ANIMALS
Bear
Birds
After the Fire
After the Fire
Meadow Kaleidoscope
Cat
Cat Bath
Cat and Bird
What a Cat Needs
Three Black Cats
In the Company of Kittens
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"Three Black Cats" by Maud Lewis |
Cat Bath
Cat and Bird
What a Cat Needs
Three Black Cats
In the Company of Kittens
Chicken
Mother Chicken's Plea
Mother Chicken's Plea
Deer
Dog
Beach Dog
Sailor to Dog
To the Artist
The New Puppy Promise
Girl and Dog
Dog
Donkey
Fish
Fox
Frog
Goat
Wild Goats
Horse
Man O'War
Anatomy of a Horse
Horseback Riding
Wild Horse
When a Horse Writes a Poem
Before the Race
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Childhood poem "Man O'War" |
Man O'War
Anatomy of a Horse
Horseback Riding
Wild Horse
When a Horse Writes a Poem
Before the Race
called by light (haiku)
Lion
Mouse
Mouse Haiku
Mule
If You Bring a Mule to School
Octopus
Dream with Three Hearts
Dear World
Ostrich
ostrich
Mule
If You Bring a Mule to School
Octopus
Dream with Three Hearts
Dear World
Ostrich
ostrich
Indecision
ARS POETICA
This Poem is Practically Perfect
Summer Poem Swap
The Last Poem
Let There be Poetry
Poems Come Lately
This Poem is a Dream
This Poem is Green
When a Horse Writes a Poem
Window
ART POEMS (aka ARTSPEAK! -- this link takes you to a page containing Padlet galleries for each year of this annual National Poetry Month project)
BOOKS/READING
Dear Reader
Mary in the Garden
Man, Reading
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
When Grandma Reads
Storytime
Sometimes Books are the Only Playground I Need
A Girl Who Reads
ARS POETICA
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"Girls Dancing" by James Van Der Zee (inspired "The Last Poem") |
This Poem is Practically Perfect
Summer Poem Swap
The Last Poem
Let There be Poetry
Poems Come Lately
This Poem is a Dream
This Poem is Green
When a Horse Writes a Poem
Window
ART POEMS (aka ARTSPEAK! -- this link takes you to a page containing Padlet galleries for each year of this annual National Poetry Month project)
BOOKS/READING
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"Mrs. Cassatt Reading" by Mary Cassatt (inspired "When Grandma Reads") |
Dear Reader
Mary in the Garden
Man, Reading
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
When Grandma Reads
Storytime
Sometimes Books are the Only Playground I Need
A Girl Who Reads
Empathy
Grumpy
Because Every Day is a Red Letter Day
Hate
Because a Church is Its People
Hope
Boy Blowing Bubbles
Hate
Because a Church is Its People
Hope
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"The Bubble Boy" by Paul Peel |
If You Put Light in a Box
Love
Weather Report
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Gratitude
Mona Lisa in Love
When We Meet in the Garden
Courtship (According to the Cat)
A Dream of Yellow
Bedtime Love Song
When I Write to You, I Put on My Red Shoes
And This is Where We Shall Meet
Patience
PEOPLE
Fictional People
Babysitter
Girl to Mama
To a Water Boy
Papa with a Pipe
Trio
Music Teacher
Prayer for the Berrypickers
The Postman in Spring
The Toiler
The Guitarist
Portrait of a Writer
Miss Mary's Crimson Life
Town
I Give Thanks for Trussville, Alabama
Lake Life
This Old Boat
I Pledge Allegiance to the Lake
#lakelife
Under a Sturgeon Moon
Quiet Place
Morning
Night 2
Rowing Scene
Spearfishing
Boat on a Pond
Late June Afternoon
Beach/Ocean
Prayer of the Black Rocks
Wish I May, Wish I Might
Only in Summer
On the Water
By the Sea
Beach Time
Boat Dock, Early Evening
The Ocean Opens Its Arms
Recipe for a Sunset
US National Parks
Yosemite Morning
QUESTIONS
Sewing/Textile Arts
Storytime
Storytime
Sometimes Books are the Only Playground I Need
Sunday Afternoon
Boy with Plane
A Girl Who Reads
Love
Weather Report
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Gratitude
Mona Lisa in Love
When We Meet in the Garden
Courtship (According to the Cat)
A Dream of Yellow
Bedtime Love Song
When I Write to You, I Put on My Red Shoes
And This is Where We Shall Meet
Patience
Once (missing a loved one)
Shy
What If?
EVERYDAY OBJECTS
Household Items
Bed
Bedtime Love Song
Bottle to Bowl
Broom
Shy
What If?
EVERYDAY OBJECTS
Household Items
Bed
Bedtime Love Song
Bottle to Bowl
Broom
the trick of the candlestick
Clothesline Season
Couch
Desk
cracked plastic bucket
Kitchen Table
Friends Like Us (mortar and pestle)
Fruit Jar
I am the Plate
A Message from Your Mailbox
A (Simple) Message from Your Pencil
Still Life with Straw Hat, Bag, Umbrella
Umbrella's Complaint
Sister Sister (slippers)
Strawberry Basket
A Trio of Short Haircut Poems (scissors)
Yellow Dress
The Letter
origami swan
This Old Chair
Escape of the Toy Horse
Window
Clothesline Season
Couch
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"Still Life with Bottles and Bowl" by Alex von Jawlensky |
cracked plastic bucket
Kitchen Table
Friends Like Us (mortar and pestle)
Fruit Jar
I am the Plate
A Message from Your Mailbox
A (Simple) Message from Your Pencil
Still Life with Straw Hat, Bag, Umbrella
Umbrella's Complaint
Sister Sister (slippers)
Strawberry Basket
A Trio of Short Haircut Poems (scissors)
Yellow Dress
The Letter
origami swan
This Old Chair
Escape of the Toy Horse
Window
Red Skirt
Outdoor Items
Gardener's Companion (watering can)
This Wheelbarrow
A Song for Old Glory (flag)
Garden Rabbit's Dream
Outdoor Items
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"Watering Can" by George Seurat |
This Wheelbarrow
A Song for Old Glory (flag)
Garden Rabbit's Dream
Hello, Neighborhood (houses)
Shadow's Song
FAMILY
Just Like the Garden (growing up)
Child in the Garden
A Trio of Short Haircut poems
Shadow's Song
FAMILY
Just Like the Garden (growing up)
Child in the Garden
A Trio of Short Haircut poems
The Truth About Happy Families
Family Events
divorce
Father
Papa with a Pipe
Mother and Child
Girl to Mama
Girl, Waiting
Gathering Fruit
At the Vegetable Market
Anne Moynet Audubon, Long After Birds of America (stepmother)
Other Family Members
When Grandma Reads
Sister Song
Sister Sister
FANTASY
Come, Fairies
Conversation with the Monster Under My Bed
FOOD
Bread (and other starches)
Bread's Lament
A Dream of Wheat
Rice
Dessert
Peace is a Sweet Potato Pie
Peace in a Coffee Cup
Like Peace for Chocolate
Fruit
What Grapes Say
Math Lesson (lemon)
September (apples)
Summer Foods
A Taste of Summer
Barbeque
Cheesy Summer Days (macaroni and cheese)
Still Life with Summer (tomatoes)
Watermelon Time
There Can Be No Sorrow (strawberries)
Fall/Winter Foods
Soup Season
FORM POEMS
Found Look
Dear Martin
Nonet
Al Tafar, Iraq, 2004
FRIENDSHIP
Family Events
divorce
Father
Papa with a Pipe
Mother and Child
Girl to Mama
Girl, Waiting
Gathering Fruit
At the Vegetable Market
Anne Moynet Audubon, Long After Birds of America (stepmother)
Other Family Members
When Grandma Reads
Sister Song
Sister Sister
FANTASY
Come, Fairies
Conversation with the Monster Under My Bed
FOOD
Bread (and other starches)
Bread's Lament
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"Field with GreenWheat" by Vincent van Gogh |
Rice
Dessert
Peace is a Sweet Potato Pie
Peace in a Coffee Cup
Like Peace for Chocolate
Fruit
What Grapes Say
Math Lesson (lemon)
September (apples)
Summer Foods
A Taste of Summer
Barbeque
Cheesy Summer Days (macaroni and cheese)
Still Life with Summer (tomatoes)
Watermelon Time
There Can Be No Sorrow (strawberries)
Fall/Winter Foods
Soup Season
FORM POEMS
Found Look
Dear Martin
Nonet
Al Tafar, Iraq, 2004
FRIENDSHIP
GARDEN/PLANT LIFE
Gardening
Let Us Now Praise Leafy Things
Gardening Basics
Anticipation (in the Garden)
Orchard Barber Shop
Flowers
Yellow Irises
To a Sunflower
The Weight of Happiness (calla lilies)
Boy in Poppy Field
Call Me Zinnia
Gardening
Let Us Now Praise Leafy Things
Gardening Basics
Anticipation (in the Garden)
Orchard Barber Shop
Flowers
Yellow Irises
To a Sunflower
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"The Flower Seller" by Diego Rivera |
Boy in Poppy Field
Call Me Zinnia
A Summertime Story (apple tree)
Birthday Poem
Valentine's Day
Election Day
Dear Martin (Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday)
Let's Celebrate the Elephant (Elephant Appreciation Day, Sept. 22)
Manger (Christmas)
Valentine's Day
Election Day
Dear Martin (Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday)
Let's Celebrate the Elephant (Elephant Appreciation Day, Sept. 22)
Manger (Christmas)
moon extends its knife (New Year's)
My Name is Peace
She
Measurements
Namesake
I Am From (by Ludelphia Bennett)
To a Glorious Girl
Sun and Moon
Night
Sixteen
Speaking of the Weather
Paint-by-Number
The Lady Confesses
Self-Portrait as a Seagull on a Beach in June
Self-Portrait as a Country Road
Color Talk
She
Measurements
Namesake
I Am From (by Ludelphia Bennett)
To a Glorious Girl
Sun and Moon
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"The Road" by Edgar Degas |
Sixteen
Speaking of the Weather
Paint-by-Number
The Lady Confesses
Self-Portrait as a Seagull on a Beach in June
Self-Portrait as a Country Road
Color Talk
Self-Portrait, Early Morning
The Left-Handed Way of Learning the States
Hair
If You Want to Know My Heart, Come Inside My Studio
Umbrella's Complaint
A Dream of Red
The Left-Handed Way of Learning the States
Hair
If You Want to Know My Heart, Come Inside My Studio
Umbrella's Complaint
A Dream of Red
MINDFULNESS/SPIRITUAL JOURNEY
I Could Say I Believe in the Ocean
American Idyll, 1934
Gratitude
Happiness
Now
A (Sub)way of Looking
This is the Hour
After Three Years, Finally Rain
Priorities
I Could Say I Believe in the Ocean
American Idyll, 1934
Gratitude
Happiness
Now
A (Sub)way of Looking
This is the Hour
After Three Years, Finally Rain
Priorities
Wisdom Has Wide Eyes
Acceptance
origami swan
A Murmuration of Acceptance
The World of the Vase is Dark, Wet
Change
Listen to the Windmill
Comfort
Boy in Poppy Field
Learning
When the World Learned to Drive (for Eric)
For a Better World
Alterations
Mending
In the Midst of It All
MORNING
Morning Pages
Yosemite Morning
Everyday
Acceptance
origami swan
A Murmuration of Acceptance
The World of the Vase is Dark, Wet
Change
Listen to the Windmill
Comfort
Boy in Poppy Field
Learning
When the World Learned to Drive (for Eric)
For a Better World
Alterations
Mending
In the Midst of It All
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"Valley of Yosemite" by Albert Bierstadt |
Morning Pages
Yosemite Morning
Everyday
On the First Morning in a New Country
MUSIC
Cello Love
Hazel Scott at the Piano
Night Music
The Music Lesson
The Guitarist
Fiddle Song
NIGHT
If the Moon Were an Onion
Wish I May, Wish I Might
When the Stars Came to Town
MUSIC
Cello Love
Hazel Scott at the Piano
Night Music
The Music Lesson
The Guitarist
Fiddle Song
NIGHT
If the Moon Were an Onion
Wish I May, Wish I Might
When the Stars Came to Town
moon extends its knife (New Year's)
Night 2PEOPLE
Fictional People
Babysitter
Girl to Mama
Papa with a Pipe
Trio
Prayer for the Berrypickers
The Postman in Spring
The Toiler
Portrait of a Writer
Miss Mary's Crimson Life
The Harvester Shouts at Vincent
Real People
Anne Moynet, Long Before Birds of America
Audrey Hepburn at the Dance Studio
Self-Portrait as a Painter (Vincent van Gogh)
Whistler's Mother
Poem for Oprah Winfrey
I Am (White Cloud)
My John Henry
For the Builders
PLACES
City
Real People
Anne Moynet, Long Before Birds of America
Audrey Hepburn at the Dance Studio
Self-Portrait as a Painter (Vincent van Gogh)
Whistler's Mother
Poem for Oprah Winfrey
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"The White Cloud" by George Catlin |
My John Henry
For the Builders
PLACES
City
Town
I Give Thanks for Trussville, Alabama
Lake Life
This Old Boat
I Pledge Allegiance to the Lake
#lakelife
Under a Sturgeon Moon
Quiet Place
Morning
Night 2
Rowing Scene
Spearfishing
Boat on a Pond
Late June Afternoon
Beach/Ocean
Prayer of the Black Rocks
Wish I May, Wish I Might
Only in Summer
On the Water
By the Sea
Beach Time
Boat Dock, Early Evening
The Ocean Opens Its Arms
Recipe for a Sunset
US National Parks
Yosemite Morning
QUESTIONS
Triolet for Planting Day
Says Snow in Spring
Summer Poem Swap
Sun Speaks on the First Day of Summer
To a Child of Summer
Yellow Irises
On a Golden Day in May
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"New England Farm in Winter" 19th Century American |
Summer Poem Swap
Sun Speaks on the First Day of Summer
To a Child of Summer
Yellow Irises
On a Golden Day in May
crow daffodil snow haiku
Summer
Midnight Party
Summersong
In Summer
These Alfresco Summer Nights
Beach Speaks of Boys
What Wind Says
Last Day of Summer
Only is Summer
On a June Afternoon
The Sound of Summer is a Hum
Still Life with Summer
Late June Afternoon
If Thirst Has a Color
There Can Be No Sorrow
Geometry of Summer
Summer
Midnight Party
Summersong
In Summer
These Alfresco Summer Nights
Beach Speaks of Boys
What Wind Says
Last Day of Summer
Only is Summer
On a June Afternoon
The Sound of Summer is a Hum
Still Life with Summer
Late June Afternoon
If Thirst Has a Color
There Can Be No Sorrow
Geometry of Summer
Then Sings My Soul
Fair Prayer
Two Small Poems for November
jack-o-lantern
Writing in Fall
At the Harvest Ball
Harvest
Scarecrow's Wish
Three Black Cats
ghost pumpkin
SKY
SPORTS/PLAYTIME
Dear Basketball
For Love of the Game
Jumping on the Bed at the
PJ Days (pajamas)
White House
Tea Party
Fair Prayer
Two Small Poems for November
jack-o-lantern
Writing in Fall
At the Harvest Ball
Harvest
Scarecrow's Wish
Three Black Cats
ghost pumpkin
SKY
Dear Basketball
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"Checkers Game" by Palmer Hayden |
Jumping on the Bed at the
PJ Days (pajamas)
White House
Tea Party
Flamingo School of Dance
Painting/Art
When Papa Paints
Promise
Virginia, Sitting for a Portrait
Cave Painting (Altamira)
Painting/Art
When Papa Paints
Promise
Virginia, Sitting for a Portrait
Cave Painting (Altamira)
Sewing/Textile Arts
Storytime
Storytime
Sometimes Books are the Only Playground I Need
Sunday Afternoon
Boy with Plane
A Girl Who Reads
Once Upon a Story Orchard
Theater
Show Time
Water Activities
Beach Time
Rowing Scene
Spearfishing
WEATHER
Riddle for a Dry Day
Riddle for a Wet Day
Eclipse
Frost
WOMEN
She
WRITING
Writing in Fall
Writing in Winter
Theater
Show Time
Water Activities
Beach Time
Rowing Scene
Spearfishing
WEATHER
Riddle for a Dry Day
Riddle for a Wet Day
Eclipse
Frost
WOMEN
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"The Fiddler" by Marc Chagall |
WRITING
Writing in Fall
Writing in Winter