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wild rose reader wild rose reader all content 2007 2019 elaine magliaro all rights reserved friday december 18 2020 say this isn t the end a poem for sunday by richard blanco from poet richard blanco i say this might be the end we ve always needed to begin again i say this may be the end to let us hope to heal to evolve reach the stars again i ll say heal evolve reach and become the stars that became us whether or not this is or is not our end first stanza of say this isn t the end say we live on say we ll forget the masks that kept us from dying from the invisible but say we won t ever forget the invisible masks we realized we had been wearing most our lives disguising ourselves from each other say we won t veil ourselves again that our souls will keep breathing timelessly that we won t return to clocking our lives with lists and appointments say we ll keep our days errant as sun showers impulsive as a star s falling say this isn t our end click here to read the rest of the poem michelle kogan has the poetry friday roundup this week posted by elaine magliaro at 8 44 am 2 comments labels poetry friday friday july 17 2020 in celebration of karla kuskin karla kuskin july 17 1932 august 20 2009 i love the children s poetry of karla kuskin most of it is exuberant and lively and perfect for sharing with young children her works were seminal in my development as a children s poet karla kuskin s any me i want to be is one of my favorite poetry books after reading it i fell in love with mask poems my elementary students loved the poetry in this book too in the poems kuskin speaks in the voices of a tree snow night a lion a dragon a snake shoes and even a strawberry i liked growing that was nice the leaves were soft the sun was hot i was warm and red and round then someone dropped me in a pot being a strawberry isn t all pleasing this morning they put me in ice cream i m freezing from scholastic writing poetry with karla kuskin from no water river spotlight on ncte poets karla kuskin with lee bennett hopkins from the cooperative children s book center an interview with karla kuskin from poetry for children remembering karla kuskin from live your poem tree poems by karla kuskin from wild rose reader a poem in remembrance of karla kuskin the poetry friday roundup is at bookseedstudio posted by elaine magliaro at 10 28 am no comments labels karla kuskin poetry friday friday june 26 2020 my cat rudy last friday i posted a poem that my older granddaughter wrote about three baby blue jays that had died on our property today i m posting a poem that she wrote while i was homeschooling her this spring and her second grade class was doing a unit on writing poetry today s poem is about the family cat rudy who had to be put to sleep last year he was the sweetest friendliest most loving cat we all still miss him my cat rudy by jm my cat rudy was sweet and lovey he rubbed against my legs when i came home curled up on my lap and purred snuggled with me in bed my cat rudy was mischievous he sneaked out of the house running fast as a cheetah hunted for mice scratched our couches my cat rudy was my furry friend he died last year i miss him so much i took this picture of rudy before he was put to sleep the poetry friday roundup is at karen s got a blog posted by elaine magliaro at 8 06 am 4 comments labels poetry friday friday june 19 2020 a poem for three baby birds i haven t contributed to poetry friday in months i had had plans for national poetry month but covid 19 dashed them when schools closed here in early march i became my older granddaughter s second grade teacher i have enjoyed working with her especially helping her to learn about writing poetry teaching however has been time consuming my husband and i have also been providing fulltime daycare for both of our granddaughters as our daughter and son in law are considered to be essential workers a few weeks ago three baby blue jays fell out of a tree on our property we noticed that there was a hole in the middle of the birds nest my granddaughters were distraught my husband daughter and i did our best to keep the babies alive we got information on what to do from our animal control officer unfortunately despite our best efforts the baby blue jays died my husband made a little bird cemetery for them we gave the birds names and buried them my older granddaughter wrote a poem for the birds a poem for three baby birds by jm one day i found you little birdies on the ground beneath a tree you fell out of your nest where were your mom and dad i took you into my barn my grandpa fed you you were so cute when you fell asleep you little birdies snuggled with each other the next morning it was time to make you a nest in a pot my mom put you in the pot then my grandpa hung you back up in the tree close to your nest three days later my grandpa told us you had died we buried you in the ground we ll never hear you sing we hope you rest in peace little birdies tricia has the poetry friday roundup at the miss rumphius effect posted by elaine magliaro at 9 24 am 6 comments friday february 14 2020 poetry friday valentine for ernest mann for valentine s day i m posting a favorite poem by one of my favorite poets valentine for ernest mann by naomi shihab nye you can t order a poem like you order a taco walk up to the counter say i ll take two and expect it to be handed back to you on a shiny plate still i love your spirit anyone who says here s my address write me a poem deserves something in reply so i ll tell a secret instead poems hide in the bottoms of our shoes they are sleeping they are the shadows drifting across our ceilings the moment before we wake up what we have to do is live in the way that lets us find them click here to read the rest of the poem linda has the poetry friday roundup at teacherdance posted by elaine magliaro at 8 11 am 6 comments labels poetry friday older posts home subscribe to posts atom about me elaine magliaro i worked as an elementary school teacher for more than three decades and as a school librarian for three years i also taught a children s literature course at boston university from 2002 2008 i served on the advisory board of the keene state college children s literature festival from 2006 2008 and as a member of the ncte poetry committee from 2009 2012 things to do my first children s book won the 2018 margaret wise brown prize in children s literature and a 2018 ezra jack keats new writer honor award view my complete profile elaine s first poetry book february 7 2017 elaine has poems in the following anthologies the proper way to meet a hedgehog selected by paul janeczko world make way edited by lee bennett hopkins great morning poems for school leaders to read aloud edited by sylvia vardell and janet wong one minute till bedtime selected by kenn nesbitt dare to dream change the world edited by jill corcoran a rocketful of space poems compiled by john foster my cat is in love with the goldfish and other loopy love poems chosen by graham denton falling down the page a book of list poems edited by georgia heard robert s snowflakes compiled by grace lin robert mercer dear one a tribute to lee bennett hopkins compiled by sylvia vardell janet wong poetry resources for national poetry month first week of napomo 2010 in review the 2009 national poetry month lalapalooza post blog archive 2020 6 december 1 say this isn t the end a poem for sunday by richa july 1 june 2 february 1 january 1 2019 39 november 1 october 2 august 1 july 1 june 1 may 4 april 24 march 2 february 2 january 1 2018 37 december 1 november 1 october 1 september 1 august 1 july 3 june 2 may 3 april 20 march 1 february 1 january 2 2017 22 december 3 october 1 september 1 august 2 july 1 june 3 may 2 april 6 march 1 february 2 2016 20 november 2 october 4 september 4 august 4 july 3 april 3 2015 10 november 1 august 6 july 3 2014 6 april 6 2013 21 december 1 may 1 april 14 january 5 2012 76 december 3 november 4 october 5 september 2 august 1 july 5 june 4 may 5 april 29 march 6 february 4 january 8 2011 126 december 8 november 7 october 9 september 10 august 7 july 9 june 7 may 10 april 27 march 10 february 10 january 12 2010 174 december 9 november 15 october 12 september 11 august 8 july 17 june 11 may 11 april 39 march 13 february 12 january 16 2009 215 december 15 november 14 october 19 september 19 august 8 july 13 june 15 may 12 april 37 march 22 february 20 january 21 2008 204 december 14 november 15 october 15 september 16 august 8 july 10 june 10 may 20 april 48 march 17 february 16 january 15 2007 222 december 15 november 24 october 30 september 23 august 21 july 19 june 18 may 26 april 46 blogroll annie patterson bloomabilities blue rose girls book moot booklights pbs parents bottom shelf books chair a fireplace and a tea cozy a charlotte s library check it out chicken spaghetti cybils awards the david l harrison s blog drift record the julie larios farm school father goose charles ghigna finding wonderland florian cafe fuse 8 production a gotta book gracenotes grace lin greetings from nowhere i n k interesting nonfiction for kids imagine create jama rattigan s alphabet soup jarrett j krosoczka s blog jen robinson s book page laura purdie salas liz in ink michael salinger s blog miss rumphius effect the mitali s fire escape motherreader my juicy little universe heidi mordhorst on point lorie ann grover painting bunnies anna alter papertigers blog poem farm amy ludwig vanderwater poetry time blog charles waters poetry for children political verses random noodling diane mayr read roger read write believe rebecca s writing journey saints and spinners sara holbrook s blog scrub a dub tub seven impossible things solitary grace a teach poetry k 12 three silly chicks through the studio door wordswimmer write time writing and ruminating wrung sponge a year of reading a labels 2008 kidlit bloggers conference 1 7 imp interview 1 a perfect pair 4 abraham lincoln 3 acrostic poems 52 allison 2 animal poems 6 apostrophe poems of address 2 asian pacific american heritage month 1 autumn picture books 5 autumn poems 5 baby poems 2 back to school 7 banned books week 2 best books of the year 1 biographies 1 black history month 15 blog the vote 1 blogging 1 blue rose girls 6 book awards 2 book bunch 6 book lists 54 book spine poems 1 books in verse 7 children s book week 4 children s books 1 children s poetry 96 children s poets 18 chinese new year 2 christmas books 14 christmas poems 5 classroom connections 12 color poems 5 cybils 15 cybils 2009 5 cybils 2010 3 cybils 2011 3 douglas florian 5 elaine s original poems 402 elaine s videos 3 election and political books 1 fairy tale poems 22 food poems 1 foundation for children s books 4 grace lin 19 great read alouds for little listeners 4 haiku 10 halloween books 14 halloween poems 3 hanukkah books 9 here and there 35 here s a poem about 5 holiday books 2 how to poems 1 i am looking for a poem about 7 interviews 13 j patrick lewis 10 janet wong 25 joyce sidman 8 julia 5 karla kuskin 1 keene state college 3 lee bennett hopkins 18 letter poems 2 light verse 1 list poems 39 mary ann hoberman 6 mask poems 54 memoir poems 6 national day on writing 1 national poetry month 91 national poetry month 2010 38 national poetry month 2011 30 national poetry month 2012 29 national poetry month 2013 14 national poetry month 2014 3 national poetry month 2016 3 national poetry month 2017 5 national poetry month 2018 20 national poetry month 2019 26 native american heritage month 5 ncte 7 no poems 1 nonfiction picture books 20 out and about 35 palinoems 6 pas north shore council 14 paul janeczko 1 picture book reviews 35 poem a day 30 poetry anthologies 2 poetry book reviews 1 poetry for young children 1 poetry friday 298 poetry friday roundup 13 poetry videos 1 public schools 1 rebecca kai dotlich 3 riddle rhymes 1 robert s snow 37 school stories 5 sea 1 seasonal poetry 49 small graces 22 spring books 2 spring 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