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Talent Is a Ticket [Poetry Friday]

February 25, 2021 By Laura 18 Comments

Happy Poetry Friday! Welcome, everyone! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) So, this month, our Poetry Princess challenge was from me: Roll a set of metaphor dice and write a poem inspired by your metaphor. If you don’t have metaphor dice, try an online metaphor generator, like this one: https://perchance.org/ve4axzbkx4  I feel kind of […]

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Metaphors in Snowman-Cold=Puddle #ClassroomConnections

May 12, 2020 By Laura

Snowman - Cold = Puddle: Spring Equations

A third-grade teacher emailed me last week to say she was using Snowman-Cold=Puddle to teach metaphors to her ENL students. She wondered if I could share anything with her. I did, and then I thought, this might be useful for other teachers, too! So, here’s what I told her. Thanks for your question! First off, […]

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A New Poem from J. Patrick Lewis

April 9, 2008 By Laura

I was so excited to hear from J. Patrick Lewis a few weeks ago. And then I read Elaine Magliaro’s fantastic interview with him last week at Wild Rose Reader. I’ve been behind in my blog reading due to school visits and general life chaos, but I had planned to tell both Elaine and Pat […]

Tagged With: J. Patrick Lewis, metaphor, poems, Rebecca Kai Dotlich, riddle poems

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Miss Rumphius’ poetry stretch: Metaphor Poem

February 14, 2008 By Laura

This week, Miss Rumphius challenged us to a metaphor poem. Last time I participated, I wrote a roundel about dreams. This morning, as I lay in bed at 4:30 trying to fall back asleep (I’ve been waking up early–even earlier than my usual 5:30 time—lately), metaphors for dreams started to float through my head. So I […]

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