THANK YOU for joining me for National Poetry Month, and I hope you’ve had fun with my riddle-ku! I’d love to hear your feedback, and I’d be thrilled to hear about or see how you used these little poems in your classroom this month. Please feel free to leave your thoughts in a comment below, or click on Site above, and then Contact. Thanks! Happy poeming!
Riddle-Ku of the Day
I squeeze through the holefrom darkness to bright tiled light,
then march on white walls –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? ? ? ?
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Photos by Laura Purdie Salas
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[Educators, please click here to see a roundup of the entire month’s riddle-ku and also to get suggestions for using these riddle-ku with your students.]
UPDATE: My riddle-ku are now available in Kindle and paperback as Riddle-ku: Haiku for Very Close Reading (along with tons of great auxiliary materials for teachers), part of the 30 PAINLESS CLASSROOM POEMS series.
14 Responses
This is nice
I’m a squeezable
Peppermint
Spearmint
Cinnamon
Smile
Lovely–especially the ending!
This is nice
I’m a squeezable
Peppermint
Spearmint
Cinnamon
Smile
Lovely–especially the ending!
I don’t have a classroom, but I have looked forward to and enjoyed your riddle every day, Laura! So much fun! 🙂
Thanks, Susanna–I appreciate that:>)
I don’t have a classroom, but I have looked forward to and enjoyed your riddle every day, Laura! So much fun! 🙂
Thanks, Susanna–I appreciate that:>)
Following your Riddle-Kus has been so much fun! Loved this!
Thanks, Penny!
Following your Riddle-Kus has been so much fun! Loved this!
Thanks, Penny!
Squished onto bristles,
Polished across ivories ?
Strings of pearly lights.
© Charles Waters 2014 all rights reserved.
Squished onto bristles,
Polished across ivories ?
Strings of pearly lights.
© Charles Waters 2014 all rights reserved.