Comments on: Poetry Friday: Prairie Poems for Children http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/poetry-friday-prairie-poems-for-children/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:02:19 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Sally http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/poetry-friday-prairie-poems-for-children/comment-page-1/#comment-9220 Sally Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:50:26 +0000 http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/?p=6019#comment-9220 Wow, thanks all for telling me where you grew up. I can just imagine the 'music' of the seasons that pass through your locales (except maybe for Florida!) I'll have to look up Swing Around the Sun, Laura. Hope it's available at my library! Wow, thanks all for telling me where you grew up. I can just imagine the ‘music’ of the seasons that pass through your locales (except maybe for Florida!) I’ll have to look up Swing Around the Sun, Laura. Hope it’s available at my library!

]]> By: Joanne Epp http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/poetry-friday-prairie-poems-for-children/comment-page-1/#comment-9207 Joanne Epp Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:35:51 +0000 http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/?p=6019#comment-9207 I, too, grew up in Rosthern, and reading these poems is like going back there. I just read "Caraganas," which has a line about sucking the nectar from caragana flowers. That's always been a springtime treat for me, too. I, too, grew up in Rosthern, and reading these poems is like going back there. I just read “Caraganas,” which has a line about sucking the nectar from caragana flowers. That’s always been a springtime treat for me, too.

]]> By: susan http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/poetry-friday-prairie-poems-for-children/comment-page-1/#comment-9169 susan Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:46:22 +0000 http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/?p=6019#comment-9169 I grew up in Detroit. Music and culture shaped my formative years and yes, there are some poems that encapsulate how I remember my childhood. The passing of things is an extended metaphor for me today. Tomorrow we bury a loved one and I'm thinking how much we took having family around for granted. At times I feel like we are crashing down. Thank you for something that makes me smile even when I sad I grew up in Detroit. Music and culture shaped my formative years and yes, there are some poems that encapsulate how I remember my childhood.

The passing of things is an extended metaphor for me today. Tomorrow we bury a loved one and I’m thinking how much we took having family around for granted. At times I feel like we are crashing down. Thank you for something that makes me smile even when I sad

]]> By: Andromeda Jazmon http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/poetry-friday-prairie-poems-for-children/comment-page-1/#comment-9168 Andromeda Jazmon Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:28:47 +0000 http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/?p=6019#comment-9168 I grew up in the suburbs of Philly and Cleveland. I can't think of a collection of poems about those places off hand. But jump rope chants, tree houses, Barbie dolls, and summer picnics of P B & J with kool-aid taken under a chestnut or maple tree about sums it up. This poem book about the prairie sounds great. I love that cover. I grew up in the suburbs of Philly and Cleveland. I can’t think of a collection of poems about those places off hand. But jump rope chants, tree houses, Barbie dolls, and summer picnics of P B & J with kool-aid taken under a chestnut or maple tree about sums it up. This poem book about the prairie sounds great. I love that cover.

]]> By: laurasalas http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/poetry-friday-prairie-poems-for-children/comment-page-1/#comment-9163 laurasalas Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:48:33 +0000 http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/?p=6019#comment-9163 I grew up in Florida, with no grain elevators and no seasons! (So glad to live in Minnesota now.) This looks like a great collection--I'm a sucker for poems about the seasons, I admit. Swing Around the Sun (by Barbara Juster Esbensen) is one of my favorites. Thanks for the recommendation! I grew up in Florida, with no grain elevators and no seasons! (So glad to live in Minnesota now.) This looks like a great collection–I’m a sucker for poems about the seasons, I admit. Swing Around the Sun (by Barbara Juster Esbensen) is one of my favorites.

Thanks for the recommendation!

]]> By: Mary Lee http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/poetry-friday-prairie-poems-for-children/comment-page-1/#comment-9160 Mary Lee Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:50:58 +0000 http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/?p=6019#comment-9160 I grew up on the prairie of eastern Colorado. There was (and is still) a grain elevator at the end of my street! I think I need this book of poems!!! I grew up on the prairie of eastern Colorado. There was (and is still) a grain elevator at the end of my street! I think I need this book of poems!!!

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