Wandering around the internet in the insomniac hours I find Caught by the River an interesting gathering of nature, poetry & culture &:
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Tag: poetry
A batch of newspaper blackout poems.
Nice examples of blackout poetry from the master. I must remember to get my class to do some this session.
As part of doing some sessions at UBC in June, I got some gift cards to use at the bookstore, and picked up some heavy pieces of literature. Tha…
Hi Alan,
I, somewhat serendipitously, read this post recently. Didn’t notice the date.
The book arrived, £2.29 including p&p, this morning.
Marvellous book and I think it will a great resource when I go back to school in August.
Ian McMillan, Jini Ready, Testament and Ira Lightman explore words and walking.
I particularly enjoyed the sentiment of the final poem from Testament with the idea of valuing the in between spaces as well as wild ones. The whole program was delightful.
Todd Learns to Copy Stuff - Short thought on poetry and play for this wonderful day.
Tod Learns to copy stuff fun, interesting and inspiring… I had a wee go:-)
The scarlet macaws want their red back, not puce or pink but rich rubescence. They squawk and screech and growl for the people to give it back.
Just head this on the radio and looked it up.
They don’t want to be eaten.
They don’t want to be sacrificed.
They don’t want to be shot for their celestial light
and lose their teeth and eyes.
#tdc3186 #ds106 my Milestone poem is For the Children by Gary Snyder
stay together
learn the flowers
go light
In this film, writer Kate Clanchy uses Edip Cansever's poem 'The Table', translated by Richard Tillinghast, to inspire pupils to create their own poems. The activity works well with both native speakers of English and pupils who have recently learnt English.
Listened to @KateClanchy1‘s Poetry activities for schools: The Table by Edip Cansever ripped from YouTube. Which is great. Kate Clanchy uses poem ‘The Table’ to inspire pupils to create their own poems. Loved the poem and read to my class this morning.
I have been working for years. on a four-line poem. about the life of a leaf; I think it might come out right this winter