Showing posts with label Franki's Birthday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Franki's Birthday. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 20, 2021

National Poetry Month: #haikudiary.20


How do you pack a
decades-long friendship into
a three-line haiku?

Committees, roadtrips,
Twitter, blog, NCTE,
breakfast at NorthStar.

Happy Birthday, Friend!
You continue to inspire
and to make us laugh.


©Mary Lee Hahn, 2021

 

Saturday, April 20, 2019

Happy Birthday, Franki!


For Franki, On Her Birthday

You are an unspoken blessing to the teaching profession.
Your advocacy is a not-so-silent promise that all voices will be heard.
I know you are reluctant to accept the trophy of our accolades,
but where would we be without your impossible-to-ignore drumbeat of excellence?


©Mary Lee Hahn, 2019



Saturday, April 19, 2014

#IF NOT FOR FRANKI



Happy Birthday, Franki!

It's a landmark birthday for you today
and we celebrate you
by reflecting on all the ways
you have made our world a better place.

(Thank you, Ruth, for the cute button!)

IF NOT FOR FRANKI
I wouldn't have written a book.
("You should write a book.")


IF NOT FOR FRANKI
I wouldn't be the blogger I am today.
("What's a blog? If you start it, I'll do it.")


IF NOT FOR FRANKI
I wouldn't have written for Choice Literacy.
("There's an article in that.")


IF NOT FOR FRANKI
I wouldn't be the professional I am today.
("Why do you think that?")


IF NOT FOR FRANKI
I wouldn't attend nearly so many conferences!
("Want to go to ______?")


IF NOT FOR FRANKI 
I wouldn't be on Twitter.
("Bill (Bass) will teach us.")


IF NOT FOR FRANKI
I wouldn't have gambled at all in Las Vegas.
("It's fun!")


IF NOT FOR FRANKI
There would be less laughter,
less book buying, and
less Starbucks Venti Awake Tea.


BECAUSE OF FRANKI
the world is a better place!





Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Poem #20 -- Happy Birthday, Franki !!


HAPPY BIRTHDAY, FRANKI !!

We're the cupcakes,
You're the frosting.
You're the sprinkles on the top!

We're the shelves,
You're the books.
You could practically be the shop!

You're the fulcrum
of our balance.
You remind us to stay sane!

You're the laughter
that brightens our days.
A toast to you, with poetic champagne!

©Mary Lee Hahn, 2011



I hope you'll add your birthday wishes to Franki in the comments! Help me celebrate a fabulous blogging partner, a good friend, and a dynamic teacher/librarian. Three cheers for Franki !!!