Poetry Friday: Red Sled

Posted January 9, 2009
Filed under: poetry, word choice |

Red Sled by Patricia Thomas (Author) and Chris Demarest (Illustrator) is a shape poem inside a picture book.

Nightime climb.
Steep leap.
Slide ride.

Word Choice Mini-lesson
Primary/Intermediate: Ask students to write their own winter poem. Use the Observation Chart graphic organizer to make list of words for the poem.

Poetry FridayThis week’s Poetry Friday Round-up is here at Picture Book of the Day!

Here’s what the kidlitosphere is reading and writing this week…

1. John Mutford (Elaine Woodward and Robert DeNiro)
2. Marietta at The Bookworm’s Booklist (Moon Theme with books and poems)
3. Mary Lee (Winter Trees)
4. David Stoner (more)
5. Stacey from Two Writing Teachers (Color Poem)
6. Sara Lewis Holmes (Hinged Double Sonnet by Sean Nevin)
7. Janet (Madeleine L’Engle’s “Sarah: before Mount Moriah”)
8. Laura Salas (Shocking)
9. Laura Salas (15 Words or Less: My Eye)
10. Shelf Elf (Alley Cat)
11. Jama Rattigan (Hula Lullaby)
12. Diane of The Write Sisters (A Challenging Year Ahead)
13. Linda (Empty Nest)
14. Stenhouse Publishers (At the Pond)
15. MsMac (William Stafford)
16. cloudscome (Rumi)
17. Wild Rose Reader (A Home for the Seasons: An Original Poem)
18. Blue Rose Girls (A Poem by Philip Appleman)
19. Jennifer Knoblock (Poetry Friday for Nobodies)
20. Kim (The Months)
21. Kelly Fineman (Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal, Now the White)
22. Little Willow (The Foresters)
23. Tricia (In a Wood)
24. Fiddler (Cat on a Night of Snow)
25. Lorie Ann Grover (Thoughtlessness)
26. Jill Corcoran(Haiku Happens)
27. readertotz (In Marble Walls)
28. Tiel (More Ephemeral than Snow) 
29. Kiddos and Books (Plowing Out Our Town)
30. Liz in Ink (Ronald Wallace sestina)
31. Jennie at Biblio File (Hearth and Fire)
32. Becky (Review of Questions for Little Hearts)
33. Lisa@Passionately Curious (Winter Acrostics)
34. Laura at Author Amok (Twilight & Mary Oliver’s “Bats”
35. Julie Larios (Fleda Brown’s Non-Inaugural Poem)
36. Becky (Pooh’s Philosophy on Poetry)
37. Schelle @ Brand New Ending
38. Daniella Briseno (Mr. Nobody)
39. Holly Cupala – Come To The Edge
40. Sylvia (poetry contest)
41. Tracie Zimmer (Morning from Steady Hands)
42. Nandini (Brahma – Emerson)
43. Kelly Polark (a haiku)
44. Notes from the Windowsill (Come and Play)
45. Susan Writes (LOST by David Wagoner)
46. Angela Cerrito (Almost Twelve)
47. A Patchwork of Books (Loose Leashes)
48. Suzanne :: Adventures in Daily Living :: (Where Children Live)

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36 comments so far

  1. John Mutford on January 9, 2009

    Thanks for hosting! Though since it wasn’t listed on the schedule over at Big A, Little a I had a hard time finding who was hosting– thanks Google Blogs for helping me out.

    I’ve reviewed a book by Yellowknife poet Elaine Woodward, and shared a poem by none other than Robert DeNiro.

    http://bookmineset.blogspot.com/2009/01/readers-diary-433-elaine-woodward.html

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  2. Mary Lee on January 9, 2009

    This comment is from Marietta at The Bookworm’s Booklist:

    On my book blog, I have a MOON THEME with five books and two poems for story time!

    My favorite part of this post is the book “The Moon Shines Down” by Margaret Wise Brown. It’s a “never-before published” book that was found buried in an old barn 56 years after Margaret Wise Brown’s death! They just published it in 2008 and it is based on the rhyming story God Bless the Moon and God Bless Me! The little koala bear travels the world and it talks about each country…check it out! You will love it.

    http://thebookwormsbooklist.blogspot.com/2009/01/moon-theme-picture-books-and-poetry.html

    Thanks for hosting!

    Sincerely,
    Marietta

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  3. Mary Lee on January 9, 2009

    Thanks for hosting, Anastasia! For about 5 minutes, I took over the hosting because I didn’t see anyone on the list at Big A little a, and a Google blog search did not turn up anyone. But thanks to the Kidlitosphere Yahoo group and the fact that Kelly was up at the same ridiculous hour that I was, I think I got my post changed before Google picked it up for Google Reader and blog searches. One comment came through, and I moved it over here and added her link (Bookworm’s Booklist).

    ML

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  4. Sara on January 9, 2009

    Mary Lee, I was going to jump in as well! Thank you so much, Anastasia for stepping up.

    This week, I’ve got a beautiful hinged double sonnet by Sean Nevin that he wrote “for the luna moths.” http://saralewisholmes.blogspot.com/2009/01/poetry-friday-hinged-double-sonnet-for.html

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  5. Janet on January 9, 2009

    Thank you for hosting!

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  6. Laura on January 9, 2009

    Thanks for stepping up to host, Anastasia.

    After a few posts about the YA vampire series Twilight, I’m sharing Mary Oliver’s poem “Bats” for Poetry Friday.

    http://authoramok.blogspot.com/2009/01/its-poetry-friday_09.html

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  7. Carol Wilcox on January 9, 2009

    I was going to do something else but your entry reminded me of a winter poem that kids love to chant. Thanks for hosting!

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  8. jama on January 9, 2009

    Hi Anastasia,

    I’m celebrating Hawaii on my blog this month, and today I’m featuring Erin Eitter Kono’s picture book, Hula Lullaby.

    Thanks so much for hosting and Happy New Year!!

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  9. Angela Cerito on January 9, 2009

    Today I posted Poetry Friday: ALMOST TWELVE as it fits with the Kid Talk and Overheard discussions on my blog.

    Also still have a contest open that closes on the 16th all are welcome to enter.

    Thanks for hosting!

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  10. macrush53 on January 9, 2009

    Thank you for stepping in to host. It is a big undertaking.

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  11. cloudscome on January 9, 2009

    Thanks for hosting Anastasia! I have another short Rumi poem for today. It’s a nice one for a meditation on choices and perspective, which I am finding essential these days.

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  12. Elaine Magliaro on January 9, 2009

    Anastasia,

    Happy New Year–and thanks for hosting the roundup this week.

    At Wild Rose Reader, I have an original memoir poem from an unpublished collection–and five other poems from the collection that I posted previously at my blog.

    At Blue Rose Girls, I selected a poem for the New Year entitled “To the Garbage Collectors in Bloomington, Indiana, the First Pickup of the New Year.”

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  13. Kelly on January 9, 2009

    Thank you for hosting! I have an original haiku today at http://www.kpolark.blogspot.com.

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  14. Jennifer Knoblock on January 9, 2009

    Happy Friday, and thanks so much for hosting! I have a little Emily Dickinson at Ink for Lit.

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  15. Kim on January 9, 2009

    I have loved visiting your blog today, Anastasia. Thank you for hosting. I am sharing a little poem that I used to read to my boys when they were little–all about the months of the year.
    Kim
    (page after page)

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  16. Kelly Fineman on January 9, 2009

    I, too, enjoyed Red Sled, which I reviewed a while back. It’s got an excellent tutorial on how to write a chiasmus in it.

    Thanks for hosting, Anastasia!

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  17. Little Willow on January 9, 2009

    I’ve never been sledding!

    Tennyson at Bildungsroman today.

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  18. Poetry Friday for nobodies « Ink for Lit on January 9, 2009

    [...] Poetry Friday roundup is hosted by Anastasia Suen. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)136. I’m Nobody! Who Are You?Being Nobody [...]

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  19. Tricia on January 9, 2009

    Hi Anastasia!
    Thanks so much for hosting us. I’m in today with the Thomas Hardy poem In a Wood.

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  20. David Stoner, Indiana on January 9, 2009

    Anastasia, thank you fro hosting.

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  21. Tiel Aisha Ansari on January 9, 2009

    I can’t get Mr. Linky to take my link: that happens now and then. Could you possibly post it for me? The URL is http://knockingfrominside.blogspot.com/2009/01/more-ephemeral-than-snow.html
    and the poem is called “More Ephemeral than Snow”.

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  22. Fiddler on January 9, 2009

    Anastasia, thanks for hosting. I’m in with a poem by Newbery author Elizabeth Coatsworth: “Cat on a Night in Snow”.

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  23. Lorie Ann Grover on January 9, 2009

    Thank you, Anastasia!

    I’ve posted an original haiku titled Thoughtlessness. Which has NOTHING to do with you. :~)

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  24. Jill Corcoran on January 9, 2009

    Thank you for hosting. This week I wrote five original haiku and pondered Haiku in my post Haiku Happens.
    http://jillcorcoran.blogspot.com/2009/01/haiku-happens.html

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  25. Lorie Ann Grover on January 9, 2009

    And at readertotz we have a Mother Goose Rhyme titled “An Egg,” or “In Marble Walls.”

    Thanks again!

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  26. Nadine on January 9, 2009

    Thanks for hosting this week. I’m in with the fab Maxine Kumin’s “Plowing Out Our Town” – just perfect for Chicago winters.

    http://kiddosandbooks.blogspot.com/2009/01/poetry-friday-plowing-out-our-town.html

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  27. douglas florian on January 9, 2009

    Thank you for hosting, Anastasia.
    I’ve got “That Head,” a poem by Jerce Bullmer over at the Florian Cafe:
    http://floriancafe.blogspot.com/

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  28. Jennie on January 9, 2009

    Thanks for so much for hosting! I’ve added my link to Mr. Linky.

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  29. Lisa on January 9, 2009

    Thanks for hosting!

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  30. Julie Larios on January 9, 2009

    In honor of Poetry Friday and the upcoming inauguration, I’ve posted a sweet non-inauguration poem by Fleda Brown. Thanks for hosting, Anastasia.

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  31. Schelle on January 9, 2009

    Hi – thanks for hosting :D I Have added my link too!

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  32. Marietta on January 9, 2009

    Thank you for taking this on at the last minute! I love your Mr, Linky layout for the Roundup! If I can figure that out, I’ll host a Roundup too!

    Sincerely,
    Marietta

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  33. Poetry in Action « A little of this, a little of that on January 9, 2009

    [...] 9, 2009 by Lisa I am not really into Poetry Friday today (if you are the round-up is here) but I just had to post this poem again! (PS: Yes, it is like the 3rd time I have posted it. And [...]

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  34. Susan Taylor Brown on January 9, 2009

    I’m sorry, but I couldn’t figure out how to make a comment at the Mr. Linky thing. Once I put in my url everything went away.

    I have LOST by David Wagoner here: http://susanwrites.livejournal.com/191429.html

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  35. Susan Taylor Brown on January 9, 2009

    Oh duh! I bet what I was supposed to do was this, right?

    http://susanwrites.livejournal.com/191429.html (LOST by David Wagoner)

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  36. Laura on January 9, 2009

    Hi, Anastasia,

    There’s a problem with the link to my blog. If you have a moment, can you re-round me up with the correct link? It’s http://authoramok.blogspot.com/2009/01/its-poetry-friday_09.html

    Thanks!

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