tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724394291330902141.post6249086269946345294..comments2024-02-17T21:40:24.532-07:00Comments on Carol's Corner: POETRY FRIDAY IS HERECarolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13294455230627182656noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724394291330902141.post-86487720022853788682016-11-25T19:41:03.364-07:002016-11-25T19:41:03.364-07:00Thank you for hosting, Carol. This week I share ab...Thank you for hosting, Carol. This week I share about community meals and programs offering free or reduced rate meals to children in Japan, plus a simple cinquain. Community Meals: http://hatbooks.blogspot.jp/2016/11/community-meals.htmlHATBOOKS Author Holly Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16643437056887685901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724394291330902141.post-80733907045471798472016-11-25T18:56:11.681-07:002016-11-25T18:56:11.681-07:00I said this further up, but I don't see it in ...I said this further up, but I don't see it in the round-up, so here it is again - <br />Thanks for hosting Poetry Friday this week. Over at the Drift Record I wanted to keep things very simple, so I posted the most basic of Thanksgiving poems - the. link is http://julielarios.blogspot.com/2016/11/the-world-so-sweet.htmlJulie https://www.blogger.com/profile/12811523890920763782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724394291330902141.post-42354207316552904362016-11-25T17:07:33.959-07:002016-11-25T17:07:33.959-07:00Thanks for sharing and hosting this week, Carol. I...Thanks for sharing and hosting this week, Carol. I write about my recent encounter with a book of gathered poems and brief reflections from the contributors on why these poems sustain them... and in particular "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes http://alicenine.net/poetryfriday-mother-to-son/Alice Ninehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05302512837699702430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724394291330902141.post-26635892670310790382016-11-25T09:30:38.071-07:002016-11-25T09:30:38.071-07:00Carol, I'm another Anne E. Burg fan, and it...Carol, I'm another Anne E. Burg fan, and it's wonderful to think of you putting verse novels in your week. Thanks for hosting. I wrote about some of the poetry panels at the NCTE convention at: https://jeannineatkinsonwritingandstuff.wordpress.com/2016/11/25/poetry-panels-at-ncte/Jeannine Atkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12886966069866356470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724394291330902141.post-9666303726102779082016-11-25T09:29:14.652-07:002016-11-25T09:29:14.652-07:00I've shared thoughtful songs every Friday this...I've shared thoughtful songs every Friday this month. Today, I'm offering Integrity Blues by Jimmy Eat World. http://slayground.livejournal.com/842452.html "It's all what you do when no one is there."<br />Little Willowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17058463472836988047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724394291330902141.post-55082750334742941142016-11-25T07:03:33.936-07:002016-11-25T07:03:33.936-07:00Thanks for sharing this title, Carol, and for host...Thanks for sharing this title, Carol, and for hosting today. Here's my contribution, I discovered Marilyn Singer and reverso poems! https://ateachinglifedotcom.wordpress.com/2016/11/25/poetry-friday-echo-echo/Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13626451110946889157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724394291330902141.post-18583594566069353422016-11-25T06:55:25.470-07:002016-11-25T06:55:25.470-07:00Thanks for hosting! I have an original poem this ...Thanks for hosting! I have an original poem this week: http://thereisnosuchthingasagodforsakentown.blogspot.com/2016/11/poetry-friday-endings.html Happy Day After Thanksgiving!Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12463332371535167975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724394291330902141.post-58036427450063754662016-11-25T06:52:06.213-07:002016-11-25T06:52:06.213-07:00Thanks for hosting, Carol. I know you're enjoy...Thanks for hosting, Carol. I know you're enjoying all those novels-in-verse. <br /><br />My post is here. http://dorireads.blogspot.com/2016/11/leftovers.htmlDorainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04421672075192660319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724394291330902141.post-64451322305073100572016-11-25T06:38:43.169-07:002016-11-25T06:38:43.169-07:00Thanks for hosting, Carol! Hope you are well. My p...Thanks for hosting, Carol! Hope you are well. My post is here: <br />http://tabathayeatts.blogspot.com/2016/11/all-those-cycles-of-seasons.html<br /><br />Have a good weekend!Tabathahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367572663591077922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724394291330902141.post-41836709879125880582016-11-25T06:23:54.522-07:002016-11-25T06:23:54.522-07:00Carol, thank you for hosting and sharing this nove...Carol, thank you for hosting and sharing this novel in verse! I'm glad you are serving again on Cybils... so much fun! And I hope you are enjoying a lovely Thanksgiving weekend. I've got a post with some poetic highlights from #NCTE16, including a poetry response to our Writing for a Better World session. http://irenelatham.blogspot.com/2016/11/poetry-is-truth-more-from-ncte16.html<br />Happy reading, Carol -- looking forward to the committee's shortlist! xoIrene Lathamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905936104127707762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724394291330902141.post-35076977050412830952016-11-25T05:58:17.855-07:002016-11-25T05:58:17.855-07:00I am a second round judge and wonder if this one w...I am a second round judge and wonder if this one will come my way. Thanks for hosting. I'm here today with a poem I wrote in response to a Poets & Writers prompt. https://reflectionsontheteche.wordpress.com/2016/11/25/mowing-in-november/Margaret Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04434866104385187658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724394291330902141.post-62922092086436085382016-11-25T05:45:09.293-07:002016-11-25T05:45:09.293-07:00Thanks so much for hosting, Carol and for sharing ...Thanks so much for hosting, Carol and for sharing this book in verse. I can't' wait to check it out. My poem this week was inspired by a flash of color and movement outside my kitchen window.<br /><br />https://mbhmaine.wordpress.com/2016/11/25/autumn-pendulum/mbhmainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12368641525885104669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724394291330902141.post-6715016895752735382016-11-25T05:40:23.268-07:002016-11-25T05:40:23.268-07:00Sounds like an intriguing book, Carol - I so wish ...Sounds like an intriguing book, Carol - I so wish I hadn't missed out on being a CYBILS judge this year, but congrats on all the reading you get to do! (And thanks for hosting today!) In honor of Thanksgiving, I'm sharing a selection from last year's "Dear Tomato" anthology: http://wp.me/p2DEY3-OpMatt Forrest Esenwinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04230063389130167424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724394291330902141.post-77731113679828670872016-11-25T05:22:30.705-07:002016-11-25T05:22:30.705-07:00I hope you're enjoying your Cybils gig, Carol-...I hope you're enjoying your Cybils gig, Carol--I loved being a Round 2 judge last year and enjoying the verse novels that were sent our way. Are they separate from poetry collections this year, or is everything still together?<br /><br />I have words of gratitude written to go with a traditional hymn tune that I sang to my children when they were younger. They remind me of blessings worth protecting.<br />http://myjuicylittleuniverse.blogspot.com/2016/11/singing-gratitude.html<br /><br />Thanks for hosting!<br /><br />Heidi Mordhorsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16496427007514895950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724394291330902141.post-6107792592924731792016-11-25T05:21:45.436-07:002016-11-25T05:21:45.436-07:00Hi Carol,
Thanks for hosting and for this great p...Hi Carol,<br /><br />Thanks for hosting and for this great post. I look forward to reading that book one day. My post is an ode to a tiny thing: https://friendlyfairytales.com/2016/11/23/dragonfly-ode/ in thanks for Thanksgiving. <br /><br />Have a great weekend!<br /><br />BrendaBrenda at FriendlyFairyTaleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13368709489341876324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724394291330902141.post-10718832697099674602016-11-25T04:57:16.165-07:002016-11-25T04:57:16.165-07:00Thank you for hosting today, Carol! I got an ARC o...Thank you for hosting today, Carol! I got an ARC of Unbound at ILA last summer and loved it. Like you and Linda, I hadn't heard of The Great Dismal Swamp either. Today I'm sharing a series of haiku inspired by the moon.<br />https://readingtothecore.wordpress.com/2016/11/25/poetry-friday-the-moons-wondrous-tale/Catherine Flynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390699128046569127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724394291330902141.post-14203940808160859872016-11-25T01:50:33.592-07:002016-11-25T01:50:33.592-07:00Thanks for hosting Poetry Friday this week. Over ...Thanks for hosting Poetry Friday this week. Over at the Drift Record I wanted to keep things very simple, so I posted the most basic of Thanksgiving poems - the. link is http://julielarios.blogspot.com/2016/11/the-world-so-sweet.htmlJulie https://www.blogger.com/profile/12811523890920763782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724394291330902141.post-76814729537491894922016-11-24T23:17:37.845-07:002016-11-24T23:17:37.845-07:00Thank you so much for hosting this week!
I'm ...Thank you so much for hosting this week!<br /><br />I'm sharing a poem called The Longly-Weds Know, from the poetry anthology Good Poems for Hard Times, which are perhaps more needed now than ever! It's in honour of Thanksgiving, and the person I'm most thankful for. :-)<br /><br />http://www.raincitylibrarian.ca/?p=12694&preview=true&frame-nonce=a48b49b27eJane @ www.raincitylibrarian.cahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12721142460522914540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724394291330902141.post-21440940624928264072016-11-24T23:16:20.641-07:002016-11-24T23:16:20.641-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.GatheringBookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04477710897574769648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724394291330902141.post-652852928008036342016-11-24T23:16:11.558-07:002016-11-24T23:16:11.558-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.GatheringBookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04477710897574769648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724394291330902141.post-56749305482838570102016-11-24T23:14:03.912-07:002016-11-24T23:14:03.912-07:00Hello, Carol! Thank you so much for hosting. Haven...Hello, Carol! Thank you so much for hosting. Haven't heard of this title yet, so will definitely try to find in our library. Here is my Poetry Friday offering today: a bit of Isol and O'Shaugnessy.<br />https://gatheringbooks.org/2016/11/25/poetry-friday-isols-nocturne-and-oshaugnessys-ode/Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818014460217039880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724394291330902141.post-71920948266698215632016-11-24T22:06:30.389-07:002016-11-24T22:06:30.389-07:00Thanks for hosting, Carol. And Happy Thanksgiving!...Thanks for hosting, Carol. And Happy Thanksgiving! <br />I'm sharing an ode today. "To Skin" is here: https://vnesdolypoems.wordpress.com/2016/11/24/to-skin/Violet N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16586574800230604652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724394291330902141.post-47882471165762607142016-11-24T21:45:44.084-07:002016-11-24T21:45:44.084-07:00Thanks for hosting, Carol. There is such a wealth ...Thanks for hosting, Carol. There is such a wealth of verse novels being published these days! Thanks for your review of another one that's going straight on my "must read" list. On Today's Little Ditty, we're celebrating poems of refuge and solace, and I'm giving away a copy of BEFORE MORNING by Joyce Sidman. https://michellehbarnes.blogspot.com/2016/11/november-dmc-wrap-up-giveaway.html Michelle Heidenrich Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02051827857519159837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724394291330902141.post-49417330412373237722016-11-24T21:16:42.589-07:002016-11-24T21:16:42.589-07:00Carol, Thanks so much for hosting. I love hearing ...Carol, Thanks so much for hosting. I love hearing about this new book. I've loved Ann E.Burg's All the Broken Pieces. So, I look forward to this title. I'm a transplant to VA. I enjoy learning about this state. This book sounds like something I'd love.<br /><br />I'm thankful over at: A Word Edgewise: http://awordedgewiselindamitchell.blogspot.com/<br /><br />Linda Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00833034575304594924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724394291330902141.post-7616431537935501862016-11-24T21:08:11.332-07:002016-11-24T21:08:11.332-07:00Thanks for hosting, and for telling us about this ...Thanks for hosting, and for telling us about this book. I hadn't heard of it before.<br /><br />My Poetry Friday post wraps up our TeachingAuthors Three Weeks of Thanks-Giving with a tribute to Katherine Paterson and includes a poem from her beautiful book Giving Thanks: Poems, Prayers, and Praise Songs of Thanksgiving.<br /><br />http://www.teachingauthors.com/2016/11/tribute-to-Katherine-Paterson.html Carmela Martinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15543808551988338496noreply@blogger.com