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-72442676770379905002015-04-11T14:46:37.174-04:002015-04-11T14:46:37.174-04:00That poor dejected jelly fish, Mary Lee! You'v...That poor dejected jelly fish, Mary Lee! You've captured his plight perfectly. I especially like the lines:<br />"you'd think after 500 million years<br />we'd have brains...no such luck."Bridget Mageehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185985167366724404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-73225833231914470912015-04-11T12:07:57.378-04:002015-04-11T12:07:57.378-04:00Aw, that last stanza is so beautifully depressing!...Aw, that last stanza is so beautifully depressing! And your above comment about no brain but knowing to be sad gave me a good laugh:>)laurasalashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13807781795919555208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-25831167659830141772015-04-11T08:38:38.209-04:002015-04-11T08:38:38.209-04:00For a poem about dejection, there sure are a lot o...For a poem about dejection, there sure are a lot of beautiful images here. Nice work, Mary Lee!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-76289344140600850242015-04-11T06:26:32.048-04:002015-04-11T06:26:32.048-04:00I was totally cracking myself up with a jellyfish ...I was totally cracking myself up with a jellyfish who had no brain and yet knew enough to be sad about all those things in the last stanza...HOW?!?! :-)Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-41372998978853129672015-04-10T20:19:12.839-04:002015-04-10T20:19:12.839-04:00Dejected, for sure. So well done. And I love Carol...Dejected, for sure. So well done. And I love Carol's Middle School Lunchroom! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-48605278865560144192015-04-10T19:30:45.110-04:002015-04-10T19:30:45.110-04:00Well done with including so many facts. I love see...Well done with including so many facts. I love seeing jellyfish in aquariums, but not in the open ocean. Poor thing, now bored. I'm amazed at their evolution. Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-91255477615102352032015-04-10T19:30:24.489-04:002015-04-10T19:30:24.489-04:00You are so clever! And this is so funny! And so sc...You are so clever! And this is so funny! And so scientific! What a great mentor text this will be!<br /><br />Pretending I'm Douglas Florian today, playing with repeated sounds. <br /><br /><br />"middle school lunchroom"<br />(a play in many acts)<br /><br />location, mastication, relaxation<br />motion, devotion, self-promotion<br /><br />action, reaction, interaction<br />proclamation, exclamation, interjection<br /><br />cooperation, collaboration, affiliation<br />vexation, botheration, eruption<br /><br />evaluation, sanction,<br />abomination, isolation<br /><br />affection<br />rejection<br />dejection<br /><br />middle school lunchroom<br /><br />(C) Carol Wilcox, 2015Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13294455230627182656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-78243547779978754802015-04-10T15:17:04.270-04:002015-04-10T15:17:04.270-04:00Happy Friday to you and the jellyfish!Happy Friday to you and the jellyfish!Little Willowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17058463472836988047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-59954394333819147522015-04-10T11:14:41.946-04:002015-04-10T11:14:41.946-04:00Love how you seamlessly wove all those facts into ...Love how you seamlessly wove all those facts into a fun poem. The persona you created with that little touch of humor drew me in.jamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07859083373087448194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-51685803430260600562015-04-10T10:26:59.018-04:002015-04-10T10:26:59.018-04:00This poem is both educational and wonderful. I lau...This poem is both educational and wonderful. I laughed upon reading the last line of the first stanza. I could actually imagine the jellyfish in all its blob-iness saying this. Lovely poem and very enjoyable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-65968858114615314332015-04-10T09:30:31.804-04:002015-04-10T09:30:31.804-04:00So many details here. I really wanted to use the ...So many details here. I really wanted to use the word medusa/medusae/ And I learned in my research that Man O'Wars are not really jellyfish.Jonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04299647754479967070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-41908322750565211332015-04-10T09:07:56.719-04:002015-04-10T09:07:56.719-04:00Oh dear, that jellyfish does sound ejected. I love...Oh dear, that jellyfish does sound ejected. I love the movement from the kind of expected disappointments to not getting to sing! Liz Steinglasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14614059299412727544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-19650986311920962382015-04-10T08:47:48.528-04:002015-04-10T08:47:48.528-04:00Once again, I am amazed at how you combine the two...Once again, I am amazed at how you combine the two challenges. And I learned something about jellyfish--actually a lot since most of what I knew about jellyfish comes from trying not to step on them as I walk down the beach. <br />My poem today is <a href="http://kaymcgriff.edublogs.org/2015/04/10/missing-pages/" rel="nofollow">Missing Pages</a>Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08210045352610490115noreply@blogger.com