tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post76197303368600540..comments2024-03-19T05:26:04.770-04:00Comments on A Year of Reading: Common Inspiration--Uncommon Creations.30Mary Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-8904580016973929112013-05-03T20:27:38.033-04:002013-05-03T20:27:38.033-04:00You brought inspiration to so many this past month...You brought inspiration to so many this past month, Mary Lee. Thanks for sharing the love.Michelle Heidenrich Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02051827857519159837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-25445748042289071102013-05-02T21:48:37.786-04:002013-05-02T21:48:37.786-04:00A month of wonders, Mary Lee! Thanks for sharing ...A month of wonders, Mary Lee! Thanks for sharing them.<br /><br />Love the student work here (which I'll actually link to tomorrow, BTW, in my PF Post).<br /><br />"no stopping" is potent, powerful poem - especially those last two stanzas. Kudos to this poet.Robyn Hood Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07279289715664168026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-76203328069009515482013-05-01T05:10:17.403-04:002013-05-01T05:10:17.403-04:00The projects were for extra credit and had to be d...The projects were for extra credit and had to be done at home (with the exception of the harp music poems). The students could negotiate for the number of points they thought the work was worth. I was sad that so few took me up on the offer. Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-92198782089353877972013-05-01T05:07:39.166-04:002013-05-01T05:07:39.166-04:00It's just beautiful, Carol. So filled with lov...It's just beautiful, Carol. So filled with love. It's exactly the poem you would write. Thank you for this gift on our last day. It will be odd to spend the day without waiting to see what you all make from the image I've chosen! Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-65122154544898902822013-04-30T23:15:58.417-04:002013-04-30T23:15:58.417-04:00You are very welcome! Yum!You are very welcome! Yum!Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-65466442538302151742013-04-30T22:47:47.180-04:002013-04-30T22:47:47.180-04:00Whoops, forgot to say, like everyone else, I loved...Whoops, forgot to say, like everyone else, I loved the student work. Would love to hear the story about how you orchestrated all of these projects. I'm thinking kids must have done them at home. Were they assigned or optional or ??? Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13294455230627182656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-3487144632383662602013-04-30T22:46:05.981-04:002013-04-30T22:46:05.981-04:00Here is my final offering. I really wanted to writ...Here is my final offering. I really wanted to write something wonderful and profound and metaphorical like everyone else did, but it just wasn't happening tonight. <br /><br />Thanks, Mary Lee, for hosting this wonderful month-long poetry party. I have thoroughly enjoyed writing and reading poetry with all of you this month. I have been totally blown away by people's ability to take an image and turn some words and shape them, and have a poem emerge. I've loved seeing all of the different ways people have handled various topics. I will miss (a little!) waking up tomorrow morning without a prompt to think about!<br /><br />Here is my final offering. <br /><br />"Zipper"<br /><br /> I crouch down<br />take your down jacket<br />in my hands<br />fumble with the frayed<br />late winter zipper<br />until it catches<br />I draw the zipper<br />to just below your chin<br />tie your hood and<br />stuff your hands<br />into mismatched mittens<br />hoping this <br />little bit of love<br />will be enough<br />to protect you from<br />a frigid unloving world.<br /><br />(C) Carol Wilcox, 2013 Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13294455230627182656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-20080677557337935452013-04-30T22:40:11.983-04:002013-04-30T22:40:11.983-04:00BTW --- loved the student work. BTW --- loved the student work. Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08233792477358685156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-36112675457435713402013-04-30T21:56:22.405-04:002013-04-30T21:56:22.405-04:00Mary Lee,
Thank you so much for this wonderful jou...Mary Lee,<br />Thank you so much for this wonderful journey. I learned a lot just stopping by and often found my inspiration right here. It was interesting to see the different perspectives poets took with the visual images. I enjoyed the collaborative nature of the posts. It was fun to watch the thinking grow. <br /><br />"Locking ideas to make a chain." <--- perfect!<br /><br />CathyCathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08233792477358685156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-5720260289598165802013-04-30T18:52:55.928-04:002013-04-30T18:52:55.928-04:00It was a delicious month, wasn't it?!?! Thanks...It was a delicious month, wasn't it?!?! Thanks for playing along!!Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-69759994411717215012013-04-30T11:59:03.537-04:002013-04-30T11:59:03.537-04:00A fantastic post, Mary Lee! I especially love the...A fantastic post, Mary Lee! I especially love the zipper simile! You are definitely zippy!KURIOUS KITTYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17972712028425323003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-13720378708452839292013-04-30T10:33:37.286-04:002013-04-30T10:33:37.286-04:00 Tasty Pleasure
Baby poems zippe... Tasty Pleasure<br />Baby poems zipped, enthusiastic group.<br />This was our own alphabet soup:<br />dashes of some humor, facts there, too;<br />thought-filled words together - eclectic stew!<br />©Linda Baie, 2013<br />Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-86106386688981858362013-04-30T09:21:05.317-04:002013-04-30T09:21:05.317-04:00Lovely final post for us, Mary Lee. I so enjoy se...Lovely final post for us, Mary Lee. I so enjoy seeing your students' work, so much that is inspiring for us teachers! I especially love that you took your students along for the ride, a joyous month! Thank you again! (I'll be back later.)Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-55272747834123000832013-04-30T06:21:08.491-04:002013-04-30T06:21:08.491-04:00Yes. That's what I was trying to say. You said...Yes. That's what I was trying to say. You said it more eloquently.<br /><br />Thanks for writing with me/us all month, Kevin. You are an inspiration.Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-12288734472351968292013-04-30T05:44:08.978-04:002013-04-30T05:44:08.978-04:00(Love all of the work you have posted here, Mary L...(Love all of the work you have posted here, Mary Lee, and for all of the inspiration this month. Thank you.)<br /><br />Where it ends is where it begins,<br />our words entwined like wires<br />moving with electricity through the world<br />from our fingers to our ears<br />to the universe beyond.<br /><br />Where it ends is where it begins,<br />a spark of creativity and connectedness<br />and shadows of worlds unfolding on the page<br />from our fingers to our eyes<br />to our thoughts settled inside.<br /><br />Where it ends is where it begins,<br />poems as stories as memories<br />as thinking, as sharing in this space<br />where time and distance are immeasurable<br />and where our words collide<br />forever.<br /><br />-Kevin<br />And the podcast: http://vocaroo.com/i/s0ViCwHu2qtX <br />Dogtraxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079631702744063837noreply@blogger.com