Comments on: Poetry Month Ideas: Try Something a Little Different http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2011/04/12/poetry-month-ideas-try-something-a-little-different/ A School Library Journal Blog Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:18:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Janet Wong http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2011/04/12/poetry-month-ideas-try-something-a-little-different/#comment-185296 Janet Wong Sun, 24 Apr 2011 18:36:42 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/?p=7451#comment-185296 I love those blackout poems! And thanks for pointing the way to the daily tips at the PoetryTagTime blog! I love those blackout poems! And thanks for pointing the way to the daily tips at the PoetryTagTime blog!

]]> By: Elizabeth Bird http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2011/04/12/poetry-month-ideas-try-something-a-little-different/#comment-179406 Elizabeth Bird Fri, 15 Apr 2011 03:31:35 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/?p=7451#comment-179406 Yeah, I remembered the Spine Poems too late. Felt kinda stupid that I hadn't included them. Well, there's always next year, right? Yeah, I remembered the Spine Poems too late. Felt kinda stupid that I hadn’t included them. Well, there’s always next year, right?

]]> By: Karen Gray Ruelle http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2011/04/12/poetry-month-ideas-try-something-a-little-different/#comment-179377 Karen Gray Ruelle Fri, 15 Apr 2011 02:34:07 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/?p=7451#comment-179377 Of course, if you really like cool and unusual forms of poetry, you should totally check out Travis Jonker's gallery of book spine poems at 100 Scope Notes. (Yes, I do have a few of my own submissions in there, I admit it. It was great fun!) Of course, if you really like cool and unusual forms of poetry, you should totally check out Travis Jonker’s gallery of book spine poems at 100 Scope Notes. (Yes, I do have a few of my own submissions in there, I admit it. It was great fun!)

]]> By: marjorie http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2011/04/12/poetry-month-ideas-try-something-a-little-different/#comment-178178 marjorie Tue, 12 Apr 2011 21:52:10 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/?p=7451#comment-178178 There's a blog devoted entirely to turning press releases, statements, blog posts and tweets from the Westboro Baptist Church (aka Fred Phelps's family, AKA the folks who picket soldiers' funerals with "God Hates Fags" signs) into blackout poems. I've reblogged some of my favorites, but here's a sweet one from an 11th grader: http://godlovespoetry.com/post/4528021594/perfect-standards-occupy-your-hearts-and-minds I liked this too: http://godlovespoetry.com/post/3944981870/99-percent-agree-bible-says-luv-neighbor-fo There’s a blog devoted entirely to turning press releases, statements, blog posts and tweets from the Westboro Baptist Church (aka Fred Phelps’s family, AKA the folks who picket soldiers’ funerals with “God Hates Fags” signs) into blackout poems. I’ve reblogged some of my favorites, but here’s a sweet one from an 11th grader:

http://godlovespoetry.com/post/4528021594/perfect-standards-occupy-your-hearts-and-minds

I liked this too:

http://godlovespoetry.com/post/3944981870/99-percent-agree-bible-says-luv-neighbor-fo

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