Tag Archives: poetry

Need A Haiku? Here You Go.

Here’s a good haiku written by CDPunt(igam). It’s a poetic retelling of the last plague on the Egyptians who enslaved the Israelites. The plague that meant death for the Egyptians’ firstborn sons. This haiku also alludes to the fact that the deaths of the Egyptians’ sons happened eighty years after the Egyptians killed the Israelites’Continue reading “Need A Haiku? Here You Go.”

Book Review – The Bobtails and the Cousins

The Bobtails and the Cousins features four siblings adjusting to their new lives with their adoptive parents. This middle-grade historical fiction by Arthur Yeomans is the sequel to The Bobtails Meet the Preacher’s Kid.* If you haven’t read the first book, “Bobtails” is not their last name; it’s a name given to the children byContinue reading “Book Review – The Bobtails and the Cousins”

How Do You View Your Favorite Fruit?

Have you ever thought of writing a poem about your favorite fruit? Maybe one of these days I ought to write a poem about apples or strawberries. I just need to look at them from a different angle and notice the reddest parts of their skin or the size and texture of their seeds. Oh,Continue reading “How Do You View Your Favorite Fruit?”

What Does Your Dream Land Look Like?

How would your dream home—or even bigger, your dream homeland—look like? You may have remembered the post I wrote about my imaginary mansion. Here’s the post if you haven’t seen it. But you know, I were to describe my dream land…well, for starters, it would include my own dog sled team, and I can zoomContinue reading “What Does Your Dream Land Look Like?”