New Poem: At My Niece’s Graduation Party
This is a poem about my niece’s graduation party, the joy of chasing fireflies, and the fleeting transitions of our children
Poetry
Poem By Rosemary Wahtola Trommer: In Case I Forget to Say It Enough
Thank you for this day made
of wind and rain and sun and the scent
of old-fashioned lilacs.
Poem by Jena Schwartz: Make Room
God said,
make room for me
in your day
that crow swooping low
as you drive to work
New Poem: Turning Over a New Leaf (with Photos)
Catkins emerge
so tenderly
with such a meek beginning
as a foreshadowed precursor
in vibrancy and joy…
Poem by Mary Oliver: Spring
In the north country now it is spring and there
Is a certain celebration. The thrush…
New Poem: Ladybug Convention
Some say ladybugs represent luck,
while others say they typify spiritual devotion,
and are a signal to follow your bliss
and find true happiness.
New Poem: Discipleship Can Be Messy
Discipleship is a good thing:
something to seek
and make an effort for
like food and shelter.
Poem by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer: Unapologetic
Oh the water lilies. See how they seem
to open wider out of their own opening?
Let me unfold like that—without thinking,
without assuming I’m already open enough.
New Poem: Your Thought as a Car with a Hitch
What makes up
your body
of thought?
They say the average person
has 70,000 thoughts a day
which is 2,916 per hour
or 48 per minute.
New Poem: Sabbath Snow Day
More sabbath snow yet again
canceling church once more
so our most recent amaryllis
is only able to flaunt its glory for us
as we hunker down blanketed in white
while the scrape of snowplows lumber past.
New Poem: Shine it Away
Imagine a dark room
behind a closed door
but the hall light is on
and when you open the door…
Poem by Alison Luterman
Consider the Generosity of a One-Year-Old who has no words to exchange with you yet, and instead offers up her favorite drooled-on blanket, her green rhinoceros as big as she is, her cloth doll with the long blonde pigtails, her battered cardboard books, swung open on their soggy pages, her limitless heart.
Resources for Teaching Poetry
A homeschooling mother with a daughter in early high school asked for some recommendations from me for how to teach poetry. I figured others might be interested too, so I am including you all in my response.
New Poem: Grass Underfoot
And looking up, I shiver as I wonder
for whom am I the tiny cold blade of grass?
At whose mercy could I be laid low?
Best of 2014
Wow. I’ve finished six years on this daily blog. That’s 2,190 entries! Here’s my traditional list of “best blog posts” which folks have found especially helpful
New Poem: I’m so Glad We Have a Day to Celebrate You!
Happy Birthday!
Know you are special beyond words.
I’m so glad you came to be with us!
I love you, always.