Revised Revisited
Today is Poetry Friday, and our hostess is Catherine at Reading to the Core. She's sharing a poem planned for the start of school....yipes! Already??
I missed last Friday's poetry, though I did write some. I read about "Where I'm From" poetry introduced by George Ella Lyon, and tried one.
I also later found this form online: http://freeology.com/extras/whereimfrom2.html. It would be good for getting started with students.
Though some have seen my original there version on FB, I have revisited and revised it. At one early point I had accidentally taken out the "lilacs" that I wanted in there, so they are back. Then my brother read it and mentioned "Brown Rim Cookies". No one else in the world that I knew ever made them, or had heard of them. So I've included the cookies in the poem and a recipe at the end. I became an expert at tucking the edges of the linen towel inside a glass, dipping it in water, and applying just the right am…
I missed last Friday's poetry, though I did write some. I read about "Where I'm From" poetry introduced by George Ella Lyon, and tried one.
I also later found this form online: http://freeology.com/extras/whereimfrom2.html. It would be good for getting started with students.
Though some have seen my original there version on FB, I have revisited and revised it. At one early point I had accidentally taken out the "lilacs" that I wanted in there, so they are back. Then my brother read it and mentioned "Brown Rim Cookies". No one else in the world that I knew ever made them, or had heard of them. So I've included the cookies in the poem and a recipe at the end. I became an expert at tucking the edges of the linen towel inside a glass, dipping it in water, and applying just the right am…
