Laura Purdie Salas

Writing the World for Kids

You are here: Home / Archives for Poems for Teachers

Day 17: I Am From…by Water (#NationalPoetryMonth2020)

By

Happy Poetry Friday! Today’s prompt for the #WaterPoemProject was awesome but challenging. How do you show the universality of water but still stay specific? Here’s my attempt: Like most everybody else, I’m experiencing lots of upheavals lately! I have no huge National Poetry Month plans–just hoping to share an imagepoem here each day (or as […]

Tagged With: , , , , ,

Day 16: Drip from My Fingertips (#NationalPoetryMonth2020)

By

I’ve been participating in Laura Shovan’s fabulous #WaterPoemProject, and it’s the best decision I made for National Poetry Month. With only a few exceptions over the past several weeks, it’s been the first writing I’ve done each day. I check out the prompt, spend about 30 minutes writing a poem draft and creating a Canva […]

Tagged With: , , , ,

Day 15: Spring Peepers (#NationalPoetryMonth2020)

By

I haven’t heard spring peepers yet, though some of my local Minnesota friends have. Not sure if it’s because I’m in the city and not near any ponds or marshes, or because we have had snow several days the past week! Ha! Anyway, I’m going to try to get outside at dusk the next few […]

Tagged With: , , , ,

Day 14: Goodbye to Jack (#NationalPoetryMonth2020)

By

Today’s #waterpoemproject poem explores a painful memory from 2017… Like most everybody else, I’m experiencing lots of upheavals lately! I have no huge National Poetry Month plans–just hoping toCopy of Day X: (#NationalPoetryMonth2020) share an imagepoem here each day (or as often as I can). I’m participating in Laura Shovan’s awesome #WaterPoemProject the best I […]

Tagged With: , , , ,

Day 13: Floor, Not Sky (#NationalPoetryMonth2020)

By

Today’s #waterpoemproject prompt involved thinking of some favorite words, then somehow connecting them to water. “Bamboozle” is a word I love the sound of, and it means to trick someone. It also has “bamboo” in it. So I thought about how bamboo in the rainforests grow so fast, and that maybe the rain tricks it […]

Tagged With: , , ,

Day 12: Soap Bubbles (#NationalPoetryMonth2020)

By

Happy Easter! Today got away from me, and I confess this is a poem I wrote years ago, but it sort of fits today’s #waterpoemproject, so I’m sharing it here:   Like most everybody else, I’m experiencing lots of upheavals lately! I have no huge National Poetry Month plans–just hoping to share an imagepoem here […]

Tagged With: , , , ,

Day 11: Ode to the Shore of Lake Mizell (#NationalPoetryMonth2020)

By

Like most everybody else, I’m experiencing lots of upheavals lately! I have no huge National Poetry Month plans–just hoping to share an imagepoem here each day (or as often as I can). I’m participating in Laura Shovan’s awesome #WaterPoemProject the best I can, so most of my poems will come from either that or from […]

Tagged With: , , , , ,

Day 10: Things to Do if You Are Spring — community edition! [Poetry Friday]

By

Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) These are hard days for writers, aren’t they? Especially ones who aren’t big names. And who have books from last year not selling too well along with books publishing this year and facing extra challenges. (I know, these are hard days for everyone, including mostly […]

Tagged With: , , ,

Day 9: Water Volleyball (#NationalPoetryMonth2020)

By

Like most everybody else, I’m experiencing lots of upheavals lately! I have no huge National Poetry Month plans–just hoping to share an imagepoem here each day (or as often as I can). I’m participating in Laura Shovan’s awesome #WaterPoemProject the best I can, so most of my poems will come from either that or from […]

Tagged With: , , , ,

Day 8: Water Is a Word (#NationalPoetryMonth2020)

By

Like most everybody else, I’m experiencing lots of upheavals lately! I have no huge National Poetry Month plans–just hoping to share an imagepoem here each day (or as often as I can). I’m participating in Laura Shovan’s awesome #WaterPoemProject the best I can, so most of my poems will come from either that or from […]

Tagged With: , , , ,