Poetry Friday, Week 47: Celebrating Recipe Poems

11/24/2022

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Ruth at There is no such thing as a God-forsaken town has our Poetry Friday Round-Up today.
This month the Poetry Sisters,
Tricia @ The Miss Rumphius Effect
Tanita @ {fiction, instead of lies}
Sara @ Read Write Believe
Laura @ Laura Purdie Salas
Liz @ Liz Garton Scanlon
Kelly @ Kelly Ramsdell
Andi @ A Wrung Sponge came up with a challenge to write recipe poems.

On Thanksgiving Day, Silver Birch Press featured, A Day's Journey, Thanksgiving 1960. This poem is a revision of one I have worked on for many years. Plus, they included an art piece that goes with the poem.
Last Friday, I tried recipe poems with the fifth grade class I subbed in on November 18, 2022.

To celebrate and share the release of What Is A Friend? by Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong, I decided that we would write "How To Have a Friend" poems, recipe poems when I visited.

when I go into a class, I really like to discuss what makes a good poem. We read some for the book.
then I shared this poem, a draft from my WIP:
Dara: How To Have a Friend

sprinkle laughter
a little cinnamon and chili
knead in mischief, mix in memories
salmon ceremony, eat mealworms on a dare,
snowball fights,and freckles
sift in leaves
from the tree you climbed
melt Europa
caught just yesterday
hold on - let go.

Then I shared a poem I wrote as a recipe poem to model
and we discussed the ingredients of having a friend and what we might mix in.
How to Have a Friend by Ms Mac

Add:
Laughter
Kindness
Always there for me

Mix in:
Walking home from school
Singing Led Zeppelin at the top of our lungs
Swimming pool days

Sift in:
Wish I could see her more often
sing Led Zeppelin. Friends for how long?
Melt in:

accidentally walking into her coat closet
Staying out too late
Foothills of Simi Valley
Blend it all together:

Ronky Girl, Forever Friend

We also did a Picasso Face art lesson to go with the friend poems. I was able to get the poems onto Padlet but am working on the art. Below, please enjoy Mrs. Fisher's Fifth Grade poets.

2023 New Year Poetry Postcard Sign Ups

Won't you join us? Sign up for the 2023 New Year Postcard Exchange. Send five, send ten or send to all. Did you know there are 37 days until 2022 ends? Woohoo! Let's celebrate the New Year with a New Year Postcard? In Japan, it’s called Nengajo, a Japanese custom of ushering in the new year.How It Works:

Choose to send five, ten postcards.
Create a postcard: you can buy a postcard and write a poem on the other side or you can create one postcard to send to everyone (I use Walgreens or Zazzle)
Once you get the names, send by February 1, 2023 (during the Chinese New Years)
If you choose, you can work in the Chinese animal for 2023: The year of the Water Rabbitt. It is not required.

Linda Mitchell

11/25/2022 08:06:32 am

Oh, those lucky kids! You know, I have a group that meets after school once a month. Some of these middle schoolers really need reminders on how to make a friend. This is such a great nudge for me to think of something to do with them. Thanks!

Laura Purdie Salas link

11/25/2022 06:53:46 pm

I LOVE how you take challenges and share them when you sub. That's amazing. It was fun to read these and see some of the specifics--playing Fall Guys like a god, laughing until we're red as tomatoes, repeating the word hamburger. I especially love the ones like the hamburger that you know are inside jokes/references that the poet and the friend will both totally get, and everyone else knows they're just an inside joke they *can't* really get. Yay!

Heidi Mordhorst link

11/26/2022 04:30:40 am

Jone, you sure have a great time when you sub, bringing all your poetry experiences together for the kids--and I know they have a great time too! Isn't it interesting how really, all good friendships share some essential ingredients? : )

Michelle Kogan link

11/30/2022 06:47:23 pm

I love your poem that Silver Birch Press featured on Thanksgiving Jone, and the art with it too! Thanks also for sharing your recipe poems and the students, what an inspiration you are for them!

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