Tag Archives: Child

Dr. Seuss With No Excuse

Two weeks in aka Day 14 of Na/GloPoWriMo 2020 and the challenge prompt today is: “to think about your own inspirations and forebears (whether literary or otherwise). Specifically, I challenge you today to write a poem that deals with the … Continue reading →

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Mother’s Milk Haynaku Sonnet

Na/GloPoWriMo Day 10, 2020!  The objective is to write a: “hay(na)ku is a variant on the haiku. A hay(na)ku consists of a three-line stanza, where the first line has one word, the second line has two words, and the third … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: One Child, One Teacher, One Book and One Pen Can Change the World

“One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world.” – Malala Yousafzai      

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Celebrate National Reading Month!!

As Frederick Douglas said, reading frees your mind and with a free mind all things are possible. The importance of early literacy cannot be underscored.  From this a child’s life is opened to that child’s maximum potential.  Some ideas for … Continue reading →

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Unpredictable Play

Play is how children best first learn.  Maybe it’s that way throughout all of life? Unpredictable Play by Michael Romani Life, she says, is truly best When it’s lived an unpredictable test Where attention is paid like a guest Requiring … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Christmas Is Love In Action

“Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it’s Christmas.” – Dale Evans      

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On This St Nicholas Day 2019

Happiest of St Nicholas’ Days 2019!  This is the day that I will forever and a day celebrate the beginning of the Christmas season.  Though honestly, I believe the world would be all the better if we kept Christmas in … Continue reading →

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Happiness Is A Warm Cookie

December 4 is National Cookie Day!!  It doesn’t get better than this does it?  I’ll try to do the day a little bite sized bit of heartwarming justice. Happiness Is A Warm Cookie by Michael Romani As the holidays come … Continue reading →

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Learning To Trust

In transition from general gratitude and more toward Christmas now and holiday feelings… the last poem of gratitude #30: Learning To Trust by Michael Romani One cold, silent night An angel appeared Filling the room with light A messenger from … Continue reading →

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The Healing Acceptance of Self

A poem of humility and gratitude # 12: The Healing Acceptance of Self by Michael Romani With gratitude, I accept myself No longer looking for answers from a shelf But, seeking instead to find peace from within Behind that wall … Continue reading →

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