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“Lioness, After the Hunt” [by Irene Latham]

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I’ve been sharing a lot about me, me, me lately, so this week, I want to share poems from some books I’ve mentioned here before but want to remind you of.? First up is a poem from Dear Wandering Wildebeest, Irene Latham’s fabulous new poetry collection with Millbrook (yay, house-mate)! I shared a delightful poem as a sneak peek before the book was published, and now I want to remind you that the book is available (in case you’ve missed the many lovely posts about it in recent weeks on other kidlit blogs).

And I’m happy to say that if you’re going to NCTE in November, you can stop by the Lerner booth on Saturday from noon-1, and Irene and I will be signing WILDEBEEST and WATER CAN BE… And Lerner usually gives away the books! Hope to see you there.

Please forgive the lack of formatting below. The poem looks better in the book!

Lioness, After the Hunt

After the choosing,
after the chase,

after??? rip
claw
tear–

after first taste.

Lioness lifts,
lopes

past rhino,
past antelope.

She crouches,
slouches,

savors favorite flavors,

and finally,
finally
dozes.

–Irene Latham, all rights reserved

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  1. I shared Bookspeak with my students yesterday and told them that I am going to get a signed copy of Water Can Be at NCTE. I can’t wait to meet both you and Irene. Today on my Slice of Life post, I share how I am using your site in my classroom. It’s one of the few not blocked. We wrote chalkabration poems. I made an Emaze. Be sure to watch it. I am proud of my What’s Inside Sugarcane poem after your What’s Inside series.
    http://reflectionsontheteche.wordpress.com/2014/09/30/september-chalkabration/

    Thanks for sharing Irene’s poem today. I can’t wait to get a copy of her book, too.

    • your students are wonderful writers I think it is fantastic that that you are working with them with Laura’s poems I think that with the way they are cutting art forms schools it is so important to teaching kids the writing and art are very important in are world
      and that that reading a verity of different kinds of books is enriching to our lives
      they are so blessed to have you as there teacher

    • I was there before I saw this, Margaret–fantabulous!!! And I can’t wait to meet you at NCTE:)

  2. I shared Bookspeak with my students yesterday and told them that I am going to get a signed copy of Water Can Be at NCTE. I can’t wait to meet both you and Irene. Today on my Slice of Life post, I share how I am using your site in my classroom. It’s one of the few not blocked. We wrote chalkabration poems. I made an Emaze. Be sure to watch it. I am proud of my What’s Inside Sugarcane poem after your What’s Inside series.
    http://reflectionsontheteche.wordpress.com/2014/09/30/september-chalkabration/

    Thanks for sharing Irene’s poem today. I can’t wait to get a copy of her book, too.

    • your students are wonderful writers I think it is fantastic that that you are working with them with Laura’s poems I think that with the way they are cutting art forms schools it is so important to teaching kids the writing and art are very important in are world
      and that that reading a verity of different kinds of books is enriching to our lives
      they are so blessed to have you as there teacher

    • I was there before I saw this, Margaret–fantabulous!!! And I can’t wait to meet you at NCTE:)

  3. Laura Hi wish I could go to the event you will be at I have this book and now I will have to go and read it again thank you for enriching our lives young and old writers and teachers and students
    with your beautiful poems and books 🙂

  4. Laura Hi wish I could go to the event you will be at I have this book and now I will have to go and read it again thank you for enriching our lives young and old writers and teachers and students
    with your beautiful poems and books 🙂

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