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Flowerful Flood (a What’s Inside poem)

September 17, 2014 By Laura

Hi, teachers! Here’s the answering quatrain to yesterday’s What’s Inside couplet!     Petals like velvet, the color of blood, that fill up the breeze with a soft sweet perfume will flow down the hill in a flowerful flood as sunshine uncurls, unfurls each bloom   A Note from the Poet: My favorite words in […]

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What’s Inside This Bud?

September 16, 2014 By Laura

Hi, teachers! Here’s another couplet from my What’s Inside? Poems to Explore the Park project. Stay tuned tomorrow for the answering quatrain:>)     What’s inside of a tightly closed bud, this tip of this stick sticking out of the mud?       A Note from the Poet:   I love assonance, which is […]

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Poetry Friday – What’s Inside This Egg? by Laura Purdie Salas

September 11, 2014 By Laura

Happy Poetry Friday! Today I’m sharing a What’s Inside question couplet and its quatrain answer. This is a bit out of a forthcoming poetry collection I’m putting together for teachers. Egg Like a Gem   What’s inside of this shell, blue and sleek? This egg like a gem in a color unique? A Note from […]

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Changing to Moth (a What’s Inside poem)

September 10, 2014 By Laura

Hi, teachers! Here’s the answering quatrain to yesterday’s What’s Inside couplet!   Changing to Moth ? Caterpillar started out, spring green and bright, It’s changing to moth, it’s arriving quite soon With pale wings to flutter through silvery night And flash in the path of the cool distant moon         A Note […]

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What’s Inside This Paper Balloon?

September 9, 2014 By Laura

Hi, teachers! I’m working on a new project, to be unveiled soon, and I’m going to be sharing bits of it here over the next couple of weeks. Here’s a couplet question. Stay tuned tomorrow for the answering quatrain:>)   What’s inside of this tiny cocoon? This soft, silky, fuzzy, white, paper balloon?     […]

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Riddle-ku Roundup!

May 12, 2014 By Laura

Riddle-ku: Haiku for Very Close Reading

National Poetry Month was so fun! I thought it might be helpful if I posted one page with links to all the riddle-ku, so that if you’re new to them entirely or if you want to return here and use them again, you can use this master list. Since they don’t have titles, other than […]

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Riddle-Ku! [squeeze]

April 30, 2014 By Laura

  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 […]

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Riddle-Ku! [tail whisks]

April 29, 2014 By Laura

  Riddle-Ku of the Day My tail whisks my nose when I lie round as a dime I wish you were home –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1:   ? ?   HINT 2:   .aLL Photos by Laura Purdie Salas (model: Captain Jack Sparrow:>) TITLE (AND ANSWER): DOG   [Educators, please […]

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Riddle-Ku! [smarter]

April 28, 2014 By Laura

  Riddle-Ku of the Day ?? ? ? I’m smarter than you My answers fly like jet planes But I feel?nothing –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1:   ?   HINT 2:   .aLL Photos by Laura Purdie Salas TITLE (AND ANSWER): COMPUTER   [Educators, please click here to see a roundup […]

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Riddle-Ku! [dive into milk]

April 27, 2014 By Laura

  Riddle-Ku of the Day I dive into milk It’s my start-the-day routine: Swimming with my friends –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved   HINT 1:       HINT 2:   .aLL Photos by Laura Purdie Salas TITLE (AND ANSWER): CEREAL   [Educators, please click here to see a roundup of the entire month’s […]

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