Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:26:18 -0800WeeblySat, 06 Apr 2013 21:17:41 GMThttp://www.wordbywordjourneys.org/1/post/2013/04/inspired-by-williams-carlos-williams.htmlSo much depends
upon
the state test
so variably approached
so ruthlessly applied
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This is just to say
I'm sorry you
used the last of
the toilet paper
before I had to get up
in the middle
of the night.
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This is just to say--
There are daffodils blooming.
The morning breeze is soft.
New shoots are appearing.
Won't you help me in the garden?

- Judy Gilligan
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DEAR MR. WILLIAMS

This is just to say
I'm not sorry 
I have stolen
your words

Pulled them off
the laundry-line
still dripping wet

Ironed and starched
them into phrases
strung them over a lifeboat 
full of metaphors

I left a note for your wife
that I have eaten 
her poems, too
so sweet 
and so clever
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
So much depends
upon
luck
trust

determination
buried under tree trunks

rooted in your mind

- Virginia Schultz
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]]>Sat, 06 Apr 2013 19:01:54 GMThttp://www.wordbywordjourneys.org/1/post/2013/04/this-is-just-to-say.htmlSun, 25 Mar 2012 22:33:00 GMThttp://www.wordbywordjourneys.org/1/post/2012/03/poetry.htmlP-put your mind at ease and write
O-offer your thoughts through words
E-everyone's a poet,really.
T-tumble from your mind to paper
R-radiant words that fall like rain
Y-you are the poet, write!
                                                                                Kathryn
                                                                                3/12/12
]]>Sun, 25 Mar 2012 22:28:11 GMThttp://www.wordbywordjourneys.org/1/post/2012/03/pass-around-exercise-jan-12-2012.htmlTeaching

Teaching used to be in the school house, everybody’s business,

but now it’s in the computer, only the business of my fingertips.

Teaching used to wear long skirts and high-button shoes,

but now teaching wears tie dyes and has dreadlocks with shells and feathers in her hair.

Teaching used to trace characters in the air,

but now characters come from movies.

Teaching used to rely only on phonetic devices,

b-b-but n-n-now we text and spelling don’t matter.

Teaching used to be about preserving and polishing the mausoleum of memory,

but now it’s about creating one’s own temple, however it may look.

                                                                                
                                                                                Carol, Emily, Eva, Sarah, Virginia
                                                                        used to, but now pass around poems
                                                                                                                late afternoon
                                                                                                            January 12, 2012
                                                                                            Innisfree Poetry Bookstore
                                                                                                                    Boulder, CO


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