Riddle-Ku of the Day I’m a secret wand I wave over blank paper, make words?worlds?magic! –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1: HINT 2: .PhotosPPhPho Photos by Laura Purdie Salas TITLE (AND ANSWER): PENCIL [Educators, please click here to see a roundup of
Riddle-Ku of the Day I sail the sky-sea Fluffy ship blowing above My anchor is rain? –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1: HINT 2: .PhotosPPhPho Photos by Laura Purdie Salas TITLE (AND ANSWER): CLOUD [Educators, please click here to see a roundup
Riddle-Ku of the Day I wave like a flag that calls in a green-breeze voice: ?Summer is coming!? ? –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1: HINT 2: . TITLE (AND ANSWER): LEAF [Educators, please click here to see a roundup of the
Riddle-Ku of the Day I am wrapped-up sun Boxed inside stone and metal Tied with flame ribbons ? –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1: HINT 2: . TITLE (AND ANSWER): FIREPLACE [Educators, please click here to see a roundup of the entire
Riddle-Ku of the Day This merry-go-round spins upside down: I’m singing the room full of breeze ? –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1: HINT 2: . TITLE (AND ANSWER): CEILING FAN [Educators, please click here to see a roundup of the entire
Riddle-Ku of the Day I’m a pencil crop writing love notes on the ground– erasing the sky –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1: HINT 2: TITLE (AND ANSWER): FOREST [Educators, please click here to see a roundup of the entire month’s riddle-ku
Riddle-Ku of the Day I’m a metal snake whose flickering silver tongue bites into your lunch –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1: HINT 2: TITLE (AND ANSWER): FORK [Educators, please click here to see a roundup of the entire month’s riddle-ku and also to
? Photo: Laura Salas Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)! I’ve been taking pictures lately for my National Poetry Month Riddle-ku feature, and here’s one of my rejects!?Here are?3 things this photo makes me think of: 1) a tree in winter 2) an x‑ray
Photo: Laura Salas Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)! For Christmas, we gave our nephew a glow in the dark ant farm, and the ants finally arrived last month during a “warm spell” (aka above freezing). Nifty!?Here are?3 things this photo makes me think
Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong have done it again! This time, their Poetry Friday Anthology is focused on science, and there’s a K‑5 edition as well as individual grade-level student editions–illustrated! These books are fantastic, and I’m proud to have a number of poems in this set, and here’s one.
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