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Jone MacCulloch’s Silver Star Poetry Project
Please forgive the double post today, but I wanted to share this poem while it was still Poetry Month. I signed up for Jone MacCulloch’s Silver Star Poetry Project again this year, and I just got my beautiful postcard yesterday. What a burst of brightness and cheer on a grey, drizzly day (well, OK, you
Riddle-Ku! [tail whisks]
Riddle-Ku of the Day My tail whisks my nose when I lie round as a dime I wish you were home –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1: ? ? HINT 2: .aLL Photos by Laura Purdie Salas (model: Captain Jack Sparrow:>) TITLE (AND ANSWER): DOG [Educators, please
Riddle-Ku! [smarter]
Riddle-Ku of the Day ?? ? ? I’m smarter than you My answers fly like jet planes But I feel?nothing –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1: ? HINT 2: .aLL Photos by Laura Purdie Salas TITLE (AND ANSWER): COMPUTER [Educators, please click here to see a roundup
Riddle-Ku! [dive into milk]
Riddle-Ku of the Day I dive into milk It’s my start-the-day routine: Swimming with my friends –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved HINT 1: HINT 2: .aLL Photos by Laura Purdie Salas TITLE (AND ANSWER): CEREAL [Educators, please click here to see a roundup of the entire month’s
Riddle-Ku! [mountain’s crumb]
Riddle-Ku of the Day I’m the mountain’s crumb hard and old, jagged or smooth Broken? Beautiful! –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved HINT 1: HINT 2: .aLL Photos by Laura Purdie Salas TITLE (AND ANSWER): ROCK [Educators, please click here to see a roundup of the entire month’s
Riddle-Ku! [big drum]
Riddle-Ku of the Day ? ? ? Big drum, wooden, waxed I wait for your feet to beat a loud romping song –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1: ? HINT 2: ? .aLL Photos by?Randy Salas TITLE (AND ANSWER): GYMNASIUM [Educators, please click here to see a
Riddle-Ku! [don’t shoot]
Riddle-Ku of the Day ? ? Oh, no! Don’t shoot me! I like to gather, not hurt? pigtails, papers?please? –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1: ? HINT 2: ? .aLL Photos by Laura Purdie Salas TITLE (AND ANSWER): RUBBER BAND [Educators, please click here to see
Riddle-Ku! [watch me]
Riddle-Ku of the Day ?? ? I feel you watch me, wanting my hands to point to lunchtime or recess –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1: ? HINT 2: .aLL Photos by Laura Purdie Salas TITLE (AND ANSWER): CLOCK [Educators, please click here to see a roundup
Riddle-Ku! [water slide]
Educators, if you’re on Twitter, tonight I’ll be part of the #SharpSchu Book Club (along with Kate Messner!). Would love to answer your questions about LEAF CAN BE… and WATER CAN BE.… Click here for all the details! Hope to see you there! Now…back to riddle-ku:>) Riddle-Ku of the Day ? ?
Riddle-Ku! [light rules]
Riddle-Ku of the Day ?? ? When I’m up, light rules When I’m down, darkness descends My moods switch often –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1: ? HINT 2: .aLL Photos by Laura Purdie Salas TITLE (AND ANSWER): LIGHT SWITCH [Educators, please click here to see a
Riddle-Ku! [hold cold]
Riddle-Ku of the Day ?? I hold cold inside Unfold me out, make a spout I’m a white mustache –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1: ? HINT 2: .aLL Photos by Laura Purdie Salas TITLE (AND ANSWER): MILK CARTON [Educators, please click here to see a roundup
Riddle-Ku! [simple twist]
Riddle-Ku of the Day ? ? Without me, a door is an unmoving, flat wall I’m a simple twist –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1: ? HINT 2: .aLL Photos by Laura Purdie Salas TITLE (AND ANSWER): DOOR KNOB [Educators, please click here to see a roundup
Riddle-Ku! [no faces]
Riddle-Ku of the Day ? I don’t see faces Only back pockets and legs introduce themselves –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? [Addendum: Revision inspired by Michelle’s joke in the Comments: ? We dance cheek to cheek, but I never see your face. You rest on my legs. –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights
Riddle-Ku! [slurp-burp]
Riddle-Ku of the Day Suck up! Make me a mini milk vacuum cleaner Sip soda?Slurp?Burp! –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1: HINT 2: ? .aLL Photos by Laura Purdie Salas TITLE (AND ANSWER): STRAW [Educators, please click here to see a roundup of the entire month’s
Riddle-Ku! [yellow explodes]
Riddle-Ku of the Day ? My yellow explodes in the middle of summer like daytime fireworks –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1: ? HINT 2: .aLL Photos by Laura Purdie Salas TITLE (AND ANSWER): FLOWER [Educators, please click here to see a roundup of the entire month’s
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- National Poetry Month projects through the years
- Small Reads Roundups (poems grouped by topic)
- Introductions to several favorite poetry forms