http://blog.stenhouse.com/archives/2008/10/31/poetry-friday-5/ Resources for Educators from Stenhouse Publishers Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:02:28 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://blog.stenhouse.com/archives/2008/10/31/poetry-friday-5/comment-page-1/#comment-139 Sylvia Vardell Sat, 01 Nov 2008 03:07:57 +0000 http://blog.stenhouse.com/?p=238#comment-139 Longfellow was the first poet whose work I memorized. Thanks for participating in Poetry Friday at PoetryforChildren this Halloween! Stop by any time... Sylvia Longfellow was the first poet whose work I memorized.
Thanks for participating in Poetry Friday at PoetryforChildren this Halloween! Stop by any time…
Sylvia

]]> http://blog.stenhouse.com/archives/2008/10/31/poetry-friday-5/comment-page-1/#comment-138 Fiddler Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:27:06 +0000 http://blog.stenhouse.com/?p=238#comment-138 Thanks for sharing such an interesting poem today! I'm going to have to come back and read it again a few times and ponder in between times. I especially like stanza eight, with "this perpetual jar Of earthly wants and aspirations high"--such music in his poetry! Thanks for sharing such an interesting poem today! I’m going to have to come back and read it again a few times and ponder in between times. I especially like stanza eight, with “this perpetual jar Of earthly wants and aspirations high”–such music in his poetry!

]]> http://blog.stenhouse.com/archives/2008/10/31/poetry-friday-5/comment-page-1/#comment-137 Jennifer Knoblock Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:12:44 +0000 http://blog.stenhouse.com/?p=238#comment-137 Lovely and thought-provoking--thanks! Stanza 7 especially speaks to me today. And the last two stanzas--how difficult and yet beautiful to reach that world of imagination and creativity, and how it wavers beneath you when you try to fix your thoughts and dreams with words. Lovely and thought-provoking–thanks! Stanza 7 especially speaks to me today.
And the last two stanzas–how difficult and yet beautiful to reach that world of imagination and creativity, and how it wavers beneath you when you try to fix your thoughts and dreams with words.

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