Welcome, beautiful Poetry Friday Poets!
I chose to host this week as a birthday gift to myself. Receiving your lovely contributions will extend my celebration throughout the weekend. So thanks to all who connect!
This time next week I will be in school with my new set of kiddos introducing poetry.
In previous years, I held poetry back
till later in the year.
Because we needed to get to the “important” things,
because it was “too fun” for the beginning of school,
because I was saving it for the “just right” time,
because I wasn’t sure about how it “should” go.
But this year,
I’m not holding back.
I’m starting first thing.
Because poetry is where important things start and end,
because poetry can feel like play and what better way to learn,
because the right time for poetry is when readers and writers meet
because if allowed,
poetry can direct the adventure.
This year I’m not holding back.
Next Thursday, the day with the least interruptions and the most possibility, and every Thursday after that, we will venture.
WOW! It’s my birthday TODAY. And, I have many thoughts about returning to school on Monday. I will not hold back with poetry either. Poetry and poetic thinking is more essential than ever!
Happy Birthday to you. I worked on a post to share today…and like you it involves my passion…what I’ve been doing and where I’m headed into this school year.
Thank you for hosting Poetry Friday this week. Last week it took me until Wednesday to make it through all the links….but I did. I feel so rich for all the lovely offerings.
So excited to find another birthday buddy. It’s Margaret Simon’s birthday too!
Happy birthday week to you, and thanks both for hosting today and for being so willing to share poetry with your students. Here’s to a poetic year.
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I love your passion for starting the year with poetry. My favorite line (I think!) is “Because poetry is where important things start and end.” Good luck heading back to school next week and have a wonderful birthday!
Happy extended birthday, Julianne! Nice to hear you’re not holding back, and venturing forth!
Thanks so much for hosting and sharing these amazing, adventurous words. Wishing you and your lucky students a wonderful, word-rich year! Happy Birthday!
Happy birthday, Julieanne! Since you’ve inspired me with this enthusiastic post, I have no doubt you’ll do the same with your kiddos next week. Wishing you a bright and brilliant school year! (And thanks for hosting PF, too.)
Happy Birthday! All the best for the coming school year, too. I once read of a teacher who, on the wall where her kids lined up in the classroom each day (to go to lunch, gym, etc.), would post line one of a five-line poem on Monday. Line two added on Tuesday. Line three on Wednesday. And so on. She said that by the end of each week, the kids had memorized a complete poem. It struck me as a great, unobtrusive, way to make poetry part of her class’s daily routine. Good luck!
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Happy birthday, dear friend…
Happy Birthday! What a stellar way to celebrate. I hope starting with poetry is everyone’s favorite, as I know it would be mine. 🙂
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Hurray for celebrating life and poetry! I hope your birthday has been fabulous, and huzzah for not holding back! Thanks for hosting, Julianne!
Happy Birthday Julieanne, Linda and Margaret. That’s a wee-bit amazing. I love that you’re not holding back on your love of poetry, Julianne. May your year sing because of it!
Best wishes for your birthday! Love that you are kicking the year off with poetry. Thank you for hosting, Julieanne!
What a fantastic objective to pursue Julieanne. Launching your year in celebration of poetic pearls! A sprinkling of verse in the presence of curious learners. The promise of great things lies in this deliberate intent. Happy Birthday.
Poetic pearls and a sprinkling of verse! That makes me smile.
Happy Birthday, Julieanne. What a great Happy Poetry Hostess gift you gave to yourself. I can’t wait to see what your students will do this year with their writing. Being poets early on is a gift that you will give them because you are not holding back.
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Happy Birthday! My poem today fits with your slice yesterday — starting back to school/roller coaster.
Hurray for Poetry Thursday in your classroom! So much good comes from such a small routine/ritual. Can’t wait to hear success stories on Fridays here!
That’s my plan to share our poetic exploits here. And aren’t rollercoaster the perfect metaphor for our classrooms!
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I’m so glad we will be sharing poetry Thursdays this year. Love to you on our shared b-day!
Happy Birthday!!! Thanks for hosting us today! Poetry Thursday sounds like a great idea 🙂
Happy Birthday…and happy poetry sharing!
Happy birthday, Julianne, and thanks for hosting! I used to love starting the year with poetry. Go, you! 🙂
Happy birthday, Julianne! My apologies if I commented twice…I could not find my comment from this morning. Thank you for hosting today on your birthday and for sharing this poem of commitment. I love a year beginning with poetry, and if you’d be interested in sharing your poem (resharing!) at The Poem Farm along with a post about how it all goes, I’d love to host you. Too, I’m looking for poems this first semester – children’s poems – for a book…in case you would like to share any. Have a glorious weekend! – amy (amy@amylv.com)
How lovely! My kiddos loved The Poem Farm last year. How exciting to become more connected. Thank you, thank you!
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Happy birthday, Julianne. I trust your special day has been the best ever. I think I need to put your last line in my motivational quotes, “This year I’m not holding back.” Thank you for hosting today. I shared a bit about my Poetry Notebook.
I’m back later to add my birthday greetings and to thank you also for reminding me not to wait until “everything” is settled down to begin the poetry. This year I think we’ll go with Day 1, Poetry Monday! I would love to hear (if you haven’t already posted it) what exactly you will do on your Poetry Thursdays! Thank you for hosting at a busy time of year.
What a great first day you will have! Yay for poetry!
Happy Birthday, Julieanne, and thank you for hosting! What a great way to celebrate! We’ve made a commitment to introducing poetry early and keeping it front and center because, as you so wisely note, “poetry is where important things start and end.”
Hope it was a fabulous birthday and that you are NOT spending all weekend in your classroom! Begining with a passion and pearls of poetry – what an amazing beginning for the students. I think poetry should be sprinkled more judiciously everywhere during the year. Love putting poetry into the content areas across the year!
You will have a fabulous 2016-17 school year!
❤