Word fan having a blast writing #poetry, mostly for kids. Medical editor. Poems in @TheDirigible, @tygertygermag, @PaddlerPress, @LTPmag, @TheToyPress.
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6 Oct 2023
After many of you lovely people told me how you say “garage” in a poll, I concluded that it has too many pronunciations to work in a rhyming poem.
Which meant, of course, that I had to try.
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Word that’s making me smile today: colt. It’s what baby sandhill cranes are called, because they can follow their parents on their long, strong legs shortly after birth.
📷: Robert Bieber, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Expression that’s making me smile today: Let’s saddle the chickens! It’s a German way of saying “Let's get going!”
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Mar 24
Word that’s making me smile today: squackett. It’s an old dialect term for making noises that sound like the quacks of a crabby duck. “What are you squacketting about?”
📷: Keven Law, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Mar 22
New poem ‘Happy ’by `@TweetsbyKayM10 on the page of my blog giving examples of Similes/Metaphors. @AttieLime brian-moses.blogspot.com/202…
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Mar 24
Ideal for shortburst writing.
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'Sleeping Mud Maid', living sculpture, in summer and in winter, by UK artist Sue Hill (and Pete Hill) at The Lost Gardens of Heligan, Cornwall, UK #WomensArt #Spring
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Mar 23
Expression that’s making me smile today: “I haven’t herded geese with you.” It’s what Croatians say when someone is acting in an overly familiar way with them.
📷: Tim Green, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Mar 22
New blog page - New guest poet: Alan J. Wright, a children’s poet from Australia. Find out about Alan and read some of his poetry here: brian-moses.blogspot.com
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Mar 20
Word that’s making me smile today: pretzel-bender. It’s a multi-purpose bit of mid 20th century American slang that can mean, among other things, an odd person, a wrestler, or a French horn player.
📸: University of Wisconsin Madison Archives, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Mar 19
Poetry prompt: March 20th is #InternationalDayofHappiness so here is an activity suggested by @AttieLime using metaphors/similes
I’m as happy as Charlie in the chocolate factory
I’m as happy as a field full of flowers...
More here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/202… @PieCorbett
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April is National Poetry Month.
My plan is always to *visit* a poem every day.
Here's what I mean...
Visiting a poem is:
- Reading someone else's poem
- Beginning a new poem
- Finishing a poem
- Tweaking even just a word
- Looking at a poem not knowing how to improve it
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Mar 19
Word that’s making me smile today: hanami. It’s an untranslatable Japanese word for enjoying the ephemeral beauty of flowers, particularly cherry blossoms.
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Thank you, @JonathanHumble @TheDirigible for accepting 3 of my poems for this dirigible balloon flight! There are so many wonderful poems on there - something for every occasion! #teachers #poetry #kidlit #poetryforchildren
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It's always a delight to take a flight on the @TheDirigible Thank you so much @JonathanHumble for letting my three poems hop on board! 💕🎈 #poetry #poem #poetrycommunity
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Mar 18
Word that’s making me smile today: vespering. One of its meanings is flying westward toward the sunset.
📷: Don Toofee, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Mar 17
As it looks like Spring is in the air, at least for the next few days, here are some poems for children that celebrate the season. brian-moses.blogspot.com/202… @SueHardyDawson @RumbleCoral @dreambeastpoems @nealzetterpoet @BarbaraBleiman @Katypoet @Janenewberry55 #Spring
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Word that’s making me smile today: clagarnach. It’s an untranslatable Irish word that literally means “clattering,” for the strangely comforting sound of heavy rain hitting the rooftop or windows when you are cozy inside.
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