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Never Say No (to a Philly Cheesesteak) [Poetry Friday]

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Happy Poetry Friday! Welcome, everyone! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) I’m back with my fourth and final poem from The Poetry of US, J. Patrick Lewis’ newest anthology with National Geographic. (You can find the other three here, here, and here.) In this poem, I celebrated the famed Philly cheesesteak–yum! I’ll take mine […]

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Water, Water Everywhere [Poetry Friday]

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Happy Poetry Friday! Welcome, everyone! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) I’m back with a third poem from The Poetry of US, J. Patrick Lewis’ newest anthology with National Geographic. I originally wrote this poem for one of my books for teachers, Wacky, Wild, and Wonderful: 50 State Poems. Other than family, the only […]

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Revenge (of the Bonneville Salt Flats) [Poetry Friday]

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Happy Poetry Friday! Welcome, everyone! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) As promised, here’s another poem from The Poetry of US, J. Patrick Lewis’ newest anthology with National Geographic. I was looking back to see a bit of my writing process. I knew right away I wanted to right about the salt flats in […]

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Sacred Land [Poetry Friday]

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Happy Poetry Friday! Welcome, everyone! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) I’m thrilled to be hosting today, as it’s almost my birthday, and I’m awaiting the arrival of The Poetry of US, J. Patrick Lewis’ newest anthology with National Geographic. It features poems about or set in diverse spaces around our country, and I […]

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Keep a Pocket in Your Poem, by J. Patrick Lewis [Poetry Friday]

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Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) Last week, I shared my genre chant poem that appeared in JCL. By the way, in my newsletter for educators later this month or in July, I’ll be sending along a downloadable mini-poster of that poem, so make sure you’re a subscriber if you’re interested! […]

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“A Mole of My Acquaintance” by J. Patrick Lewis [Poetry Friday]

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Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) Well. I have been sharing a WHOLE lot of my work lately. I love to do that, but it’s nice to feature other people sometimes, too! Today, I’m sharing a poem by one of my very favorite poets, J. Patrick Lewis. Do you know Pat’s […]

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Brinicle, from National Geographic’s Book of Nature Poetry

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Happy Poetry Friday! And happy Friday the 13th! No bad luck here today, unless you happen to be a starfish. Last month, I shared my Sailing Stone poem from J. Patrick Lewis‘ anthology with National Geographic, the Book of Nature Poetry — which just won a Eureka Silver Medal. Congratulations, Pat and National Geographic! Now […]

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Sailing Stone, National Geographic’s Book of Nature Poetry, & the Poetry Friday Roundup!

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Happy Poetry Friday! Welcome to regulars and newbies alike–I’m glad you’re all here. I’m happy to be hosting Poetry Friday today, and I’m extra happy to be sharing a beautiful new anthology edited by J. Patrick Lewis. You probably remember the Book of Animal Poetry (and here), and now Pat’s done a second anthology with […]

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Meet the Zeno (a great poem form for classrooms)

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You guys know Michelle Heidenrich Barnes’ Ditty of the Month Challenge at Today’s Little Ditty, right? Where she features a guest, who issues a poetic challenge? This month she featured J. Patrick Lewis, who shared a poetic form he created, the zeno. You can read all about the zeno (and Pat) here. I encourage you […]

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A Taste of Voices from the March on Washington

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Here’s a poem by J. Patrick Lewis from the collection Voices from the March on Washington (Wordsong, 2014), which publishes TODAY! The collection contains poems by both Lewis and George Ella Lyon, and it’s a gripping, complex collection that puts you in the minds of numerous different characters/people at the time of the March. Lewis […]

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