Poetry Friday!
Recycled Rocket
A pasta box,
a yogurt cup,
a bit of help
to tape them up,
a twisty tie,
a plastic spoon–
a rocket racing
to the moon!
Welcome, welcome one and all to today’s Poetry Friday celebration! It’s great to see you. I’m looking forward to savoring what everyone’s brought to share.
It’s now officially February, my least favorite month of the year. Winter is old and boring now. I want spring! We need something to do to pass the dark, cold hours until the crocuses bloom. It seems that every year around this time, we adopt some kind of art project. Last year we made a enough rainbow loom bracelets to cover our arms up to our shoulders. The year before that we made hundreds of pipe cleaner people and then houses and towns for our pipe cleaner people to live in. What project will we take up this year? Building with recycled materials is always fun. How are you whiling away the winter hours? Other than writing poetry, of course!
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Liz
My kids love to build with recycled boxes and containers, too – great minds think alike. In the months leading up to Christmas we made a ton (ok, about 100) origami cranes in rainbow colors then made them into mobiles for gifts. It was a fun family effort.
My poem today is called “Paper or Plastic?” http://weewordsforweeones.blogspot.com/2015/02/paper-or-plastic.html
Thanks for hosting, Liz!
The best part of February is writing poems inside where it’s warm. Thanks for hosting. Love your rocket project poem.
How about recycling my favorite Earth Day poem by you?
Things to do if you’re the Earth
Swoop in circles
around the sun.
Spin.
Go on and on,
and on,
and on.
Wear layers.
Carry water.
Don’t laugh when we run.
Don’t cry when we dig.
Give us a home.
Keep our history
under your skin.
Shiver and explode.
Remind us
you exist.
When you are sick
and feverish,
forgive us.
Hold us
close.
Ahoy, Liz! You’ve got a very clever rocket; I’ve got ships today. Climb aboard for sea songs, maybe a pirate, and a vintage Valentine-y poem, too! http://www.robynhoodblack.com/blog.htm?post=984084
Thanks for hosting!
Even though my kids are now 12 and 14, they still each have a “useful box” in their closets, filled with recyclable treasures and whatnots. Your poem says it all. 🙂
At Today’s Little Ditty, February brings us a new spotlight author and DMC challenge. (There’s nothing boring about that!) This month we feature David Elliott and ON THE WING. Thanks for hosting, Liz!
What a sweet poem! (And I LOVE your Earth Day poem, too! Thank you, Ricky, for sharing it!)
I’ve got a found poem this week, created from a Mark Strand quote. Thanks for hosting!
What a great way to begin the day. That rocket and its own poem gave me a smile…and your Earth Day poem gives me hope. Thank you!
Over at The Poem Farm, I have a poem that grew from a suprise paper gift I received this week in East Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Happy Poetry Friday – thank you for hosting!
Love the rocket and the rhyme. It’s been origami here. 🙂
Love the rocket and your poem. One of my favorite things about teaching school was seeing projects made from recycled materials displayed in classrooms and halls. I have collaborating father and son, David and Jeff Harrison, featured in the “A Great Nephew and A Great Aunt” series today. http://wp.me/p22d5X-14X
Love that recycled rocket — and cute poem to go with it!
At Alphabet Soup I’m featuring several poems from Bob Raczka’s new book of clerihews, PRESIDENTIAL MISADVENTURES and a giveaway.
Thanks for hosting this week, Liz!
Love this poem! My project today is to make a desk pencil holder out of toilet paper rolls. Thanks for hosting.
I love the photo of the recycled rocket, the poem, and the ideas to brighten up February with creativity!
Thanks for hosting! Happy Friday, everyone!
I posted Souvenirs by Orla Gartland at my blog, Bildungsroman:
http://slayground.livejournal.com/800830.html
Enjoy!
I love your winter projects! Sometimes our valentines have been large projects (my youngest liked to make 3D valentines, so that took some doing). The origami mobiles that Bridget mentioned sound great. Thanks for hosting!
Thank you so much, Liz for hosting this week’s Poetry Friday. Love the look of that rocket! Very creative.
Cute poem! My boys love to pull things out of the recycling bin to make new creations. Fun! My poetry sisters and I have been making villanelles this month – posted mine on my blog today. Thanks for hosting!
Oh, I LOVE this rocket ship — both the idea and the poem! 🙂
Thanks for hosting!
I’m in with a Villanelle, alongside my other Poetry Sisters.
http://liz-scanlon.livejournal.com/204997.html
What a great project to pass the time creatively on a gray February day, Liz. Thanks for hosting today.
Thanks for hosting today, and what a CLEVER way to get us all organized, with the photo links!
Hey, that poem looks familiar! Glad you were able to complete it, Liz. And thanks for hosting today!
Love your poem. It brought smiles to my face. Thanks so much for sharing and for hosting.
I have loads of stuff stashed for creating now when my grandson gets here. Last projects were a picture frame and a garage for his toy trucks. I love building with junk! Loved it in the classroom and love it now with grandkids! Thanks for hosting today!
Thanks for hosting.
My selection is “An illustrated treasury of read-aloud poems for young people” edited by Glorya Hale.
Such a busy weekend, I can’t believe I forgot to come back and tell you how much I love “Recycled Rocket”! I wanted to rummage through the recycling to see what building materials were hiding in there. Thanks for sharing, and for hosting!
I agree — February can be such a tough month! Especially in places where winter lasts a little too long. Hope you’re finding ways to entertain yourselves! We like to make blanket forts.