It’s Poetry Friday!
We’ve been having some unusually cool weather here in the Northeast. Many mornings feel more like March than May, but the bluebird chicks have hatched, the peonies are bursting to bloom, and the hydrangeas are sporting new growth. All signs that Spring is certainly on the way.
Last week I had the pleasure of attending the Eastern PA SCBWI Pocono Retreat held at the Highlights Foundation. It was a wonderful weekend of catching up with old friends, meeting new people, inspiration, and learning. The speakers were wonderful and, as always at Highlights, there was fabulous food. I didn’t even mind the rainy weather and the early morning woodpeckers.
On her daily poem feed, Jane Yolen this week suggested writing about May. So I did!
Linda has the roundup today at Teacher Dance where she talks about kindness. I’m working to be more deliberate about noticing and performing small acts of kindness, so Linda’s post was the perfect reminder. She’s also put out an invitation to contribute to a collaborative kindness poem. Be sure to stop by!
Imagine the Possibilities 
And then…it’s May. I feel that way. Suddenly it’s May and I’m thinking about how to pack up all my books and stuff for summer, and what to leave my students with as they depart. But if I am truthful, this year I am ready to end the school year. I’m tired. And not yet retired…
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Oh how well I remember those feelings as the end of the year quickly comes to a close. Good luck to you as you pack and plan, and I hope you have a summer full of rest and renewal.
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I just read Marcie’s post about all of your time at Highlights, always a fabulous time for sure. I love your poem, Rose, think it should be somewhere in a magazine for kids. I can imagine the illustration with it, all those images you included. We’ve had a very late & cool spring, too, & finally, it is warming up & trees are flowering! Just as you wrote, “and then it’s May!”
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Thanks, Linda! Maybe I’ll submit it somewhere.
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This poem feels so bright–like a flash of sunlight through shady trees. Gorgeous, Rose!
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Thanks, Laura.
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So glad your trip back to Highlights was great! The woodpeckers were so loud there (which I loved). We have a ton of woodpeckers in our woods, but none are quite as loud.
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Wonderful, full of energy poem. I’m delighted to have seen you at Highlights! Write away, Rose…you’ve got the words and more ways now. Wheeeeeee!
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Love your sprite spring poem so full
of wanting energy, and popping
-with-bloom flower field too, thanks Rose!
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Rose, I love all those beautiful April blessings in your poem. How lovely your Highlights weekend sounds. Even with the rain and woodpeckers.
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May does come suddenly, doesn’t it?!?!
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What would April be without PUDDLE JUMPING? And yet, we still carry smiles away from April into May. And your CANVA looks so pretty, too!
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Thanks, still trying to get comfortable with Canva.
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The Highlights weekend sounds fabulous and May in your neck of the wood sounds enchanting!
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You really captured the gorgeous, blink-of-an-eye quality of April, Rose. Love it!
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