Poetry Friday can be found at Elizabeth Steinglass-Poet. She invites us to meet under the willow tree! Thanks for the party, Liz!
This
has been a challenging post to create for Poetry Friday. I want it to be special, I want to Wow
everyone, and I want to share a beautiful poem.
I read poetry all the time, but this week have read more than usual,
searching for one that reflects back and yet, I realize there is no “one” set of
words that will encompass everything.
This is my FIVE HUNDREDTH
POST! I’ve been blogging for over two years, since
March 1, 2011, when I started the thread that has wound through my posts ever
since. I wrote about writing, that time teaching writing, and the topic has been
my focus since, all the way through 499 POSTS!
In
that first post, I described working with a class in personal narratives, using
The
Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown as a mentor text. I use it often in numerous lessons. It is my ‘go to’ book, one I value in both
teaching and thinking. And so I return
to it in this 500th post.