A Magic Fairy Tale

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“You see

the magic in

a fairy tale,

you can face

the future.”

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~ Danielle Steel

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Elfje:         (Cinquain)         classic: each word only one syllable

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look

face up

side to side

from back to front

pose

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Haiku:     (5-7-5, nature and seasons the topic)

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dreary stark winter

dark low clouds are depressing

natures long cold nap

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Poem:

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Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland
fabulous stories that are so grand
Wizard of Oz, Winnie-the-Pooh
forever and forever, always new

stories that piqued the imagination
giving little minds a good foundation
Charlotte’s Web, Goodnight Moon,
And the dish ran away with the spoon

those that read had a real childhood
Cat In The Hat, The Little Engine That Could
stories with  lessons we needed to learn
from good and evil the wisdom to discern

may the next generation not get lost
face in the screen with their fingers crossed
support your library, give books a home
ignorance is what lead to the fall of Rome

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Visual Words

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“In the great green room,

there was a telephone

And a red balloon

And a picture of a cat

jumping over the moon…”

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― Margaret Wise Brown,

Goodnight Moon

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Elfje:     (Cinquain)

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visual

you see

words that paint

what’s in the mind

picture

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Haiku:

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small ant with big bite
giant whale shark eats plankton
balance of nature

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Poem:

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it is the words that make the rhyme
the poet only chooses the time
how many syllables in his meter
a cadence like a tom tom beater

ideas and stories to be related
using the words others created
poetic license to make his own form
seeking ways to ignore the norm

a challenge to complete the whole idea
without imitating the ave maria
fantasy usually gives way to truth
experiences drawn from ones youth

the poem signals that it is done
the poet insists on having more fun
they sit and stare at each other
the poet hoping for a fairy godmother

someone’s idea was to write a poem
everyone waiting for a God given omen
alas, no story, no rhyme, no rhythm
poem and poet agree, we’re done
we’ll let the reader look for the symbolism

 

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ME and the Boss

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