Out by me the weather is warmer, school has just let out, and the summer spreads before me like a picnic blanket.
Today I’ll share a bit of inspiration for the poets out there, rooted in the tradition of Margaret Wise Brown’s The Important Book:
The important thing
about a poem
is that you write it.
It conjures up dreams,
images,
puzzles you sometimes,
turns your head
a different direction to say
look!
See this thing?
See what you’re missing?
See how I’ve made you
observe the world
in new eyes?
But the important thing
about a poem
is that you write it.
So what have you observed, thought, wondered, or imagined today? Share a link to your post, and don’t forget to read and comment on the work of others!
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A few days with my mother. Day to Day Life (#SOL-2025) – Mukhamani
The reflective part of my brain has been dormant for too long. Ten years of teaching down and this is my attempt to get back into the habit of sorting through my thoughts in a tangible way: https://aniowateacher.blogspot.com/2025/06/a-good-place-to-start.html
Roses in bloom!https://wahooliteracyteacher.wordpress.com/2025/06/10/june-roses-sol25/
Hello writing friends! It’s been a while, but we’ll see if we can restart Tuesday writing! Today, it’s about one of the most relaxing places we’ve ever visited: Destin, FL for our end of year getaway! https://iowaconflictedteacher.com/2025/06/10/slice-of-life-tuesday-need-to-relax/
A late in the day and sad in thought slice today.
https://drferreri.blogspot.com/2025/06/sol25-june-10-slices-of-news.html
When a class gets bored at the end of the year, sometimes the best (only?) solution is a spur-of-the-moment grammar game. https://persistenceandpedagogy.com/2025/06/10/there-their-theyre/
a lot of my friends have moved away over the years, a sad poem. But we can tell I’m already in summer mode since I got the date wrong and misspelled the main theme of my poem every time I wrote it 😅https://bulletsandblanks.wordpress.com/2025/06/10/loneliness/
A reflection on flags and a city that is NOT being overrun by rioters https://learnwithvivian.com/2025/06/10/flag-day/
Summer break has just started for me, and I’m celebrating by doing, well…NOTHING. https://edsoapbox.com/2025/06/10/slice-of-life-tuesday-no-guilt/
Together we rise. https://jumpofffindwings.wordpress.com/2025/06/10/call-and-response/
A serendipitous meeting with a fellow blogger and a poem picnic: https://reflectionsontheteche.com/2025/06/10/slice-of-life-poem-porch-picnic/
Week two of our trip has me writing from a different place, but it’s about where we were last week. https://wherewerv.wordpress.com/2025/06/10/introducing-more-firsts/
Sharing a few truths (and no lies): https://sliceoflisa.blogspot.com/2025/06/truths-for-tuesday.html
Winning, when you rarely win, is a big deal: I Won! | arjeha
Considering Marie Kondo, but for life: http://writingwithabandon.com/2025/06/10/thank-you-for-your-service/
TO LAINIE: I love your poem using the style of The Important Book. This summer I plan to curate writing ideas and this one is being saved. Thank you.
Thanks, Sally! Tag me when you do. I’d love to read it!
Some talent show highlights https://justwritemelanie.blogspot.com/2025/06/slice-of-life-annual-talent-show.html
More about my school’s author vist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, worthy of two blog posts, at least…https://readandwritebysally.wordpress.com/2025/06/01/dr-ibram-x-kendi-part-2/
Wondering if I could be a “ghostwriter” and then discovering and devouring The Ghostwriter by Julie Clark. What a treat! https://franmcveigh.wordpress.com/2025/06/10/sol25-ghostwriter/
I’ve been thinking a lot about my achilles heel the past moth and found a metaphor/symbol in these thoughts juxtaposed w/ reflections about Egypt. Of course I’m sharing pictures: https://glendafunk.wordpress.com/2025/06/09/we-all-fall-down-sol25/