I agree, nature, even in winter, carries me, Mary Lee. I miss the daisies I had at my other house, but now I wait for sweet coral bells and May! Thanks for all your thoughts on the 'flipside' this month. I imagine we'll look back on this April with gratitude for what we could keep and sorrow for what we lost.
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Franki and Mary Lee are both teachers, and have been for more than 20 years.
Franki is a fifth grade teacher. She is the author of Beyond Leveled Books (Stenhouse), Still Learning to Read (Stenhouse), and Day-to-Day Assessment in the Reading Workshop (Scholastic).
Mary Lee is a fifth grade teacher. She is the author of Reconsidering Read-Aloud (Stenhouse) and has poems in the Poetry Friday Anthology, the Poetry Friday Anthology for Middle School, the Poetry Friday Anthology for Science, the Poetry Friday Anthology for Celebrations (Pomelo Books), Dear Tomato: An International Crop of Food and Agriculture Poems, National Geographic Books of Nature Poems, The Best of Today's Little Ditty (2014-15 and 2016), Amy Ludwig VanDerwater's Poems are Teachers, National Geographic's The Poetry of US, and IMPERFECT: Poems About Mistakes.
The beautiful parade of nature ignores us. Thank goodness!
ReplyDeleteI agree, nature, even in winter, carries me, Mary Lee. I miss the daisies I had at my other house, but now I wait for sweet coral bells and May! Thanks for all your thoughts on the 'flipside' this month. I imagine we'll look back on this April with gratitude for what we could keep and sorrow for what we lost.
ReplyDeleteSigh.... Our hyacinths are still blooming. The early snow glories are on their way out. Tulips are next. Much love. x
ReplyDeleteThank goodness for the reliability of the flowers. My weeping cherry seems especially beautiful this year.
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