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Friday, February 27, 2015

LOST BOOKS

Happy Poetry Friday.

     First, I have a letter poem up on Michelle Hendrich Barnes' blog today.  She and David Elliot challenged children's poets to write a letter poem during the month of February.  You can find my poem here.
http://michellehbarnes.blogspot.com/2015/02/february-dmc-wrap-up-giveaway.html   
Thanks Michelle for a fun challenge.  I had a hard time distilling  this poem down to the fewest words to still tell the story.  WOW!  This was fun.

     Second, Heidi Mordhorst is hosting the Friday Poetry Roundup today.  She has an exciting list of words ending in "CH" for us to try writing poems for during the month of MarCH.  Thanks, Heidi for a great exercise and for hosting the roundup.  You can find the list and more great poetry on Heidi's blog My Juicy Little Universe.

     Third,  at a recent FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY bag day sale I picked up two interesting books.
The Child as Poet: Myth of Reality? by Myra Cohn Livingston, published by The Horn Book, 1984.  This was signed by the author.  A bit of a tome, but the references are excellent.

The Brownings: Letters and Poetry, selected and with an introduction by Christopher Ricks, Doubleday, 1970.  Oh, this has been a fun read to see the history between these two important poets. 
Does your library have book sales?  I find it is a great way to add to my poetry library (and to keep learning.)  

    OK, fourth a poem for today.

I lose my books,
it's seek and find.
I often think
I've lost my mind.

I search and search,
where can it be?
My book is there
waiting for me.

    I really do try to keep my things organized, but there is always more stuff to add to the clutter.  What do you do to try to keep yourself organized?  Can you write a poem today about something you've lost (maybe your homework) or something you've found or found out?  Have fun writing today.

16 comments:

  1. I needed this poem today, have been looking and looking for a poetry book that I've used a lot with students. No one at school seems to have borrowed it-cannot find it! And congrats on doing a letter poem for Michelle-I just couldn't get to it this time-wanted to! I'll go right over, Joy. And yes, I go to library sales as often as I can. Our Denver Public Library has wonderful ones. What finds you discovered!

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    1. Linda, what was the book you were looking for?

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  2. Loved your geode poem over at Michelle's today, Joy!

    And what treasures you found at the Library Sale!! Especially that signed copy of the Myra Cohn Livingston book. I would love to have met her.

    Happy Weekending!

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    1. Thanks Robyn. We do love the poems that deal with the natural world, don't we? Sure wish I could take a walk along the beach with you. Imagine the treasures we'd find and the poems we could write.

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  3. I love the theme "Lost Books." I have yet to know more of Myra Cohn Livingston's writing. :)

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    1. Oh, go looking. She was quite a lady. Myra taught classes in writing for children at UCLA. She has passed and so now I collect people who took her classes and ask them to tell me Myra stories.

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  4. I can relate to this poem. Where do they go?? I like to think they are waiting for me...but where?

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    1. Yes Tabatha. Part of my problem in looking for a book is I get so easily distracted by another book that has some interesting information in it.

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  5. I haven't been to a library book sale in awhile. I signed book by Myra Cohn Livingston? What a treasure! Congrats.

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    1. Yes, Rosi. I'm getting to have quite a collection of Myra Cohn Livingston's books. Each one is a treasure.

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  6. Joy,
    If you're like me, it's in the first place you looked or rather overlooked it. ;)

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    1. Nah, it is always in the last place I look.

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  7. What? Me lose something? I just stop looking now and wait for it to find me.

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    1. Thanks Donna. I think your thought might make a fun verse for my poem. I'll have to work on that when I get to the revision.

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  8. Joy, I love shopping the library book sales! I'm often amazed by the synchronicity of my findings... like a book on Mars when a idea set on Mars has been niggling, stuff like that. It's like the universe affirming or nudging, leading me along. Thank you for sharing!

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    1. Irene, I do believe in synchronicity and the Universe providing what I need. But the real question for me this week is what do I deserve? I always feel like I'm not working hard enough.

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