Poetry Friday Is Here!

Posted on Friday May 16, 2008 by Stacey

River of Words: Young Poets and Artists on the Nature of Things is a new addition to my growing personal poetry collection. I wasn’t sure what to expect from this text when I saw it listed on Amazon, but I ordered it anyway, hoping that the poetry the kids wrote for this book would be as good as the PS Poem Page’s Poems.

I was NOT disappointed when I received River of Words. In fact, I broke out the sticky tabs to mark the poems I cannot wait to share with my students.

In the meantime, here are excepts from two favorites (to view the poems in their entirety click here for purchasing information):

There Is A Dark River
by Michelle Diaz Garza

There is a dark river
In the gutter of the street
In front of my school.
It was born in the rain
And isn’t flowing anymore.
It’s sort of sad
With drops of gasoline
And a red wrapper
Some kid tossed
After eating a candy.
pg. 25

Blueberries
by Rachel Miller

I dash down the path
Behind our house.
The grass prickles my feet
As I gaze,
Searching for a patch
Of blueberries.
pg. 153

Please use Mr. Linky to link your submission to this post.

NOTE: We’ll post a summary of everyone’s poems later this evening since we’re both teaching all day today.

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30 Responses

  1. Kelly, on May 16th, 2008 at 1:09 am Said:

    Thanks for hosting, Stacey and Ruth! My link is in!

  2. Michele, on May 16th, 2008 at 2:27 am Said:

    Thanks for doing the round-up… I’m in this week…

  3. Michele, on May 16th, 2008 at 2:28 am Said:

    Thanks for hosting the round-up !!

  4. jama, on May 16th, 2008 at 2:45 am Said:

    Today I’m sharing a song and poetical sayings translated by Hawaii treasure Mary Kawena Pukui: http://jamarattigan.livejournal.com/115072.html.

    Thanks for hosting!

  5. Gregory K., on May 16th, 2008 at 3:40 am Said:

    Thanks for hosting. I put up an original today, just cuz.

    it’s here: http://gottabook.blogspot.com/2008/05/my-superhero-band-aid-band-aid-poema.html

  6. John Mutford, on May 16th, 2008 at 5:26 am Said:

    Thanks for hosting. I really like those poems, especially the images in the first.

    I’m in this week with a collection of reviews of Paul B. Janeczko’s A Kick In The Head. Perhaps some of this week’s participants will recognize their own.

  7. cloudscome, on May 16th, 2008 at 5:37 am Said:

    Thanks for hosting! I’m in with a review of Fletcher’s Poetry Matters.

  8. Mary Lee, on May 16th, 2008 at 5:51 am Said:

    Thanks for doing the roundup this week!

  9. Jenny, on May 16th, 2008 at 6:21 am Said:

    Thanks so much for hosting! I’ve posted my link…

  10. Tricia, on May 16th, 2008 at 6:45 am Said:

    Hi Ladies,
    Thanks so much for rounding us up. I’m in today with a sonnet on sleep, something I am sadly lacking right now!

  11. Sara, on May 16th, 2008 at 7:07 am Said:

    You sound incredibly busy at the end of the school year, so thanks for taking the time to host today! My link has been valet parked by Mr. Linky. :) But here it is again: http://saralewisholmes.blogspot.com/2008/05/poetry-friday-run.html

  12. Laura Salas, on May 16th, 2008 at 8:11 am Said:

    Thanks for hosting today! I love kids’ writing, and as you said, it’s so great to share it with kids to encourage them in their own writing. Do you have 10-Second Rainshowers? Love that.

  13. Laura Salas, on May 16th, 2008 at 8:12 am Said:

    Oh, I forgot to say, I’m in with two posts:

    15 Words or Less poems (drop by and add your own)
    http://laurasalas.livejournal.com/66909.html

    Immovable: an original poem about Scottish Highland Cattle
    http://laurasalas.livejournal.com/67242.html

  14. eisha, on May 16th, 2008 at 8:17 am Said:

    Dang! The more I hear about that book, the more I realize I must see it for myself.

    7-Imp is in with “Making a Fist” by Naomi Shihab Nye. Thanks for rounding up!

  15. TadMack, on May 16th, 2008 at 8:44 am Said:

    Thanks for hosting, ladies! I’m in with An Agreeable Destruction.

  16. writer2b, on May 16th, 2008 at 8:45 am Said:

    Thanks for hosting. I’m in with a Wendell Berry poem.

  17. Andrea (of JOMB), on May 16th, 2008 at 9:07 am Said:

    Thanks for rounding us up today.

    This week we chat about two extremely popular rhyming books, “Over in the Ocean in a Coral Reef ” and “Going Around The Sun: Some Planetary Fun “, both of which are sung to the toddler tune “Over in the Meadow”.

    I’m always surprised how almost any book that involves singing of a catchy tune is an extreme hit at our house.

    Have a great long weekend!
    Andrea

  19. Sylvia, on May 16th, 2008 at 9:17 am Said:

    Thanks for hosting us today. I just got my own copy of RIVER OF WORDS and can’t wait to read and review it. Thanks for the nudge! Today I’ve reviewed Helen Frost’s DIAMOND WILLOW.

  21. Cheryl, on May 16th, 2008 at 9:45 am Said:

    Thanks for hosting! I’m really happy to join in again.

    I’ve written a poem about writing. I love reading about writing and books, so it inspires me. :)

  22. MotherReader, on May 16th, 2008 at 10:07 am Said:

    I’m reviewing Pretlutsky’s My Dog is a Genius with a bonus poem from the book.

  23. Susan T., on May 16th, 2008 at 12:12 pm Said:

    Thank you for rounding up all the poetry, Stacey and Ruth! I wrote about the book Secret Places, which came highly recommended by my son’s third-grade teacher. I left a link with Mr. Linky.

  24. Becky, on May 16th, 2008 at 12:35 pm Said:

    Thanks for hosting, Stacey and Ruth. The trees here just leafed out this week, so I thought of Millay’s “Counting-out Rhyme”. Have a great weekend!

  25. Christine M, on May 16th, 2008 at 1:53 pm Said:

    Thanks for doing the round-up! I’m in with a little Robert Louis Stevenson. http://simpleordinary.blogspot.com/2008/05/poetry-friday-singing.html

  26. Wizards Wireless, on May 16th, 2008 at 3:31 pm Said:

    Thanks for hosting! I re-posted an original poem about the end of another semester of graduate school.
    -Susan

  27. Jennie, on May 16th, 2008 at 6:11 pm Said:

    Thanks for hosting! I have one from Boris Pasternak that was read a wedding I recently attended…

    http://tushuguan.blogspot.com/2008/05/poetry-friday.html

  28. Poetry Friday: Dennis Lee « A little of this, a little of that, on May 16th, 2008 at 7:39 pm Said:

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  29. Lisa, on May 16th, 2008 at 9:10 pm Said:

    Thanks for hosting. Here’s my late entry by Douglas Florian called The Caterpillar.

  30. linda sarah, on May 17th, 2008 at 9:13 am Said:

    thank you so much – it’s lovely to participate:-)

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