Poetry Friday

Poetry Friday January 27, 2023

Jan at Bookseedstudio is our host today. Jan and I went to Hollins together. In fact, you can see a mentor text lesson plan I made for her book SHE SANG PROMISE
 
 
If you’re interested in more mentor text lesson plans for teachers, you can see those here
 
 
 

Haiku of the Week

New Year’s Eve—
sun spills on forest floor
spotlights its frills
 
Photo Taken: December 31, 2022, Hidden Pond Nature Center
Haiku Written: January 8, 2023
 
 

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What I’m Reading

by Wendell Berry
 
One of my favorite things I noticed was in the poem “The Finches” when it reads: “May the bare sticks soon/live.” In this season of winter, I’m very much connecting with that line.

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