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“What Can You Make from Carbon?” by Laura Purdie Salas [Poetry Friday]

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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. I’m realizing as I read this that a really common theme in my nonfiction writing (including fact-based poetry) is how many different uses/roles one thing can have.

What Can You Make from Carbon?

Charcoal
Makes drawings and fire

Graphite
Makes words that inspire

Diamond
Makes drill bits and rings

Carbon
Makes all living things

–Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved

And here I am reading this poem.

?Kara at Rogue Anthropologist (love that name) has the Poetry Friday Roundup today. Enjoy!

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42 Responses

    1. Thanks, Rosi–I can’t wait to read the entire thing–I’m only about 1/5 of the way through:>)

    1. Thanks, Rosi–I can’t wait to read the entire thing–I’m only about 1/5 of the way through:>)

    1. Thanks, Matt–I’m excited (always) to be part of Sylvia’s and Janet’s anthologies!

    1. Thanks, Matt–I’m excited (always) to be part of Sylvia’s and Janet’s anthologies!

    1. Thanks, Jessica–No, the books are only available through Amazon (Kindle ebooks or paperback versions).

    1. Thanks, Jessica–No, the books are only available through Amazon (Kindle ebooks or paperback versions).

  11. Nice work, Laura. I especially enjoyed hearing you read your poem and the picture of all the books is a good one. Thank you too for sharing another of your poems, an acrostic, THINGS TO DO IN SCIENCE CLASS from the PFS Anthology for Science, on my blog, Poetry for Kids Joy

    http://www.poetryforkidsjoy.blogspot.com

    JOY

    1. Thanks, Joy! Capillaries, carbon, eyeglasses…so many great topics covered in this anthology:>)

  12. Nice work, Laura. I especially enjoyed hearing you read your poem and the picture of all the books is a good one. Thank you too for sharing another of your poems, an acrostic, THINGS TO DO IN SCIENCE CLASS from the PFS Anthology for Science, on my blog, Poetry for Kids Joy

    http://www.poetryforkidsjoy.blogspot.com

    JOY

    1. Thanks, Joy! Capillaries, carbon, eyeglasses…so many great topics covered in this anthology:>)

    1. Thanks, Marti! I appreciate that, esp because I tend to overexplain and get too detailed when science is involved:>)

    1. Thanks, Marti! I appreciate that, esp because I tend to overexplain and get too detailed when science is involved:>)

  17. I’m delighted to say that Delaney Educational now carries the Poetry Anthology books. So if you’re a teacher and have a Delaney rep (there are many throughout the country) you can order through them.

    1. Cool! I know there are some other distributors that carry it, but not the major ones that make it easy to find in bookstores. Thanks!

  18. I’m delighted to say that Delaney Educational now carries the Poetry Anthology books. So if you’re a teacher and have a Delaney rep (there are many throughout the country) you can order through them.

    1. Cool! I know there are some other distributors that carry it, but not the major ones that make it easy to find in bookstores. Thanks!

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