Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.)
A couple of weeks ago, I took my niece Lily (remember our collaboration of poetry and art here?) for a game/art night. We do this every once in a while. She’s very artistic. We go to a coffee shop and doodle or do rock art or knit or something, and then we play some games: Skip-Bo, Pass the Pigs, etc.
My younger daughter, Maddie, who heads back to Scotland in a couple of weeks, wanted to come along, so it was a triple girls’ night out. Besides knitting, I brought some magnetic poetry. We sat around with our donuts and handed each other little piles of random magnetic words, and then we had to make poems out of the pile. We used 90% words from our pile, but then it tended to devolve into a game of Pit. Instead of shouting out stocks to buy or sell, we were trading words.
“I need a ‘she.’ Does anyone have a ‘she’?”
“No, but I have ‘perspire’!” [or some other bizarre word that I can’t remember now:>) ]
Um…thanks?
Anyway, I thought I’d share a few of our poems today for Poetry Friday. Just click to see each poem in larger format.
Have you used magnetic poetry? You can play online, which is awesome. And I own several of the kits and a big metal stand to make poems on. I love to let groups of kids create poems on it during workshops.
Teacher/poet Heidi Mordhorst has the Poetry Friday Roundup today at My Juicy Little Universe. Like Heidi, I’m feeling a little NoNotYet, too. Not because of the start of the school year but because Maddie will be leaving in a couple of weeks for 2-3 years overseas doing missions work. NoNotYet. I’ll be thinking that at the airport, I know.
Awesome magnet poems. I especially like the attic boy and the wind in love ones.
I adore magnet poetry. I too have several sets, and also blog with my friend Rebecca playing Poetry Tag using magnet words.
Thanks, Sally. And–cool! Also, I just got Pearl Verses the World and can’t wait to read it.
Awesome magnet poems. I especially like the attic boy and the wind in love ones.
I adore magnet poetry. I too have several sets, and also blog with my friend Rebecca playing Poetry Tag using magnet words.
Thanks, Sally. And–cool! Also, I just got Pearl Verses the World and can’t wait to read it.
Laura, your night out sounds like so much fun. I love the online magnetic poetry and have shown that to teachers. Your chocolate and wind poems are my favorite. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you, Carol :>)
Laura, your night out sounds like so much fun. I love the online magnetic poetry and have shown that to teachers. Your chocolate and wind poems are my favorite. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you, Carol :>)
Laura,
What a fun night out. Thanks for sharing the poems you and the girls created. I especially liked the one about the attic of fears in the boy’s head and courage to explore them.
Thanks, Linda! Public poetry is scary, but we had fun:>)
Laura,
What a fun night out. Thanks for sharing the poems you and the girls created. I especially liked the one about the attic of fears in the boy’s head and courage to explore them.
Thanks, Linda! Public poetry is scary, but we had fun:>)
These were such fun to read, Laura, but that last one…oh my!
These were such fun to read, Laura, but that last one…oh my!
I LOVE the “wind is in love” poem, but also love the boy’s exploration of the strange attic in his head! What a fun time! Looks like they may have had to kick you out at closing time!
I keep my magnetic poetry words up on the refrigerator ALL the time and change the poem sporadically. I love the idea of making it a game. I may have to try that with the student I’m tutoring! Not sure my family would want to play with me!
I sometimes pair the poems with other things or pictures I have on my refrigerator:
http://mainelywrite.blogspot.com/2015/07/fisherman-senryu-two.html
Thanks, Donna! I discovered when I had them on the fridge (though this was years ago), they became part of the scenery for me and I ignored them. So now I get them out more purposefully. Kudos to you for keeping it fresh! And I LOVE your little “sets”–both the poems and the watercolors (and the fisherman). You are multi-talented, Donna. Those lupines are especially lovely.
The more I think about it, the more I know I want or NEED to do this with my student AND his sister next week! This should be fun. So glad you posted this!
Yay! Have fun:>)
I LOVE the “wind is in love” poem, but also love the boy’s exploration of the strange attic in his head! What a fun time! Looks like they may have had to kick you out at closing time!
I keep my magnetic poetry words up on the refrigerator ALL the time and change the poem sporadically. I love the idea of making it a game. I may have to try that with the student I’m tutoring! Not sure my family would want to play with me!
I sometimes pair the poems with other things or pictures I have on my refrigerator:
http://mainelywrite.blogspot.com/2015/07/fisherman-senryu-two.html
Thanks, Donna! I discovered when I had them on the fridge (though this was years ago), they became part of the scenery for me and I ignored them. So now I get them out more purposefully. Kudos to you for keeping it fresh! And I LOVE your little “sets”–both the poems and the watercolors (and the fisherman). You are multi-talented, Donna. Those lupines are especially lovely.
The more I think about it, the more I know I want or NEED to do this with my student AND his sister next week! This should be fun. So glad you posted this!
Yay! Have fun:>)
Hi, Laura–
Oh how oh how fun! Did you get people stopping by to observe and wonder? That happened to me the day I made valentines for kindergarteners in a Starbucks…These are all very successful, but I believe I like “boy never believes” the best.
Breaking out the Magnetic Poetry for 2nd grade….Also, thanks for tweeting!
Nah, the place we were was pretty empty. And Maddie and Lily were both a little self-conscious about it, too. I was definitely the one pushing the activity–but I’m glad I did. Have fun poeming!
Hi, Laura–
Oh how oh how fun! Did you get people stopping by to observe and wonder? That happened to me the day I made valentines for kindergarteners in a Starbucks…These are all very successful, but I believe I like “boy never believes” the best.
Breaking out the Magnetic Poetry for 2nd grade….Also, thanks for tweeting!
Nah, the place we were was pretty empty. And Maddie and Lily were both a little self-conscious about it, too. I was definitely the one pushing the activity–but I’m glad I did. Have fun poeming!
Wonderful post today Laura. You are only loosening the apron strings, not releasing them. “Blue Sky” is a favorite local eatery here and they have a magnetic poetry board at the end of the ordering counter and by the drink dispenser for diners to play around with while waiting for their food or refilling drink cups. One never knows when the Muse will become active and the board is available. Participation is quite good.
Thanks, Martha. I’m trying to see it that way…but I think she’s a wanderer/explorer who may well spend most of her life overseas, so those apron strings feel VERY loose. And…doesn’t it just tickle you to see public poetry! Love this!
Wonderful post today Laura. You are only loosening the apron strings, not releasing them. “Blue Sky” is a favorite local eatery here and they have a magnetic poetry board at the end of the ordering counter and by the drink dispenser for diners to play around with while waiting for their food or refilling drink cups. One never knows when the Muse will become active and the board is available. Participation is quite good.
Thanks, Martha. I’m trying to see it that way…but I think she’s a wanderer/explorer who may well spend most of her life overseas, so those apron strings feel VERY loose. And…doesn’t it just tickle you to see public poetry! Love this!
What a fun game! My magnetic poetry is stored on cookie sheets in my classroom. I think we may need to have a game day soon.
Thanks, Margaret! It was daunting with so few to choose from, but what ended up happening is that we came up with the framework or premise based out of that small handful of pieces, and then we would “steal” the words we needed out of the general pile. So it ended up being a cool poem starter :>)
What a fun game! My magnetic poetry is stored on cookie sheets in my classroom. I think we may need to have a game day soon.
Thanks, Margaret! It was daunting with so few to choose from, but what ended up happening is that we came up with the framework or premise based out of that small handful of pieces, and then we would “steal” the words we needed out of the general pile. So it ended up being a cool poem starter :>)
You are so awesome.
I don’t think I tell you enough.
Keep sliding those fabulous memories like pretty beads on the girls’ mental chains.
This is the sort of thing I would have thought back to forever, when I was a kid.
You: awesome.
OK, I can tell I’m just getting way too emotional, because your Comment made me tear up. Thanks, Tanita. You are, too, for so many different reasons. :>)
You are so awesome.
I don’t think I tell you enough.
Keep sliding those fabulous memories like pretty beads on the girls’ mental chains.
This is the sort of thing I would have thought back to forever, when I was a kid.
You: awesome.
OK, I can tell I’m just getting way too emotional, because your Comment made me tear up. Thanks, Tanita. You are, too, for so many different reasons. :>)
Sounds like a fun night! I like that “gorgeous forest gown.”
Sounds like a fun night! I like that “gorgeous forest gown.”
I’m inspired. I need to make a bigger deal of my magnetic word collection. Maybe if I get some cheap trays for kids to use…
Yes! It’s so much fun to “rediscover” stuff we already have. :>)
I’m inspired. I need to make a bigger deal of my magnetic word collection. Maybe if I get some cheap trays for kids to use…
Yes! It’s so much fun to “rediscover” stuff we already have. :>)