Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.)
I love the whimsy of Oliver Jeffers’ books and the beauty and simplicity of his art. Sigh.
Lost and Found made we wish for a little more whimsy and excitement and surprise in my own life. Really, wouldn’t you like to have a lost penguin knock on your door? I would. I paired it with Toni Buzzeo’s One Cool Friend for even more penguin love:>)
Check out my Pinterest boards of poetryactions and bookalikes if you’d like to see more.
And super-creative educator Catherine Flynn has the Poetry Friday Roundup today at Reading to the Core Don’t miss it! Maybe someone will share a penguin poem in there;>)
18 Responses
I love your poem! Funny!
Thanks, Linda:>)
I love One Cool Friend and don’t know Lost and Found, Laura. Penguins are just cute, aren’t they? Your poem makes me laugh at the thought of opening my door and there it is, that little penguin. If only!
Wouldn’t that be wonderful? Yes, Toni’s book is awesome! I only recently discovered Oliver Jeffers…
Linda your pic and poem In spired me to write this pome
Waves washing sand
Smoothing tangerine-footprints
Memory-pools brush
Golden across sky-pages
Tomorrow’s footsteps will
Dance waves on seas
Of my new life
Poem By Jessica Bigi
this is wonderful Laura 🙂
Thanks, Jessica–it was a fun one to write:>)
At My Door cracked me up, Laura…adorable!
Thanks, Penny!
never the wild word knocking…such a delightful poem and pairing, Laura.
Thanks, Carol–wouldn’t it be fun to open your door every day to a different creature from the wild? Hmmm…I feel a poem or story brewing. (Or maybe I hear it knocking?)
Two (more) books I need to check out!
Yes!
I adore Oliver Jeffers — how awesome to read a poem inspired by his genius — and by a genius poet such as yourself, no less! Beautifully crafted, Laura!
Well, thanks, Myra! I have fun with these little poetryactions:>)
And I’m on a quest to read all of Jeffers’ books now:>)
Laura,
I put in a request for several of Oliver Jeffers books from our local public library. Picture Book Builders blog suggested “Once Upon an Alphabet” recently too. Can’t wait to read the whole stack. Thanks for introducing him to me.
I hope you like them! I grazed ONCE, but I haven’t gotten the book out to read it cover to cover.