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Friday, June 12, 2015

ONE HOT SUMMER 4

Will the monsoons come?
Will I help Grandpa
gather Saguaro fruit
and desert marigolds?
Will we look for horned toads
and gila monsters
near the arroyo?
Once more.

Yes, monsoons will come
to you and Grandpa
and to the horned toads
and gila monsters.
All will be there.

But now it is summer.
Now we lick
prickly pear popsicles.
So cool, so delicious.
Taste it.

     I'm still using NOW IT IS WINTER, written by Eileen Spinelli for my mentor text.  What is your favorite food to eat in summertime?  Can you write a poem about summer foods today?  Have fun writing.

   It is Friday again and time for the Poetry Friday Round Up.  A chance for you to read more poetry by children's poets.  The Round Up is hosted by Jama Rattigan today at her blog Jama's Alphabet Soup.  Hop over to the party and enjoy the poetry.  Thanks, Jama for being the hostess with the mostess for us.



Reading children's poetry is a great way to build vocabulary.

14 comments:

  1. Prickly Pear Popsicles for everyone! Yay! Love summer eating... definitely poem-worthy. And yes to the expanding vocabulary. :)

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    1. Thanks Irene for stopping by and leaving a comment. The aphorism at the end of my posts is something fairly new for my blog and it is a lot of fun to leave with some up-lifting thought about children's poetry. I like to think of it as my way of ending with a benediction. ;-)

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  2. Prickly pear popsicles -- never knew there was such a thing! Here's to the great tastes of summer (yay coconut sorbet)!

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    1. Nah, Jama. For you it needs to be Shave Ice--and I want the kind with the mac ice cream at the bottom. thank you for all your work with the Poetry Friday Round Up.

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  3. Joy,
    Thanks for teaching us more about your desert setting. I vote for prickly pear popsicles on the ice cream trucks in NC. Think it will happen?

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    1. Chapel Hill has LocoPops. It might happen.

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  4. Great poem, Joy! I love the subjects you chose.

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    1. Thanks, Catherine. I keep thinking about how this might be illustrated and I'm not sure I have enough scenes. When I get to the end on Day 7, that is one of the questions I'll have to examine.

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  5. Hmmm. What are desert marigolds? I'm going to have to go look that up. I'd been thinking about marigolds lately and reading about their uses. I'd not come across this.

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    1. The desert marigolds are a yellow daisy like flower. The dry up quickly when we don't have water, but bloom quickly when we do.

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  6. You've captured the essence of our desert summer one dessert at a time, Joy! =)

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    1. Good pun, Bridget. Thanks for the laugh.

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  7. This is a fantastic series! I love your purple commentary on each post!

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    1. Thanks, Mary Lee. The aphorisms on the end of the posts are something recent for me. I've been having so much fun thinking of them and saving quotes that I think are inspiring. I'm glad you like them too.

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