Riddle-Ku of the Day
? My yellow explodesin the middle of summer
like daytime fireworks –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ?
HINT 1:
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HINT 2:
Photos by Laura Purdie Salas
TITLE (AND ANSWER):
FLOWER
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14 Responses
I rely like the line daytime fireworks hope you fell beater soon
Thanks, Jessica. And I’m at least standing up today, though still icky and wiped out. Reading the comments and poems is cheering me up some:>)
I rely like the line daytime fireworks hope you fell beater soon
Thanks, Jessica. And I’m at least standing up today, though still icky and wiped out. Reading the comments and poems is cheering me up some:>)
Exploding yellow! Our favorite line was the “daytime fireworks.” Students guessed the sun. One student said daisy or sunflower. Happy Spring!
Oooh. Sun is a great answer, actually. I think I need some kind of flower-related word in there to be a textual clue. What great feedback to help me with my revision. Please thank your students–and say congrats to the one student who guessed it (whose mind must work a bit like mine:>)
Exploding yellow! Our favorite line was the “daytime fireworks.” Students guessed the sun. One student said daisy or sunflower. Happy Spring!
Oooh. Sun is a great answer, actually. I think I need some kind of flower-related word in there to be a textual clue. What great feedback to help me with my revision. Please thank your students–and say congrats to the one student who guessed it (whose mind must work a bit like mine:>)
My first thought was sun, then from the first picture sunflower, which promptly brought showerhead to mind. Can’t explain it, but when I see the larger sunflowers droop, I think of the “pampering” showerheads available. I doubt the students would ever get that connection. I’m a senior citizen and I’m happy that folks make allowances for a bit of silliness.
Yes! I can totally see that. We have a big oversized showerhead (not as big as some of them, but bigger than traditional ones), and I am going to feel like I’m taking a sunflower shower later today. What a gift that is:>) Isn’t it fun to get to share our impressions/connections with each other?
My first thought was sun, then from the first picture sunflower, which promptly brought showerhead to mind. Can’t explain it, but when I see the larger sunflowers droop, I think of the “pampering” showerheads available. I doubt the students would ever get that connection. I’m a senior citizen and I’m happy that folks make allowances for a bit of silliness.
Yes! I can totally see that. We have a big oversized showerhead (not as big as some of them, but bigger than traditional ones), and I am going to feel like I’m taking a sunflower shower later today. What a gift that is:>) Isn’t it fun to get to share our impressions/connections with each other?
Spring dance off, rainbow
Posse is stretching skyward
Posing for pictures.
© Charles Waters 2014 all rights reserved.
Spring dance off, rainbow
Posse is stretching skyward
Posing for pictures.
© Charles Waters 2014 all rights reserved.