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Poetry Friday: Spring Is Here

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It’s Poetry Friday and, here in Australia at least, it is Spring! Not being a winter person, I have been looking forward to Spring for weeks – months even.

So, of course, today I want to share a poem about Spring. A few weeks back Heidi from My Juicy Little Universe hosted Poetry Friday, and shared a poem mourning the ending of summer. You can read her poem here.  I loved the form of her poem so much that I wanted to experiment with it for myself. I  set myself an extra challenge of using one rhyme sound for each stanza, just to see if I could. Here is my effort:

Spring is Here!

Birds are tweeting. Spring is here

Lambs are bleating. Spring is here

Cold is fleeting. Spring is here.

Sun is greeting. Spring is here.

Willie wagtail

No more shivering

No more dithering

No more quivering

Spring is here!

 

Leaves are greening. Spring is here.

Birds are preening. Spring is here.

Folks are cleaning. Spring is here.

Garden tools leaning. Spring is here

 

No more complaining

No cold raining

Or chill blaining

Spring is here!

 

Magpies singing. Spring is here.

Kids are swinging. Spring is here

Spring is springing! Spring is here.

Yes spring

spring

spring

is finally here!

(Copyright Sally Murphy 2015)

Thanks so much to Heidi for the inspiration.

Poetry Friday today is hosted by Teacher Dance. Head over there for a round up of all the Poetry Friday goodness.

Poetry Friday: Another Poetry Haiku

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It’s Poetry Friday. I’m in the midst of one of my busiest couple of weeks ever – Book Week, a burst of promotion for Fly-In Fly-Out Dad, a move of house, family illness, a busy period with my studies, a writing deadline… Anyway, rather than let this prevent from participating in Poetry Friday, for the second week in a row, I’m sharing a quick post in the form of a haiku poem.

I took this photo on the Abrolhos Islands last year. I’m fairly sure this plant was a weed, but it reminded me of tiny little trees from a Dr Seuss book. Thus, my poem.

 

Seuss Plants

 

Poetry Friday this week is hosted by the amazing Sylvia at Poetry for Children. You’ll find the round up there.

Bookweek Day 2: Manning and South Perth

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More Bookweek fun today, speaking to kids from Manning Primary at the Manning Library and St Columba’s, Como  Primary and South Perth Primary at  South Perth Library. Yes, I’m a little blurry – I’m not very good at standing still 🙂Manning 2015

Bookweek at The Grove

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It’s Children’s Bookweek, and I had a lovely time today speaking to children from Mosman Park Primary and Cottesloe Primary at The Grove Library in Cottesloe. Thanks to librarian Stewart and the teachers and parents who brought the children along. I have no idea what I was doing when this photo was taken – I tend to get a bit dramatic. But I had a fun – and hopefully the kids did too.

The Grove2015

 

 

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