Poetry Month - Day Twenty-Four - Poetry Friday, Too!

It's April. It's Poetry Month!  
            
          And, its Poetry Friday, with Christie Wyman at Wondering and Wandering! Her post is full of great things today, bird song, "conk-a-ree" anyone? and the next lines in the Progressive Poem. Thanks, Christie!

         Remember to check out the list of what everyone is doing at Jama Rattigan's blog: Jama's Alphabet Soup.

          And check on the Water Poem Project where every day, a poet is sharing a prompt connected to water, hosted and created by Laura Shovan!

Plus! Check each day for the added line to the Progressive Poem, created by Irene Latham, now hosted by Margaret Simon! The link is above and the graphic to the right!  




I want to say thank you to Irene Latham for the poetry postcard for poetry month and Jone MacCulloch for continuing her wonderful poetry project with students. I'm happy to share these joys from my mail!

         A leap with the theme of CIRCLES for poetry month, poems & small sketches. I am looking forward to reading everyone's posts. I'm sure I will love each one, knowing they're done during a time we've not lived before. I am worried about so many, those close and those far, my community, too. 

April 1 - haiku
April 2 - cinquain
April 3 - a couplet
April 4 - limerick
April 5 - a kyrielle
April 6 - a skinny
April 7 - quatrain

April 8 - tanka

April 9 - a prose poem

April 10 - free verse
April 11 -  acrostic
April 12 - free verse

April 13 - a nonet

April 14 - haiku
April 15 -  lune
April 16 - sonnet
April 17 - free verse
April 18 - silly verse 
April 19 - couplets

April 20 - free verse
April 21 - a skinny
April 22 - a prose poem
April 23 - cherita

Best wishes for continuing good health to you all!

        The Ordinary

I’ve learned patience with the days,

un-winding them a few hours at a time.

When the sun casts morning shadows,  

I’m up and out walking,

allowing plans to rise.

Ordinary is the word I have used before

but now the whirr of the mower

becomes extraordinary.

Patience Is A Virtue

            Thanks to Stacey, Tara, Dana, Beth, Anna and Betsy and all this blogging community for the Tuesday Slice of Life!  

How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young?  ~Paul Sweeney

I watched the Super Bowl Sunday night, and we’re starting the week before the big week, our show-what-you’ve-learned-from-your-unit-so-far this year EXPO, and I made a few connections.

I admired both teams. They showed qualities of teamwork and persistence in the face of  mistakes. In addition, both fought hard to catch up with the other team when they were behind. Yet, there at the end, when Seattle amazed by marching down the field, nearly winning in the final seconds, there was a feeling of hurry.