Today’s poem comes from the fabulous Poetry Friday Anthology for Science, edited by Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong.
This latest offering in their Poetry Friday Anthology series is chock-full of poems exploring everything from physics to scientific methods to nature to machines to scientists. There’s a teacher’s edition, and then grade by grade student editions–with line art illustrations and bonus poems.
Go Fly a Kite
Above the kite, the pressure’s low.
The air’s a streaming, breezy flow.
Below the kite, the pressure’s higher.
Up! Up! Up! This one’s a fly-er!
Lift versus drag.
Lift wins!
That’s why…
your kite
breaks
free
and
climbs
the
sky!
–Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved
I highly recommend ALL the Poetry Friday Anthology books, and of course it’s fun to see lots of regular Poetry Friday participants in there:>)
Here I am reading “Go Fly a Kite!”
Tabatha Yeatts has the Poetry Friday Roundup today?at The Opposite of Indifference–enjoy!
52 Responses
The book is another treasure, Laura. Love your poem. We’re taking a kite to the beach this next week, maybe there will be a science lesson in there too? Thank you!
Always a science lesson, noatyer what you do! 🙂 have fun–
The book is another treasure, Laura. Love your poem. We’re taking a kite to the beach this next week, maybe there will be a science lesson in there too? Thank you!
Always a science lesson, noatyer what you do! 🙂 have fun–
I love the information included and the text shape. Great mentor poem for my students! 🙂 I also love that you record yourself reading your poem. I need to try that. 🙂
Thanks, Holly–I’m barely starting to get used to my recorded voice!
I love the information included and the text shape. Great mentor poem for my students! 🙂 I also love that you record yourself reading your poem. I need to try that. 🙂
Thanks, Holly–I’m barely starting to get used to my recorded voice!
There are so many great poems on this and all the POETRY FRIDAY ANTHOLOGIES. I love your concrete poem, Laura (good to use in language arts as well as science).
There are so many great poems on this and all the POETRY FRIDAY ANTHOLOGIES. I love your concrete poem, Laura (good to use in language arts as well as science).
A kite is a free image I neede a positive sine of being free today I love the poem
Thank you, Jessica. I’m sorry for your loss…
A kite is a free image I neede a positive sine of being free today I love the poem
Thank you, Jessica. I’m sorry for your loss…
Lovely to hear you read Laura. Cute poem.
Thanks, Catherine~
Lovely to hear you read Laura. Cute poem.
Thanks, Catherine~
Fun! I enjoyed hearing you read it.
Thanks, Tabatha–
Fun! I enjoyed hearing you read it.
Thanks, Tabatha–
What a great kite poem! Love it! This is the only Poetry Friday Anthology that I don’t own. I may have to grab this one, too 🙂
Thanks, Penny–it’s an awesome anthology!
What a great kite poem! Love it! This is the only Poetry Friday Anthology that I don’t own. I may have to grab this one, too 🙂
Thanks, Penny–it’s an awesome anthology!
You do a great job building the excitement — a very uplifting poem. 😉
Thanks, Michelle–groan! :>)
You do a great job building the excitement — a very uplifting poem. 😉
Thanks, Michelle–groan! :>)
Wonderful poem and great reading, Laura!
Thanks, Monica:>)
Wonderful poem and great reading, Laura!
Thanks, Monica:>)
I have a copy of this one and am excited to use it this year alongside Wonderopolis, a great combination. I am a strong believer in poetry being a part of every day in the classroom. Thanks for sharing this delightful, uplifting poem.
Wonderopolis is fantastic! Great pairing for the PFA. :>)
I have a copy of this one and am excited to use it this year alongside Wonderopolis, a great combination. I am a strong believer in poetry being a part of every day in the classroom. Thanks for sharing this delightful, uplifting poem.
Wonderopolis is fantastic! Great pairing for the PFA. :>)
Janet and Sylvia knocked this one out of the ballpark, didn’t they?
Yes!
Janet and Sylvia knocked this one out of the ballpark, didn’t they?
Yes!
“Uplifiting” post, Laura! (Sorry. Couldn’t help myself.)
Thanks for sharing your perfect poem for summer, and for shining some sunlight on Janet and Sylvia’s latest work of wonder.
Thanks, Robyn–I forgive you the pun. My husband is a shameless punster. Glad you liked the poem–the PFAs are so fabulous!
“Uplifiting” post, Laura! (Sorry. Couldn’t help myself.)
Thanks for sharing your perfect poem for summer, and for shining some sunlight on Janet and Sylvia’s latest work of wonder.
Thanks, Robyn–I forgive you the pun. My husband is a shameless punster. Glad you liked the poem–the PFAs are so fabulous!
Hearing you read it was great fun. Did you decide on the shape first or get the draft first, then massage it into kite form?
I always (I think) do words first, THEN shape :>)
Hearing you read it was great fun. Did you decide on the shape first or get the draft first, then massage it into kite form?
I always (I think) do words first, THEN shape :>)
So awesome to hear you read the poem aloud, dear Laura! 🙂
So awesome to hear you read the poem aloud, dear Laura! 🙂