It National Poetry Day on Thursday. The theme is #play so I wrote a poem inspired by
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#wordoftheweek that plays with words and ideas about #poets and the #poetrycommunity #playwithwords #poems4kids #words #recipeoftheweek #bake
A National Poetry Day Play Poem to celebrate #nationalpoetryday on October 2nd - 'Before I Was Yoyo Champion Of The World' This one plays with words and a yoyo #play
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I've been writing poems to celebrate #NationalPoetryDay and the this year's theme #Play on 2nd October. Here is one written to inspire our school children to simply list their favourite words from A to Z. These are some of mine in a poem. #PlayWithWords #Teaching #poetry #blueskypoet #poemsforkids
Morning clouds confess
sins of rain, make good penance,
seek signs of grace in rite.
07/07 Morning cloud.
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#playwithwords
Thunderstorms break.
Lightening cracks pines. They fall, sing
dirge, lamentations.
07/06 Lightening
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Silent summer night
clings to darkness, shrinks from sun,
dreams of autumn's hand.
07/05 Summer
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Independence Day
and overcast skies, storms shut
pathways to freedom.
07/04 Overcast
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Earthworms emerge, move
freely after rain, inch towards
wide, wild, vast frontiers.
07/03 Rain
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Kingfisher: catch fish
on a lake of rueful souls,
waiting to be caught.
07/02 Kingfisher
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Blood plum fights knowledge
of gravity's force and pull,
falls and is eaten.
07/01 Plum
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A balmy day comes
without balm, without salve, hot;
but better than bombs.
06/30 Balmy
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Silence speaks sense to
space filled now by words profuse,
empty of reason.
06/29 Profuse
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Cherries stain like blood.
Dark red juice spatters table,
floor, hands, fingers, face.
06/28 Cherries
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Pasta e Piselli--
a poor mother's dinner filled
a child with vast love.*
06/27 Peas
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*Piselli is the Italian word for peas.
A trellis guards blooms
of pale purple clematis,
watches them tease bees.
06/26 Trellis
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Under dark cover
of new moon, stars fall like rain
of birthday wishes.
06/25 New Moon
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My shadow and I
walk through wild flower garden.
We delight in shade.
06/24 Shade
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Zucchini flowers
bloom await garden visits,
pollinator friends.
06/23 Garden
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Life is no picnic.
There are no picnics in war.
Pick peace, not picnics.
06/22 Picnic
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I ask the sun, please,
to resist forward movement.
It gifts me solstice.*
06/21 Solstice
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*I know the sun doesn't stand still. This is poetry. Writers like to play, even with physics.*
Long days turn into
faded, doubtful memories
of what might have been.
06/19 Long days
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Green bean vines invite
small fingers to pick fresh pods,
eat raw, delicious.
06/20 Fresh
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#happysolstice
With dance, fireflies guard
deserted garden, defend
rise of wild, new growth.*
06/18 Fireflies
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*Inspired by the #SpanishCivilWar, #AnaMaríaMatute.
Woodstock windchimes rest
in a dark, locked shed outside,
no one to hang them.
06/17 Wind Chimes
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Beloved crows: don't eat
rows of sunflower seeds sown
before they sprout, grow.*
06/16 Sunflowers
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*Based on a true experience of crows eating all of my planted sunflower seeds.
Shaved ice comes ready
to eat: a sweet, fruity treat
on hot, sunny days.
06/15 Shaved ice
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Princess Tree's giant
green leaves leave me feeling wee.
Teeny-weeny. See?
06/14 Green leaves
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Lisle spring water flows.
Locals stop, fill bottles, jugs,
and take long, cold sips.
06/13 Spring water
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I dare mosquito:
defy it to bite me here, there,
and I will swat it.
06/12 Mosquito
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Deer and dog ticks sway
on blades of tall grass, await
unguarded hikers.
06/11 Tall grass
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