tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084574475796190316.post3917280739144992378..comments2024-03-29T00:51:16.923-04:00Comments on my juicy little universe: give e-poetry this season!Heidi Mordhorsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16496427007514895950noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084574475796190316.post-10298590547855716342011-12-07T05:53:16.717-05:002011-12-07T05:53:16.717-05:00I love that last wish & the urge to carry that...I love that last wish & the urge to carry that one away! Great gift idea here.Andromeda Jazmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12355192738014962965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084574475796190316.post-68305597671384815272011-12-03T19:11:24.380-05:002011-12-03T19:11:24.380-05:00I like the poem. I recently read, actually listene...I like the poem. I recently read, actually listened on cd, "The Wishing Trees" by John Shors. Lovely story, if you haven't read it.Dorainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04421672075192660319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084574475796190316.post-2927181199417241932011-12-03T10:06:08.690-05:002011-12-03T10:06:08.690-05:00"waltzing away on the soles
of twin wishes&qu..."waltzing away on the soles<br />of twin wishes"<br /><br />soles, or souls? could be either, methinks.<br /><br />Fun snapshot from today's Poetry Friday in my classroom -- new principal was there to witness two girls reading aloud a poem...from our new classroom Kindle! (Gift Tag and Poetry Tag Time are favorites to Kindle-read alone or with a buddy!!)Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084574475796190316.post-39607904117167758632011-12-02T14:59:44.274-05:002011-12-02T14:59:44.274-05:00I wonder if students would write beautiful poems i...I wonder if students would write beautiful poems if you just offered the prompt, 'wishing tree', then after, read your poem? I love that you used so many 'wishing' pieces. We always wished when seeing the rainbows, but I think my grandmother made that up. Thanks for the books; they will make excellent gifts!Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084574475796190316.post-84852501988041165322011-12-02T09:36:57.204-05:002011-12-02T09:36:57.204-05:00Love the poem! I also love the idea of a poetry e-...Love the poem! I also love the idea of a poetry e-book for kids. I'll check it out later. Have to work now!<br /><br />Janet over at The Write SistersI'm Jet . . .https://www.blogger.com/profile/18126808059666263516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084574475796190316.post-23879942472412611562011-12-02T09:03:03.748-05:002011-12-02T09:03:03.748-05:00I wish I were funny.
I wish I could sing.
and I ...I wish I were funny.<br /><br />I wish I could sing.<br /><br />and I wish, I wish I could write poetry.maria horvathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13070884396789350035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084574475796190316.post-52647870227473731622011-12-02T07:52:03.269-05:002011-12-02T07:52:03.269-05:00wishing is hard work, too, sometimes. especially i...wishing is hard work, too, sometimes. especially if you want it to be <i>just right</i>.<br /><br />this photo seems to want to trigger a memory of something one of my classes did a long time ago where we... did we messages of peace? hang paper cranes? the memory flickers so much i can't even be sure it isn't imagined, like roger ebert realizing that a treasured childhood memory is really a scene from a movie he'd forgotten about. <br /><br />anyway, well done. now off to checl out this p*tag thing...david elzeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16653215150526146224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084574475796190316.post-42461658776392837402011-12-02T07:13:09.000-05:002011-12-02T07:13:09.000-05:00Love this poem, Heidi. Especially the way you desc...Love this poem, Heidi. Especially the way you describe lightness:<br /><br />every puff of birthday breath <br /><br />hung with white wishes as light as popcorn:<br /><br />So great to see you at NCTE, btw!laurasalashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13807781795919555208noreply@blogger.com