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Brotherly Love: A Need to Feed Poem

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I’m going to share a few poems this week and next from my new 30 Painless Classroom Poems book, A Need to Feed: Poems of Predators and Prey. They may be a little too bloodthirsty for some of you, especially in this lovely holiday season. :>) But for the rest of you, I hope you […]

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Out of Time, by Laura Purdie Salas

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Hi, teachers! This week, I’m sharing Cinderella poems from my new 30 Painless Classroom Poems book, Fairy Tale Garage Sale. Here’s one from the lady herself.   A Note from the Poet: I love acrostics. They’re one of my favorite poetic forms. Usually, acrostic poems don’t rhyme, but I have fun playing with meter and […]

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Cinderella poem, by Laura Purdie Salas

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Hi, teachers! This week, I’m going to share a few more poems from my new 30 Painless Classroom Poems book, Fairy Tale Garage Sale. The book includes 7 fairy tales, each with an introductory poem and 3 poems from characters selling junk they don’t want/need anymore. Last week, I focused on Jack and the Beanstalk; […]

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Solid Gold Sounds, by Laura Purdie Salas

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Today’s poem from my new 30 Painless Classroom Poems book, Fairy Tale Garage Sale, comes from the Ogre’s wife. They have a very traditional marriage, and she’s the one who has to do all the grocery shopping:>)   Note from the Poet:   When poets work on meter, we use symbols like this: -/–/–/–/ Each […]

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Fee-Fie-Foe-Fairian: Surprise! I’m Vegetarian!, by Laura Purdie Salas

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Today’s poem from my new 30 Painless Classroom Poems book, Fairy Tale Garage Sale, comes from the Giant.     Note from the Poet: Sometimes, I just have a gross sense of humor, and that’s what I’m showcasing in this poem. Can you imagine if a vicious giant had to stop eating meat? I love […]

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Jack and the Beanstalk poem, by Laura Purdie Salas

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Hi, teachers! This week, I’m sharing poems from my new 30 Painless Classroom Poems book, Fairy Tale Garage Sale. The book includes 7 fairy tales, each with an introductory poem and three poems from characters selling junk they don’t want/need anymore. I’m going to share the Jack and the Beanstalk set this week.   Note […]

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Ninth-Inning Win (a What’s Inside poem)

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Hi, teachers! Here’s the answering quatrain to yesterday’s What’s Inside couplet! ? Ninth-Inning Win ? A bull’s-eye of cork helps you punish fast pitches? and rubber and yarn add some bounce from within all tucked below zippers of tight ruby stitches This ball holds a breathtaking ninth-inning win! A Note from the Poet: Did you […]

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What’s Inside This Baseball?

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Hello, teachers! Here’s another couplet from my What’s Inside? Poems to Explore the Park project. Most of the poems in this collection, which I’ll be announcing on Friday, are about natural items, but there are some manmade items, too, like this baseball. Stay tuned tomorrow for the answering quatrain:>)   What’s inside of this quick, […]

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Flowerful Flood (a What’s Inside poem)

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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?

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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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