tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post5109769178610560483..comments2023-12-13T03:19:15.138-08:00Comments on The Drift Record : Poetry Friday: Moon-DrunkUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-20427082913531275122009-11-10T04:21:20.292-08:002009-11-10T04:21:20.292-08:00Julie, what a gorgeous poem. So bright and brittle...Julie, what a gorgeous poem. So bright and brittle, like the winter solstice night itself.<br /><br />I especially love <br /><br />three decades fall like leaves to frost,<br />years lost.<br /><br />and the last two lines.laurasalashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13807781795919555208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-3029664305543877172009-11-09T07:03:01.656-08:002009-11-09T07:03:01.656-08:00Julie,
Paul Janeczko is going to be one of the fi...Julie,<br /><br />Paul Janeczko is going to be one of the five featured speakers at the Keene State College Children's Literature Festival in New Hampshire next year (October 30, 2010). If you're up in Vermont at that time, maybe you could drive down for the day.<br /><br />Dr. David White runs a wonderful festival--and Keene is a charming little college town not far from Peterborough.Elaine Magliarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-22655452377062363882009-11-07T21:18:04.327-08:002009-11-07T21:18:04.327-08:00Sarah, I would love to see that moon over Iceland!...Sarah, I would love to see that moon over Iceland! <br /><br />Tricia, yes, exactly, the moon has been tempting us to reach out & touch.<br /><br />Mary Lee - Your comment makes me wish for an anthology of moon poems. Moon over the prairie, that sounds wonderful. So much sky to fill, no? <br /><br />Elaine, thank you for your kind words about my work. People who love poetry often take interesting paths to get to it, don't they? I've heard about what a tremendous teacher Myra Cohn Livingston was, and I think about that in my work with students at Vermont College. I have my fingers crossed that I will be able to meet more kids poets - including Paul Janeczko and Pat Lewis! - sometime soon. I would have loved to get to the NCTE convention for the tribute to Lee Bennett Hopkins on Saturday. Sigh.Julie https://www.blogger.com/profile/12811523890920763782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-65892938708821997702009-11-07T20:39:15.023-08:002009-11-07T20:39:15.023-08:00I drove east from Denver to a little town almost o...I drove east from Denver to a little town almost on the CO/KS border on Tuesday night with the full moon lighting the prairie from above and the snow left over from the big storm the week before reflecting moonlight back from all the ditches.Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-18805324123225119572009-11-07T17:33:09.293-08:002009-11-07T17:33:09.293-08:00I've been a bit moon drunk myself lately. I wa...I've been a bit moon drunk myself lately. I was in NY last night and the sky was so clear, and the moon so big, I felt as though I could reach out and touch it.Triciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18350907653629775293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-23154993075948827152009-11-07T08:40:10.968-08:002009-11-07T08:40:10.968-08:00Julie,
I love your poem!
I'll tell you a li...Julie,<br /><br />I love your poem! <br /><br />I'll tell you a little story about me and poetry. I hadn't ever been a reader or a fan of adult poetry until after I got hooked on children's poetry. The more I read the more I wanted to read--and the more I learned about all different types of poems. Myra Cohn Livingston was one of my best teachers. I tried to read everything she wrote--including POEM-MAKING: WAYS TO BEGIN WRITING POETRY and THE CHILD AS POET: MYTH OR REALITY. It was especially the poetry anthologies compiled by Paul Janeczko--THE PLACE MY WORDS ARE LOOKING FOR, in particular--that introduced to some wonderful adult poets. And it was your children's books that led me to the exceptional poetry that you have written for adults.<br /><br />My story is the reason why I believe so strongly that parents/teachers should share quality children's poetry with children.Elaine Magliarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-47905739621829806892009-11-06T10:07:29.222-08:002009-11-06T10:07:29.222-08:00I admit I am a bit "moon drunk" as well....I admit I am a bit "moon drunk" as well. I have loved the full moon earlier this week. I read and re-read December 21, I love the winter solstice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-46458630902425986212009-11-06T08:31:20.806-08:002009-11-06T08:31:20.806-08:00Thanks, Elaine - I'll update my note above and...Thanks, Elaine - I'll update my note above and send people to Wild Rose Reader.Julie https://www.blogger.com/profile/12811523890920763782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-62972175128392183392009-11-06T06:36:09.464-08:002009-11-06T06:36:09.464-08:00Julie,
I'll do the Poetry Friday Roundup at W...Julie,<br /><br />I'll do the Poetry Friday Roundup at Wild Rose Reader this week. Send folks my way.Elaine Magliarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-1730343025245952642009-11-06T03:09:43.940-08:002009-11-06T03:09:43.940-08:00Oh wow. You would have loved the moon in Iceland. ...Oh wow. You would have loved the moon in Iceland. We can talk about it at rez. <br />Imagine the moon with the midnight sun. Or the moon in the middle of winter, skimming the horizon for hours. Or with the Northern Lights.<br /><br />When things are just right, it can be in the sky continuously. I should hunt up a site--one must exist-- that show the path of the moon during different months, as seen from the far north.Sarah Blake Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05849468829272752689noreply@blogger.com