Please take a look at this charming poem posted with permission by Heidi:

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/238900

Does it sound like your house?

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ZZZZZZ’s For You

ZZZZZ’s for you!

Buzz
Fuzz
‘Tis
A bug!

Buzz
Fuzz
‘Tis
A bee!

‘Cuz
Wuz
Nectar
Fizz!

Yummmmm!
Frozzy fizz!

Jeanne
6/24/12

Doubt

Frozen with doubt
Puzzling out
The quandary.

Uncertain with doubt
Pondering out
The dilemma.

Skeptic with doubt
Questioning out
The scruple.

Qualms with doubt
Demur without
Wondering if.

Query faith
Imagine out
Ambiguity.

After all,
Doubts are
“the ants in the pants”
Of faith.

Misgivings
Give way
To understanding.

Alienated

Alienated

Finding myself
Opposite.

Replaced
By a stepmother
On Father’s Day.

Unfamiliar
With the responses
In the catholic church.
But familiar with the ecumenical language
Of Christ Episcopal.

Unable to muster
The mobile com;
Nostalgic for phone booth,
Landlines and quirky operators.

It isn’t even summer,
But the heat rises
To 105 and 115 degrees.
“Global Warming” seems too mild a term!

I schedule Sedona
To teach Calligraphy.
But they call it a ‘lost Art”
And banish Italic from the schools.
Seems we’re banned from flourishes!

Baking cookies
Used to be the last resort
For grounding.
Now we’re pushed out
As robots “chef” the kitchen:
Automatic invaders.
Chocolate chip cookies
Replaced by antioxidants.

Seems I’m just
An outdated label,
Making way for e-branding,
High surveillance
And texting blips!

U think?

An Incredible Video from Carol-Ann Hoyte

Carol-Ann is a poet-librarian from Montreal, Canada. Her school’s video is one of the best I’ve seen. Be enchanted!!!!

http://www.selwyn.ca/podium/default.aspx?t=161751

Wisdom


WISDOM

God is the power
None other.
Infinite.

God is the love
None other.
Bliss.

God is the mind
None other
Oceans.

I am the power!
I am the love!
I am the mind!
Infinitesimal
Infinity.
A fleeting thought
Extended by the
Creator!

Jeanne Poland
All rights!

Birthing Wisdom

Birthing Wisdom

Research
Find it
Light it
Own it.

Reflect
Protect
Hold it
Guard it

Be keen
Mean it
Scream it
Beam it.

Jeanne Poland
All rights 6/11/12

Annika, at three years old, is awestruck at:


Annika, at three years old, is awestruck at:

Giant beings
Thunderous clappings

Father’s hands
Mom’s commands

Cyclone’s howl
Wasp’s sharp jowl

Crushing weights
Slamming gates

Clanging locks
Darkness’ knocks

Mysteries
Fantasies

But, most of all,
Mother love
Father love
Brother love!

Quicksilver Sings Armenian

Quicksilver
sings
Armenian.

For
love
of
Bob!

Finds
her
fuchsia.

Fashions
astral
pink
in
space.

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