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National Poetry Month Resources
Was I running a blog? Has it been a year? Let’s just say LONG story and leave it at that shall we? Meanwhile, what you really want follows here:
On the eve of National Poetry Month, I thought I’d compile some useful resources. I’m a longtime member of both the AAP, AWP, and the PSA–which are [...]
On Wallace Stevens’ “The Snow Man”
Okay, the much belated entry on Stevens’ “The Snow Man.” If you haven’t had a look at the poem itself yet, find it here in Poetry Friday stack.
This particular poem has been with me since my freshman year of college. And I still find things in it I hadn’t noticed before. Like just now, I [...]
National Poetry Month at Homeschool Kid Lit
Fitting that our month devoted to poetry begins with a day for fools. I say that in all love–I think it takes being something of a fool to be something as a poet.
Fools take risks. They do tricks. They get away with all manner of outrageous words and deeds. They don’t ask for the attention [...]
Some Thoughts on Poetry and Speed
Okay, time for a confession: I’m a poet. Academically trained, have a book out and everything. But I’ve been working outside the genre the last couple of years–doing some other worthy and exciting projects, including my first science fiction stories.
Now though, poetry’s calling me back and I’m moving that direction, not just as a writer [...]
Crunch! Healthy Food Books for Healthy Kids
So we’re subscribing to a farm this year–it’s a cool idea. We pay a local farmer about $600 for the season and in exchange we get six months of just-picked local organic vegetables–everything from spring radishes to fall squash and lots of yummy stuff in between. Weekly pickups right in town. Since the quantities may [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Mindfulness Markers
On to some of the most disposable books in the world of kid lit: coloring books. And yet–what an incredible experience to sit quietly with a child and simply color a page. Though, okay, we have days where coloring is an olympic event with elements of both snowboarding and javelin throwing involved, more and more [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Firing the Canon
I owe a great deal of my recent thinking about canonical issues to an article that appeared in November/December 2006 issue of Home Education Magazine: “One Mother’s Search for the Meaning of Literacy” by Sheri Kinser. In the article, Kinser discusses the difficulties of determing what it is her son “should” know in order to [...]
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