Poetry Friday: A Curious Collection of Cats
A Curious Collection of Cats by Betsy Franco (Author) and Michael Wertz (Illustrator) is a collection of 34 concrete poems about cats.
It’s hard to TYPE a poem that’s a shape!
Luckily, Betsy has this example on her webpage…
text copyright 2009 Betsy Franco
illustration copyright 2009 Michael Wertz
Word Choice Mini-lesson
Primary/Intermediate: Ask students to write their own concrete poem about an animal. The topic of the poem will help them decide which shape works best. Use the Describing Chart graphic organizer to create a list of words to use.
This week’s Poetry Friday Round-up is here!
Here’s what the kidlitosphere is reading and writing this week…
1. Julie Larios (Carpenter)
2. Mary Lee (Robert Frost)
3. Sara Lewis Holmes (Jane Hirshfield: A Poet)
4. Stacey from Two Writing Teachers (Washington, D.C.)
5. Janet (George MacDonald)
6. Stella Villalba
7. Jama Rattigan (Pablo Neruda)
8. Diane talks about haiku
9. Kurious Kitty (Marianne Moore)
10. Laura Salas (Red Sings from Treetops)
11. Laura Salas (Spiderweb Poems)
12. Amy Planchak Graves (Thank You, Life)
13. Andromeda Jazmon (original Mother’s Day poem)
14. tanita/tadamack
15. John Mutford (Colin Alexander)
16. Laura Shovan (Simic’s “My Shoes”)
17. Liz in Ink (with Marie Howe)
18. Karen Edmisten
19. Bildungsroman (Falling Slowly)
20. Kelly Fineman (Break of Day by John Donne)
21. Martha Calderaro (original, in part)
22. Yat-Yee (Barbara Crooker)
23. Irene Latham (original poem: Abe Lincoln Speaks of Mary Todd)
24. Wild Rose Reader (More Color Poems)
25. Lorie Ann Grover (Look)
26. readertotz (Little King Boggen)
27. Color Online
28. Mitali Perkins
29. msmac (blacker the berry)
30. Sarah N. (Ode to the Rain)
31. Charlotte (Button Up!)
32. Carol
33. A Patchwork of Books (Stanza)
34. Marjorie from Paper Tigers (Jorge Lujan’s spontaneous poem in Bologna)
35. The Write Sisters
36. Miss Erin (away)
37. Susan Writes (Art Empowers Youth)
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Thanks for rounding up, Anastasia! Happy Friday!
Thanks for hosting today. I’ve been away from P.F. for awhile; it’s good to be back.
http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2009/05/08/the-50-states-challenge/
Thank you for hosting today!
I’m in with a teaching story about the power of poetry.
Love the cat poem!
Thanks for hosting today, and have a great weekend!
Thanks for rounding up, Anastasia! I just heard Betsy Franco speak at IRA, and this is one of the poems she shared.
Thanks for hosting, Anastasia. My students are writing odes to their shoes this week, so I’m sharing “My Shoes” by Charles Simic and a Poetry Foundation article about shoe poems.
This looks like such a fun poetry book! We love cats over here. Thanks for doing the round up!
Two thumbs (or, rather, four paws) up for your choice. Hurrah for cats!
Mister Linky isn’t loading for me.
I’ve posted Falling Slowly at Bildungsroman.
I’ve just discovered Barbara Crooker. http://yatyeechong.blogspot.com/
Thanks for hosting.
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Anastasia,
Thanks so much for doing the roundup this week!
At Wild Rose Reader, I have an extensive post about color poems that includes an original color poem submitted by one of my blog readers; links to children’s original color poems at Check It Out; color poems by Christina Rossetti, Marge Piercy, and Paul Zimmer; reviews of books with poems about colors; and a classroom connection for a creative writing and photography activity that teachers could do with their students.
I posted a poem about cats too. I love the illustrations in that book, I have to get a copy. Thanks for hosting the round up – I’ve not done this in a while!
In honor of Mother’s Day, here’s the second prize winner in the Fire Escape’s 2008 Poetry Contest: A Mother’s Burden.
Don’t forget to spread the word to teens that the deadline for the 2009 contests is June 1st!
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I have only seen this book from a distance – I definitely want to get my hands on it!
Thank you for hosting.
I’m late but thank you for the round-up.
I found your blog on google and read a few of your other posts. I just added you to my Google News Reader. Keep up the good work. Look forward to reading more from you in the future.