Iron Witch

On one of my favorite blogs, The Zoe Trope, there is a book giveaway of the Iron Witch and readers have been told to spread the word. So we are. Blog, tweet, facebook, or whatever about it and post the link in the comments of Zoe Marriott's blog and you will have the chance to win her copy of the Iron Witch, a new YA book by Karen Mahoney. Here is he link to her blog:
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Poems

Sorry about not posting for a while. So much for the posting once a week thing. I guess I have been lacking inspiration...*thinks* Got it. Today I will share with you a couple of poems that I like. Tell me what you think of them.


        St. Patrick's Rune
At Tara in this fateful hour,
I place all Heaven with its power,
And the sun with its brightness,
And the snow with its whiteness,
And the fire with all the strength it hath,
And the lightning with its rapid wrath,
And the winds with their swiftness along their path,
And the sea with its deepness,
And the rocks with their steepness,
And the Earth with its starkness
All these I place
By God's almighty help and grace
Between myself and the powers of darkness!   

  

This Is Just To Say

 By William Carlos Williams 

I have eaten

the plums
that were in
the icebox

and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast

Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet

and so cold  




Six Words
Lloyd Schwartz 

yes no maybe sometimes always never Never? Yes. Always? No. Sometimes? Maybe— maybe never sometimes. Yes— no always: always maybe. No— never yes. Sometimes, sometimes (always) yes. Maybe never . . . No, no— sometimes. Never. Always? Maybe. Yes— yes no maybe sometimes always never.

       

Snow Days

Snow day! To many kids this means no school and no teachers for the day. But most schools have to make up for these lost days by having school go into the summer, having classes on Saturdays, or getting rid of vacations.  I don't think any kid likes those ideas, but have you ever thought about the teachers? I'm pretty sure they don't enjoy teaching in their time off either. What are your thoughts on this, and if your school had to do one of these things (cut into summer, have school on Saturdays, or take away vacations) which would you prefer?