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First snow of the year. Happy Winter Solstice!

#poetrymatters #gingerbread #wintergames2024 #xmaschacha

Inspired by #TuesdayTunes:

My Spotify Wrapped revealed that this was my year for rediscovering early Jewel. She was the artist featured in my Soundcheck. Honestly, I really just had “Jupiter” and “I‘m Sensitive” on repeat…I‘m not ashamed. 💎

Some other (old news) songs that I discovered this year were: Let the Mystery Be by Iris DeMent; You‘re Dead by Norma Tanega; and (the actually new-ish) Dumb in Love by Whitmer Thomas (2020).

Ok. So this is kinda wild….

My grandmother was the person in my life who introduced me to poetry. And this was the book with which she did it. The pictures on the right are of my grandmother‘s copy; clearly, it has been through a lot. The picture on the left is of the same edition, found at a vendor‘s stall here in my own city for $5!

Does it matter whether or not this book is a Pick? Because in spite of my changes in taste, it always will be.

We had horrific snow squalls last night, and my girl was afraid to sleep. I had to breakout one of my favorites, and read to her as the power flickered on and off. Thankfully she fell asleep while I was reading to her, and the power held through the night.

“There is a place where the sidewalk ends and before the street begins.“

This story book for children full of poems was published in 1974. In the book a lot of the poems were easy to read, but required the students to use critical thinking skills. It is a book that gives you many poems to choose from and can help introduce students to this genre of writing. These stories embrace imagination and joy and allow students to enjoy reading poetry.

I enjoyed reading these poems written for young children. It introduces poetry to young children who may not understand the genre. It is a good story to explain different styles of writing and get students thinking critically.