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• Poetry Friday - The Greater Yield

  
  This Is So Gay — Authority: 415
  The Greater Yield The male disease, the power strategem, the way of sacrifice, the love that kills. If something has to give, it wont be them, men hope, as they engage their phallic wills. Some say theyd rather be a soldier than a cripple -- theres a difference?  They believe, as Wilde did, in appearance, but the ...
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• Poetry Friday - The Yawn

  
  Mrs. F-B's Book Blog — Authority: 127
  Some days, like the day after a big holiday, I spend a lot of time yawning. Seems like my body says, "Ah, I can finally rest." Better listen and get on taking a nap! The Yawn Paul Blackburn The black-haired girl with the big brown ...
  5 days ago

• POETRY FRIDAY

  
  Carol's Corner — Authority: 122
  From the time I was very young, I loved , loved, loved horses. Despite the fact that we lived right smack in the middle of the city, I wanted a horse more than anything. I took horseback riding lessons on the old tired trail animals at Mark Reyners riding stable, collected horses and horse memorabilia, and read every ...
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• Only A Witch Can Fly

  
  A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy — Authority: 528
  Only a Witch Can Fly by Alison McGhee , illustrated by Taeeun Yoo . Feiwel & Friends, 2009. Review copy supplied by publisher. Picture book. The Plot: A young witch desperately wants to fly. The Good: This story of learning to fly is written as a sestina. The repartition both lulls the reader and ...
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• Poetry Friday: A Celebration of Lee Bennett Hopkins

  
  On Point — Authority: 412
  Lee Bennett Hopkins was the recipient of the 2009 NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children. Several lovely poets organized a celebration for Lee and created a book of poetry in his honor, with the help of NCTE. Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong graciously invited me to include an entry. The beautiful ...
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• Poetry Friday

  
  Sarah Miller: Reading, Writing, Musing... — Authority: 125
  What we speak Becomes the house we live in. Who will want to sleep in your bed If the roof leaks right above it? Look what happens when the tongue Cannot say to kindness, "I will be your slave." The moon covers her face with both hands And cannot bear to look. ~Hafiz ************************ ...
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• Poetry Friday: November, by John Updike

  
  Karen Edmisten — Authority: 546
  Today, I am thankful for a multitude of blessings, including our books. Childrens books, picture books, books of poetry, books of all kinds ... And Im thankful for this poem from one of our books: A Childs Calendar , by John Updike . November   by John Updike The stripped and shapely   Maple grieves The ...
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• Poetry Friday -- Manners

  
  A Year of Reading — Authority: 467
  photo by roboppy MANNERS by Howard Nemerov Prig offered Pig the first chance at dessert, So Pig reached out and speared the bigger part. "Now that," cried Prig, "is extremely rude of you!" Pig, with his mouth full, said, "Wha, wha wou ou do?" (the whole poem, including the punch line ...
  5 days ago

• Poetry Friday - An Original Poem

  
  Susan Taylor Brown — Authority: 121
  I had hoped to have a new poem up today but I didnt quite finish it. So I went looking through my archive for something to share and came across some poems that were cut from my book Hugging the Rock. If youve read the book you may remember a pivotal time for Rachel, the main character, when she goes grocery ...
  5 days ago

• Poetry Friday: More Spike Milligan

  
  http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress — Authority: 492
  I once wrote a post on the poem “On the Ning Nang Nong” by Spike Milligan .  That poem has never left my mind and since then I have happily acquired more wonderful poetry by Spike Milligan in the form of a ‘collected’ called A Children’s Treasury of Milligan .  Ever his whimsical self, Milligan ...
  5 days ago

• Poetry Friday - Performance Anxiety

  
  This Is So Gay — Authority: 415
  performance anxiety How could you call me gloomy, funny boy? How little, then, you knew me; but I knew how little you would let yourself enjoy. I gladly would have been a clown for you, I gladly would have taken off my mask -- for just as clowns are often sullen men, we moody ones you hardly need to ask, we long so ...
  1 week ago

• Poetry Friday - The Turkey Shot Out of the Oven

  
  Mrs. F-B's Book Blog — Authority: 127
  Its nearly Thanksgiving, and I wanted to say, "Happy Thanksgiving, Everyone." I hope you have a restful holiday next week and a wonderful time celebrating with family and friends. Jack Prelutsky has some sage advice here for all you cooks in the crowd! Enjoy :) The Turkey Shot Out of the Oven ...
  1 week ago

• Writers Diary #51- I Can Haz Rebate

  
  The Book Mine Set — Authority: 104
  Cat HaikuThe cat, her head downOn my taxes, flicks an ear.The fireplace crackles.
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• Remembering Forgetfulness on Poetry Friday

  
  Karen Edmisten — Authority: 546
  I am, just as Billy Collins predicted (in the recording of this poems reading, found here ) "intensely fond of" his poem Forgetfulness . I had forgotten exactly why I liked it so much until I listened to it again this morning.  I think it has something to do with the poet. What was his name again? Oh, yeah. ...
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• Poetry Friday

  
  Sarah Miller: Reading, Writing, Musing... — Authority: 125
  Assurances I need no assurances, I am a man who is preoccupied of his own soul; I do not doubt that from under the feet and beside the hands and face I am cognizant of, are now looking faces I am not cognizant of, calm and actual faces, I do not doubt but the majesty and beauty of the world are latent in any iota ...
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• friday feast: a taste of tuscany

  
  jama rattigan's alphabet soup — Authority: 465
  "The passion of the Italian or the Italian-American population is endless for food and lore and everything about it. " ~ Mario Batali "Tuscany Delights" painting by Lisa Lorenz . Buon Giorno! Come sta? Are you in the mood for la cucina italiano ? *kisses fingertips*  Recently, I heard about a new ...
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• Poetry Friday

  
  Wendie's Wanderings — Authority: 121
  Last week I explained Nonfiction Monday. (which sometimes comes on a Tuesday on my blog) Today (Friday) the Kidlithosphere celebrates Poetry Friday. There is a good explanation of Poetry Friday over at Chicken Spaghettis blog . -wendieO
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• Mary Oliver: In Blackwater Woods

  
  Read Write Believe — Authority: 118
  My niece, Emily, would have been thirteen years old yesterday. Her family hosted a purple balloon release at her gravesite.  I couldnt be there, but this poem by Mary Oliver is the balloon Im releasing today. Blackwater Woods by Mary Oliver Look, the trees are turning their own bodies into pillars of ...
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• POETRY FRIDAY

  
  Carol's Corner — Authority: 122
  I posted this found poem last year, but I really love it. Maybe I will make it an annual tradition. A THANKSGIVING BLESSING May we be aware not of the things we lack, but of all that we have. May we feel not the absence of those we love, but the presence of those who love us. May we see not just the ...
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• Poetry Friday -- Fear

  
  A Year of Reading — Authority: 467
  image by packtpulk FEAR I am not afraid of the dark or cold weather or hard work. I am not afraid to be caught without an umbrella and Im not afraid (anymore) of those big millipedes that are sometimes in the sink when I turn on the kitchen light in the morning in the summer. I am not ...
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