For National Poetry Month 2021, I’m posting an equation poem each day. Maybe with an image, maybe without. I needed something very accessible and doable this year! Maybe you feel the same way? I’d love for you to join me, and here are several options for sharing your own or your students’ equation poems:
- in the comments below
- on social media with #EquationPoem–and be sure to tag me, please! (@LauraPSalas on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook)
- on the Padlet on my bookpage here
Here’s today’s equation poem. Out my studio window, I see the two maple trees in front of our townhome. Right now, they are bursting with maple blossoms, these lime green fluffy poufs that appear in spring before the leaves do. Today was grey, and it even snowed a bit. These pops of color out my window shaking in the wind reminded me of cheerleaders’ pom-poms. As a former cheerleader, I felt a kinship with them, and I felt like they were welcoming spring onto the playing field. Gimme an S! Gimme a P! Gimme an R! Gimme an I! Gimme an N! Gimme a G! What’s that spell? SPRING!
And if you love equation poems, check out my Snowman-Cold=Puddle: Spring Equations, published by Charlesbridge and with gorgeous art by Micha Archer.
Happy poeming!
P.S. Click here if you want to see all of this month’s equation poems!
P.P.S. If you like these, you might also love This Plus That, by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Jen Corace, and Mathematickles, by Betsy Franco and Steve Salerno.
5 Responses
buds unfurling + gentle rains = trees awakening
My morning look out the window, it is getting closer. I just would love to see some sun.
Cheerleaders with pom poms! Are you getting the latest snow storm? Thanks for the video. I’ll be sharing with my students.
I love your idea to make equation poems on a stack of cups. Thanks for sharing this video!
Either I’ve never paid attention, or we have the wrong kinds of maples here (we have… tons of glorious Japanese maples and scant few of the bigger kind in this neighborhood. We’re all liquidambar, all the time, unfortunately.) — I’ve never seen them bloom, and now I must! Love seeing you on video!!
I think it’s only certain maple species. Giant maple, maybe? I never noticed them on the gorgeous fiery colored maple at our old place. Our maple here only turns yellow, which could be due to different species or could be due to soil, sun, etc. Liquidamber–love!