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Since I am going to be busy for the next couple of weeks prepping for my Christmas shows, I would like to add a new element to this blog. Call it Remarkable Kidz and it will feature videos of kids being remarkable in the arts.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">To read a few of Max's poems, check out </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="https://www.cdbaby.com/Search/bWF4IHRlbGw%3d/0" style="color: #993322; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc3300;">The Land of <b>Graws</b></span></a></i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">.</span></div>
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<b>PROMPT:</b> I'm a Monster</div>
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<b>TEACHER:</b> If you were a monster what kind of monster would you be?</div>
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If I were a monster, I would’t fright</div>
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I wouldn’t spook throughout the night,</div>
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I wouldn’t gouge, I wouldn’t pounce, or What I’d do would be your friend, all the way up to the end. I’d make your breakfast, do your bed, I’d even comb your hair on head, I’d shine your shoes, I’d scrub your back, I’d even try to make you laugh. I’d do whatever I can to to be the very best friend with you.</div>
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I’d tie your shoes, I’d sing you songs, I’d even shine your thongs, I’d never be the monster kind that spooks, I’d play horse, you on my back and you in a ten gallon hat.</div>
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What a friend up to the end. If I were monster, no monster would I be.</div>
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I wouldn’t smell like monsters smell. I wouldn’t stink like monsters stick I’d take a bath inside the sink. I’d help yu with your homework</div>
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I’d disappear and sit beside you</div>
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I'm a ghoul, but will not fright,</div>
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Will not spook day or night,</div>
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Will not sneak, creek, or shriek,</div>
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Will not wreak, will not freak.</div>
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I will not scowl, will not prowl,</div>
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Will not growl, will not howl.</div>
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Non of this, I’ll ever do.</div>
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I’ll always be a friend to you.</div>
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I’ll wash your ears, lick them clean,</div>
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Lick your toes in-between.</div>
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I’ll make your breaky, worms and slugs,</div>
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Sprinkled well with crawling bugs.</div>
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I’ll even help you with your studies.</div>
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Let's take a selfy, us as buddies.</div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today's prompt was inspired by "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" by </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jeff Kinney</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7d7d7d;">my head is filled with sawdust or </span></span></span><span style="color: #7d7d7d; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">may even mud, I find myself so bored, my head is filled with crud. My eyes keep sliding shut, waited down, taped down, baked down, I’m melting into my desk. I’m Wakeup! Wake-up, you might miss something important. But there is nothing important when you’re bored. Come on now, give life a chance. What chance. Let me rest. But there’s a whole world out there waiting for you. Waiting for me? Why? Cause life is beautiful. Blaaaaa. Life is fun. Life is booooooring. You can’t mean that. Oh, but I can.I feel like my head’s as heavy as a cannon ball. I feel like a slug. I feel like a dirty spot on a piece of paper. I feel like nothing I have felt before. Stop the world, I want to get off. Stop the world, I’ve fallen off. Stop listening to yourself. Open your eyes. There are surprises out there that you are going to miss. I feel like an elastic band that all the elasticity is out of. My mouth tastes like. I hear everything in slow motion. I t ‘ s t i m e t o go to bed. Someone is standing at the end of a tunnel and trying to shout back at me. It’s me. </span></span></div>
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Boring! Boring! Life is oh, so boring,</div>
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Boring! Boring! Life is oh, so boring,</div>
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I wish I were in bed instead.</div>
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Boring! Boring! Life is oh, so boring,</div>
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Boring! Boring! Life is oh, so boring,</div>
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Then I’ll ware my thinking cap.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://youtu.be/255pK4S2imE" style="color: #993322; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc3300;">The Knight, The Dragon, and the Librarian</span></a><br /><a href="http://koetry-pids.blogspot.ca/2013/01/max-tells-songs-12-samples.html" style="color: #993322; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc3300;">12 Songs by Max Tell</span></a><br /><a href="http://koetry-pids.blogspot.ca/2013/01/max-tells-poems-12-samples.html" style="color: #993322; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc3300;">10 Poems by Max Tell</span></a></span></div>
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<a href="http://koetry-pids.blogspot.ca/2013/02/max-tell-foot-meter.html" target="_blank">Foot & Metre</a><br />
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<a href="http://koetry-pids.blogspot.ca/2013/02/max-tell-koetry-for-pids-poetry-game-10.html" target="_blank">Poetry Game 10 - Rhyme</a></div>
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<a href="http://koetry-pids.blogspot.ca/2014/03/max-tell-song-sasquatch-that-botched.html" style="color: #993322; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">A song - The Sasquatch that Botched Hopscotch</a> </div>
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<a href="http://koetry-pids.blogspot.ca/2014/06/poems-inspired-by-sense-smell.html" style="color: #993322; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Poems Inspired by the Sense of Smell</a> </div>
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<a href="http://koetry-pids.blogspot.ca/2014/10/simple-rhyme-abcb.html" style="color: #993322; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Simple Rhyme - ABCB</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>"Amanda the Panda Wished She Was Santa</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">What poetry question would you like answered? Point of View? Rhyme? Something of your choice? Student questions are also welcome. Your comments below would be greatly appreciated.</span></div>
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<b>PROMPT:</b> I wish I were . . . swing on a swing, rollerblading, skateboarding, kiting, or anything you choose.</div>
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<b>TEACHER:</b> What would you like to be doing right now? Would you like to be swinging on a swing, rollerblading, or skateboarding? Or maybe you have something completely different in mind. Let's have fun with our imagination.</div>
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I wish I were a swing. I’d go so high into the sky, <span style="-evernote-highlight: true; background-color: #fffaa5;">I’d fly right up to the moon and balance there on one foot</span>. <span style="-evernote-highlight: true; background-color: #fffaa5;">My heart would dance like a bowl full of jelly beans being shaken in a blender</span>. Up and down, up and down, <span style="-evernote-highlight: true; background-color: #fffaa5;">butterflies would fly right out of my ears</span>. What a ride. <span style="-evernote-highlight: true; background-color: #fffaa5;">Flying tastes like the sweetest thing, like candy floss and chocolate chip cookies</span>. <span style="-evernote-highlight: true; background-color: #fffaa5;">Flying sounds like a jet plane in your bedroom</span>. <span style="-evernote-highlight: true; background-color: #fffaa5;">Flying feels like tingles on the tip of every goose-bump</span>. Flying is just like lifting off the ground with everything happening like magic, like clouds flying by, birds try to catch up. Would an <span style="-evernote-highlight: true; background-color: #fffaa5;">eagle perch on my toes or even my nose. Ouch!</span>. What would it feel like with the wind in my hair? <span style="-evernote-highlight: true; background-color: #fffaa5;">Would my face go all wobbly like in the movies on a space ship? Would I feel cold like on the north pole</span> or would I burn up, no that’s only when I come back through the atmosphere. Something about my hair, flying everywhere around my face. I would have to ware googles to keep my eyes from popping out. What a flight in the height of pleasure. And when I come back down could I land right back in that swing and if I did what would that be like? would I slow down and ease in like a helicopter, or would I come in like a jet plane landing on a big ship, to be caught on a hook, make contact, arch right back up to the top of the swing and almost take flight again? I would have to hold on for dear life, my heart pounding like a bouncy ball shot from a cannon in a small room bouncing off the walls. What an adventure. My knees would feel like rubber getting of the swing.</div>
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passing eagles all the way,</div>
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Prompt: If your dad, mom, sister, brother, or friend was a giraffe, an octopus, a dolphin, a star in the sky, even an insect, or whatever you choose, what would you write about him or her?</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">To read a few of Max's poems, check out </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="https://www.cdbaby.com/Search/bWF4IHRlbGw%3d/0" style="color: #993322; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc3300;">The Land of <b>Graws</b></span></a></i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">.</span></div>
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Writing Prompt: November 20th, 2014<br />
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<b>I’m afraid of</b> . . . an insect, an animal, lightning, thunder, or whatever makes you cringe. Write in the voice of a child you have in mind.<br />
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MaxTellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16333028578639495958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1784882046412606899.post-62364763225659460562014-11-18T11:47:00.001-08:002014-11-24T13:30:24.722-08:00Max Tell / Writing Prompt / Cute Pet Pictures<br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">5) Invite them to turn their best writing into a story, song, or poem. Encourage them to reach for the unique, fresh, and new. There is no need for them to stick to their initial notes. They may only find one image that strikes them the right way. If so, invite then follow that one image or idea to create the whole. <i>If they are planning to write a poem or a song, there is no need to write in rhyme unless it comes naturally, even writing in phrases is fine. What ever comes to them. Also, a poem does not have to rhyme.</i><br />6) Encourage your students to edit.<br />7) Share your class's writing on a display board, in a book, or even in class readings.</span></div>
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<i>Spring-boarding from an image is a great way to get the creative juices flowing. Ten minutes of object writing per day, no more (5-6 minutes for younger children) will build a strong foundation for later writing whether creative or academic. </i><br />
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1) Invite each of your students to bring a clipping of a picture to school to write about. Have a few extra clipping available incase some of the children forget.</div>
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">3) Invite your class to write for the entire 10 minutes, focusing their writing on the senses and actions. Pre-work on the senses and actions may be necessary. As mentioned above, for younger children set the timer for 5-6 minutes.</span></div>
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">6) Invite them to turn their best writing into a story, song, or poem. Encourage them to reach for the unique, fresh, and new. There is no need for them to stick to their initial notes. They may only find one image that strikes them the right way. If so, invite then follow that one image or idea to create the whole. <i>If they are planning to write a poem or a song, there is no need to write in rhyme unless it comes naturally, even writing in phrases is fine. What ever comes to them. Also, a poem does not have to rhyme.</i><br />7) Encourage your students to edit.<br />8) Share your class's writing on a display board, in a book, or even in class readings.</span></div>
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Below, you will find my 10 minute notes and final draft. The image that inspired my poem is at the top of the page. As you can see, I chose a picture of a toddler and created a short nursery rhyme.</div>
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<b>10 MINUTE OBJECT WRITING FROM A PICTURE NOTES:</b><br />
I love my orange hoody with a lovely rim of white. I ware it in the morning and all the way to night. I ware it when I’m crawling, I ware it when I’m balling, best of all I where it when I’m</div>
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Look at me, look at me, look into my eyes, overtime you look at me, </div>
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so cute, so cute, my little one, </div>
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Those little lips of yours,<br />
Your cutsy little eyes<br />
Your cutsy little hoody<br />
You fill me with surprise.</div>
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You’re the one </div>
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Little one, little one<br />
how can it be?<br />
smell like a flower, taste like watermelon, your voice like a bird’s, so much so much.</div>
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What words can say night or day<br />
how I love your little smile?<br />
Playful eyes, such surprise<br />
and smile all the while</div>
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stay a child awhile.</div>
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What words can say,<br />
my pumpkin child</div>
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Little Pumpkin, Little Munchkin,</div>
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What a cutie, what a beauty.</div>
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Little Pumpkin, Little Munchkin,</div>
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<a href="http://youtu.be/255pK4S2imE" style="color: #993322; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc3300;">The Knight, The Dragon, and the Librarian</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://koetry-pids.blogspot.ca/2013/01/max-tells-songs-12-samples.html" style="color: #993322; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc3300;">12 Songs by Max Tell</span></a></span><br />
<a href="http://koetry-pids.blogspot.ca/2013/01/max-tells-poems-12-samples.html" style="color: #993322; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #cc3300;">10 Poems by Max Tell</span></span></a></div>
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyme_scheme" rel="nofollow" style="color: #993322; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc3300;">Rhyme Scheme</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.rhymezone.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #993322; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc3300;">RhymeZone</span></a>: A Rhyming Dictionary<br />
<a href="http://poetryfridayanthology.blogspot.ca/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #993322; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc3300;">A Wealth of Poetry Games for Grades K-5</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.shereefitch.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #993322; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc3300;">Sheree Fitch</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.resourcesforchildrenswriters.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #993322; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc3300;">Writing Stories in Rhythm & Rhyme</span></a></span></div>
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Set a timer for six minutes.</div>
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Write everything a ghost did in its living life to cause it to be punished with an existence of floating aimlessly for an eternity with no friends and with nothing to do, but to mourn its many bad deeds.</div>
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Concentrate on actions, the bad things it did while alive to its enemies and friends. Try to write constantly, never lifting your pen or pencil from the page.</div>
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After the six minutes are up, highlight all the good stuff, and then write a poem, song, or story (picture book or part of a YA novel chapter) based on your notes.</div>
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<i>Inspired by a writing prompt on Berklee College of Music's Online Songwriting Webinar.</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">To read a few of Max's poems, check out </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="https://www.cdbaby.com/Search/bWF4IHRlbGw%3d/0" style="color: #993322; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc3300;">The Land of <b>Graws</b></span></a></i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">.</span></div>
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<a href="http://youtu.be/255pK4S2imE" style="color: #993322; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc3300;">The Knight, The Dragon, and the Librarian</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://koetry-pids.blogspot.ca/2013/01/max-tells-songs-12-samples.html" style="color: #993322; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc3300;">12 Songs by Max Tell</span></a></span><br />
<a href="http://koetry-pids.blogspot.ca/2013/01/max-tells-poems-12-samples.html" style="color: #993322; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #cc3300;">10 Poems by Max Tell</span></span></a></div>
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<span style="color: #cc3300; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.maxtell.ca/" style="color: #993322; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc3300;">www.maxtell.ca</span></a></span></div>
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyme_scheme" rel="nofollow" style="color: #993322; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc3300;">Rhyme Scheme</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.rhymezone.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #993322; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc3300;">RhymeZone</span></a>: A Rhyming Dictionary<br />
<a href="http://poetryfridayanthology.blogspot.ca/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #993322; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc3300;">A Wealth of Poetry Games for Grades K-5</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.shereefitch.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #993322; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc3300;">Sheree Fitch</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.resourcesforchildrenswriters.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #993322; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc3300;">Writing Stories in Rhythm & Rhyme</span></a></span></div>
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<br />MaxTellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16333028578639495958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1784882046412606899.post-58373006851590310002014-10-10T11:13:00.003-07:002014-11-24T13:32:26.155-08:00Simple Rhyme / ABCB<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Writing a poem with a simple rhyme scheme can be lots of fun, especially when trying to rhyme with tricky words like 'queen' and 'play', the two having so few words to rhyme with. I wrote "Every Girl's a Princess" for my niece's granddaughter, Khloe.</span><br />
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Every girl's a princess,
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For now my little princess,
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let’s play as girls will play,
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<b>RHYME SCHEME: </b>The rhyme scheme of a poem is most easily described with an example: ABAB means that the first line of a poem rhymes with the third line and the second line rhymes with the fourth.</div>
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MaxTellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16333028578639495958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1784882046412606899.post-37244954007070893362014-06-05T09:08:00.000-07:002014-11-24T13:32:44.739-08:00Poems Inspired by the Sense of Smell<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sense of Smell</div>
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Smell is a great sense to write a poem about.</div>
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<li>Make a long list of words that mean smell.</li>
<li>Add "things" that smell.</li>
<li>Highlight the "smelly" words and "smelly" things you think smell the worse.</li>
<li>Now, write your poem.</li>
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Don't forget to edit (re-write) your poem. First drafts can be good, but editing makes them better.</div>
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Here is a sample of one of my smelly poems. Please note, I added a twist or surprise to the end. A twist or a surprise is a perfect way to end a poem.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">An Awful Stink Attacked the House</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">An awful stink attacked the house,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Gamy, gaseous, grim.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">It made me feel quite nauseous,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Hives bubbled on my skin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The stench was purely awful,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I had to call the cops.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">“We have the cure.” “Are you sure?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">“You’ll have to wash your socks."</span></div>
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Max Tell is an <a href="http://maxtell.ca/max-tell/max-tell-awards" target="_blank">award winning</a> songwriter and poet.</div>
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Here at Koetry for Pids, Max Tell features<br />
inspirational articles<br />
about poetry writing for kids</div>
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as well as his own inspirational blog posts.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">To read a few of Max's poems, check out </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="https://www.cdbaby.com/Search/bWF4IHRlbGw%3d/0" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc3300;">The Land of <b>Graws</b></span></a></i><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">.</span></div>
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<br />MaxTellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16333028578639495958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1784882046412606899.post-60982391880134621452014-03-27T13:20:00.000-07:002014-11-24T13:33:04.087-08:00Max Tell / Song / The Sasquatch that Botched Hopscotch<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Sasquatch that Botched Hopscotch</div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">"</span><b style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">The Sasquatch That Botched Hopscotch</b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">"</span><b style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;"> </b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">by award wining songwriter Max Tell </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">has won </span><b style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">Honorable Mention</b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;"> in the May/June 2014 American Songwriter Lyric Contest, </span><a href="http://americansongwriter.com/" style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">AmericanSongwriter.com</a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">A Sasquatch that Botched Hopscotch <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">At a sweet shop, sipping soda pop.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">I watched a Sasquatch gumming gumdrops,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Dancing Hip-hop in her flip-flops.</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">CHORUS:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">But have you (slow)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Ever watched a Sasquatch botch hopscotch? (fast)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Ever watched a Sasquatch botch hopscotch? (fast)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">I’ve watched a Sasquatch as she window-shopped<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">For a halter-top and a tank top.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">CHORUS:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">But have you (slow)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Ever watched a Sasquatch botch hopscotch? (fast)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Ever watched a Sasquatch fail? (fast)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Robert Luongo, 2014 Olympics, www.sports.yahoo.com</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><b>The Goalie</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><i>Dedicated to Roberto Luongo</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">The rink was slick and ready, the zamboni had made its
pass.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Not a skate had crossed the line, ice shimmered just like
glass.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">The crowd was loud and restless for the players to appear,</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Then came a sudden cheering -<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Cheering - cheering -</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Then came a sudden cheering for the player of the
year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
<a name='more'></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">He was geared as if for battle, with mask, gloves, and
stick;</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Yet he had a gentle nature that always did the trick.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">He kept his mind in focus, on the single play at hand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Our goalie was a player -</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">A player - a player</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Our goalie was a player, the game was in his hand.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">He leaned on the net in silence, his heart no open book.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">He downed a sip of water with a gladiator's look.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">But deep inside was calmness, while holding to an oath,</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">In his heart repeating -</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Repeating - repeating -</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">In his heart repeating, “We’ll win,” a gentle boast.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">The coaches eyed the face-off, steam spilling from their
breath.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">All could feel the tension, it almost felt like death,</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">For one team or the other would be standing with the cup,</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">The winners get the praises -</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">The praises - the praises -</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">The winners get the praises, while the loser's game is up.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Each team was like a hammer against the team opposed,</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Until an open net appeared through the steaming air,</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Our captain quickly sank the puck -</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Sank the puck - sank the puck -</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Our captain quickly sank the puck, as the opposition
glared.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">The game began to crumble; the penalty box was crammed.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">The battle - the battle -</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">The players fed the battle, with any foe at hand.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">But our goalie never wavered, never lost his cool.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">He never blew from cold to hot, more a fencer in a duel.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">The game was just a game to him, important, nothing more.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Our goalie’s hand was steady -</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Steady - steady -</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Our goalie’s hand was steady; the game was not a war.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Then a slap-shot from the blue line, an arrow straight and true,</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">It was seconds to the final horn. Could they score before
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Their puck was like a rocket, sailing through the sky,</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">A perfect little rocket -</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">A rocket - a rocket -</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">A perfect little rocket, invisible to the eye.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Fans can be so fickle; they can turn upon a dime.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">They can pull you up, then pull you down, to some it's
such a crime.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Then our goalie faltered and made the matter worse,</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">As the puck, it kept on coming -</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Coming - coming -</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">As the puck, it kept on coming, as if carried by a curse.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">But then a lunge. No a leap! He thrust his free glove up.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">"A win! A win! Can you believe? He’s given us the
cup!"</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">He stopped the puck, our champion, with the flick of a
winner's wrist.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Our goalie was a winner -</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">A winner – a winner -</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Our goalie was a winner, the puck stuck in his fist.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">The ice lay scarred and littered, the zamboni engine cold.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">The story had been written, and the story would be told:</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">“From silence came a cheering for the one who'd won the
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">The cheering then exploded, thundering his name.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Olympic Romance</span></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial;">Dedicated to</span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span><i><span style="font-family: Arial;">Tessa Virtue & Scott Moyer</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></div>
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</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">TOGETHER</span></b><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">If I were you and you were me</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">The team that you and I would be</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">On or off the ice would be a dance,</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Different than our dance today</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">But still a dance in every way</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Making every moment a romance.</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
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</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">TOGETHER</span></b><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Before we’d skate upon the ice</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">We’d breath a breath, not once or twice</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">But many times as in the past we’ve
done.</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">We’d take our nerves stirred up inside</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Nothing in-between us hide</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">And let our hearts within us beat as
one.</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
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</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">TESSA</span></b><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">I’d focus on my strength within</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Turn myself to steal, not tin,</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Look upward to the power of the skies.</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">SCOTT</span></b><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">I’d let my gentle nature rule</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Turn fire to a calmer cool,</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Prepare myself by looking in your eyes.</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
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</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">TOGETHER</span></b><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Once on the ice, our practice done,</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">We’d concentrate on what’s to come,</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Each moment mapped out perfectly in
time,</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">But every movement cool and calm</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">As we’re dancing palm to palm</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Then spin around and stop upon a dime.</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
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</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">SCOTT</span></b><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">I'd love it as you take my hand,</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">I'd feel surprised by things we’ve
planned,</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">My heart about to leap and even fly.</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">TESSA</span></b><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">I’d lift you to the sky, my dear,</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">I’d truly make you fly, my dear,</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">For we were meant to be, you and I.</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
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</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">TOGETHER</span></b><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">But when each dancing game is done,</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">As is now, one thing to come,</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">To let our hearts relax and open wide,</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">To ease back into normal life</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">With our feet up off the ice</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Our skates now hanging neatly side by
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<b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Ode to Bro</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.0pt;">Dedicated to Alexandre Bilodeau and his older brother Fredrick<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.0pt;">Bro,
Bro, my older bro,</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.0pt;">You’re more than
brother, don’t you know.</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.0pt;">When fans, they rave,
there’s nothing new;</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.0pt;">I’m only brave
because of you.</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.0pt;">When in practice
and in pain,</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.0pt;">I think of you and
your refrain,</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.0pt;">“First there's
down, then there’s up,</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.0pt;">Winners choose to
win the cup.”</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.0pt;">You’re the drive
within my soul,</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.0pt;">You’re my finish
line, my goal.</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.0pt;">You’re my strength,
so deep within;</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.0pt;">Always there to
share the win.</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.0pt;">You re-start me,
when I stop.</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.0pt;">You’re my cheers,
when I’m hot.</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.0pt;">You’re my path
(lead the way)</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.0pt;">In your wheelchair
every day.</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.0pt;">You’re
my brother; you’re my friend,</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.0pt;">Side by side ‘til
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.0pt;">You’re
my shadow, that you are,</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.0pt;">Yet my hero, and my
star.</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.0pt;">I could win this on
my own,</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.0pt;">But with you I’m
not alone;</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.0pt;">Somehow
two adds up to three,</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.0pt;">Brother Fredrick,
you’re the key.</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.0pt;">Bro, Bro, my older
bro,</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.0pt;">You’re more than
brother, don’t you know.</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.0pt;">You’re the one
who makes me bold,</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.0pt;">More to me than
winning gold.</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 17px;">©</span><span style="font-size: 13pt;"> Robert "Max Tell" Stelmach 2014</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Clara Hughes</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Taming
Demons</span></b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Dedicated
to Olympic speed skater and cyclist Clara Hughes<sup>1</sup><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">There’s a demon in the darkness, with a nameless, sick
appeal,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Dogging me in dreams, a wolf nipping at my heels.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">She’s the ‘gator in the garden, the snake within the grass;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">She’s the noose around my neck, but I swear she’ll never
last.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">I’ll fight her in the shadows. I’ll fight her in the
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">In the dust, I’ll leave her; I’ll not give up the fight.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">I’m not shy to praise my winnings, my silver, bronze,
and gold;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">But there’s more to life than medals, and my story must
be told.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">I was reckless as a teen; there was something in the
thrill,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Like climbing out a window and standing on the sill,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Then looking down for miles at the sidewalk far below,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Sensations like a drug, I simply had to know.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Then a brave speed skater cut across the ice.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Could I reach his stardom? Should I throw the dice?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">His name is Gaétan Boucher<sup>2</sup>, a winner at the
Games.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Could I beat him on the corners? Could I repeat his
fame?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">I’d never been a dreamer, but I’d never felt so strong;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">A dream becomes addictive, a hook that pulls you on.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">I amazed myself and others by building from defeat,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Pedal to the metal, my eye upon the street,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Pushing ever faster, sticking to my goal,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">To make a shining diamond from a lump of coal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Six years of constant training, then silver for my
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">And medal after medal adding to my gains.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Then I won a gold; but it hit me like a sin,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">With all the expectations, the lure of win on win.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">I'd thought that gold was perfect, and made me perfect
too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">But none of us is perfect, not me, not you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">I'd somehow lost my footing; I’d fallen from the edge,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Nothing above but that narrow ledge.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">I felt that I was falling, winning was a bust.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">No happiness, just balling, my self-esteem crushed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">I hid my tears in darkness; I hid my soul from joy,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Two Olympic golds hung like broken toys.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Months dragged into years – I was chained to a stone.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">I shied away from friends, turning off my phone.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">I couldn’t see the picture, my mirror broken glass,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">I was tangled in a chokehold, half dizzy from a crash.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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sports. Hughes won two bronze in the Summer Olympics in 1996 and four medals
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Quebec) represented Canada in speed skating in the 1984 Olympics, where he won
three medals, the most medals for a Canadian athlete at one Olympics to date.
With his gold medals in the 1000 m and 1500 m events he also became the first
Canadian male to win an individual gold medal at the Winter Olympics. <i>Wikipidia.com</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Penelope Page put poems in pudding.
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Poems in pudding, Penelope put.
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Pretty and pleasant, all picturesque,
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Plush poems pensiled in spondaic foot. <br />
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Poems of pandas, penguins, and pigs,
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Parrots, peacocks, pelicans, pipers,
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Most things 'p' that make mother <i>squirm</i>.
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Love poems, dove poems, pie poems, spy poems,
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Poems or peril, poems of peace,
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Read lots of different poems, from books at school, home, the library, bookshops, or poems you find online. The <a href="http://www.poetrylibrary.org.uk/">Poetry Library in London</a> and the <a href="http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/">Scottish Poetry Library</a> in Edinburgh are great places to start. Look at their websites if you can't visit them. Read poems for adults as well as for children. What do you like? What makes a good poem in your opinion? Read poems aloud so you can hear their sound effects and music. Learn a poem off by heart and see how you find reciting it from memory. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/childrens-books-site/2013/jul/24/hannah-lowe-top-10-poetry-tips" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">More . . .</a> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://koetry-pids.blogspot.ca/2013/01/max-tells-songs-12-samples.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc3300;">12 Songs by Max Tell</span></a></span><br />
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<a href="http://poetryfridayanthology.blogspot.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc3300;">A Wealth of Poetry Games for Grades K-5</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.shereefitch.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc3300;">Sheree Fitch</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.resourcesforchildrenswriters.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc3300;">Writing Stories in Rhythm & Rhyme</span></a></span></div>
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BRIGHT Kids children at Crabbs Cross recently entered the Young Writers; My Nursery Rhymes Creative Writing Competition. <a href="http://www.redditchadvertiser.co.uk/news/10526940.Bright_Kids_are_budding_poets/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">More</a> . . . </div>
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<a href="http://youtu.be/255pK4S2imE" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc3300;">The Knight, The Dragon, and the Librarian</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://koetry-pids.blogspot.ca/2013/01/max-tells-songs-12-samples.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc3300;">12 Songs by Max Tell</span></a></span><br />
<a href="http://koetry-pids.blogspot.ca/2013/01/max-tells-poems-12-samples.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #cc3300;">10 Poems by Max Tell</span></span></a></div>
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<span style="color: #cc3300; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.maxtell.ca/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc3300;">www.maxtell.ca</span></a></span></div>
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyme_scheme" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc3300;">Rhyme Scheme</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.rhymezone.com/" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc3300;">RhymeZone</span></a>: A Rhyming Dictionary<br />
<a href="http://poetryfridayanthology.blogspot.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc3300;">A Wealth of Poetry Games for Grades K-5</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.shereefitch.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc3300;">Sheree Fitch</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.resourcesforchildrenswriters.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc3300;">Writing Stories in Rhythm & Rhyme</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>End-Rhyme on an Action Word</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 15px;">Bye for now and see you soon.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /><span style="font-size: 15px;">Have a great writing day.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://koetry-pids.blogspot.ca/2013/01/max-tells-songs-12-samples.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc3300;">12 Songs by Max Tell</span></a></span><br />
<a href="http://koetry-pids.blogspot.ca/2013/01/max-tells-poems-12-samples.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #cc3300;">10 Poems by Max Tell</span></span></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.rhymezone.com/" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc3300;">RhymeZone</span></a>: A Rhyming Dictionary<br />
<a href="http://poetryfridayanthology.blogspot.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc3300;">A Wealth of Poetry Games for Grades K-5</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.shereefitch.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc3300;">Sheree Fitch</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.resourcesforchildrenswriters.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc3300;">Writing Stories in Rhythm & Rhyme</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /><span style="font-size: 15px;">Have a great writing day.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">Who says you have to use a plain old brush for painting? Part of raising creative kids is setting them up to use items in new ways, to look at something and wonder, “What can I make with that?!” A great starting point is to expose them to simple projects likes these and create. Here are 39 different things you can paint with all with different painting activities for kids. Each item takes you to a full tutorial of a project where we used the specific tool. <a href="http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2013/07/39-painting-activites-for-kids.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">More . . . </a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">To read a few of Max's poems, check out </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="https://www.cdbaby.com/Search/bWF4IHRlbGw%3d/0" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc3300;">The Land of <b>Graws</b></span></a></i><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://koetry-pids.blogspot.ca/2013/01/max-tells-songs-12-samples.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc3300;">12 Songs by Max Tell</span></a></span><br />
<a href="http://koetry-pids.blogspot.ca/2013/01/max-tells-poems-12-samples.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #cc3300;">10 Poems by Max Tell</span></span></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.rhymezone.com/" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc3300;">RhymeZone</span></a>: A Rhyming Dictionary<br />
<a href="http://poetryfridayanthology.blogspot.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc3300;">A Wealth of Poetry Games for Grades K-5</span></a><br />
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Spokane’s Kenn Nesbitt brings the nation’s kids the gift of poetry - <span class="author" sb_id="ms__id225"><a href="http://www.inlander.com/spokane/by-author-884-1.html" sb_id="ms__id226">Eli Francovich</a></span> </h2>
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“For every line of poetry I have to think of 10 different ways to say it, to get the exact, best right way,” Nesbitt says. “Computer programming is the same way. You want to write code that is elegant, functional and concise and does what you want to do in the best possible way.” <a href="http://www.inlander.com/spokane/article-19411-rhymes-for-the-young.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">More . . .</a><br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/255pK4S2imE" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc3300;">The Knight, The Dragon, and the Librarian</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://koetry-pids.blogspot.ca/2013/01/max-tells-songs-12-samples.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc3300;">12 Songs by Max Tell</span></a></span><br />
<a href="http://koetry-pids.blogspot.ca/2013/01/max-tells-poems-12-samples.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #cc3300;">10 Poems by Max Tell</span></span></a></div>
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyme_scheme" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc3300;">Rhyme Scheme</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.rhymezone.com/" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc3300;">RhymeZone</span></a>: A Rhyming Dictionary<br />
<a href="http://poetryfridayanthology.blogspot.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc3300;">A Wealth of Poetry Games for Grades K-5</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.shereefitch.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc3300;">Sheree Fitch</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.resourcesforchildrenswriters.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc3300;">Writing Stories in Rhythm & Rhyme</span></a></span></div>
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SPRINGFIELD – Eliana Sanchez loves poetry. “During April vacation,” she said, “I was at my desk for hours writing poetry.” <a href="http://www.masslive.com/living/index.ssf/2013/06/fourth_graders_at_beal_school_find_writing_poetry_suits_them.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">More . . .</a> <a name='more'></a><br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/255pK4S2imE" target="_blank">The Knight, The Dragon, and the Librarian</a><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://koetry-pids.blogspot.ca/2013/01/max-tells-songs-12-samples.html" target="_blank">12 Songs by Max Tell</a></span><br />
<a href="http://koetry-pids.blogspot.ca/2013/01/max-tells-poems-12-samples.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">10 Poems by Max Tell</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyme_scheme" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rhyme Scheme</a><br />
<a href="http://www.rhymezone.com/" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;" target="_blank">RhymeZone</a>: A Rhyming Dictionary<br />
<a href="http://poetryfridayanthology.blogspot.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Wealth of Poetry Games for Grades K-5</a><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.shereefitch.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sheree Fitch</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.resourcesforchildrenswriters.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Writing Stories in Rhythm & Rhyme</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>End-Rhyme on an Action Word</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">What poetry question would you like answered? Point of View? Rhyme? Something of your choice? Student questions are also welcome. Your comments below would be greatly appreciated.</span></div>
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MaxTellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16333028578639495958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1784882046412606899.post-18273418730546850272013-06-06T20:30:00.000-07:002013-06-28T08:58:46.771-07:00Creativity: Writing and Rewriting / Jon Ims<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Jon Ims is a superb craftsman and a wonderful teacher. His song, "She's in Love With the Boy" was the breakout hit single for a Nashville demo singer named Trisha Yearwood. It introduced her to the world and established her career. Breakout singles are the hardest to select. There's a lot of promotion money riding on them and the choice has to be a good one. The industry is littered with the broken bones of careers that, once hopeful, simply died when the first single tanked and the record company decided maybe the artist wasn't as exciting to the public as the company thought. The combination of the song and artist was inspired. <span style="color: #042eee;"><a href="http://www.taxi.com/music-business-faq/songwriting/creativity/writingandrewritingshesinlovewiththeboy.php">More . . .</a></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">More From Max:</span></b><br />
<a href="http://koetry-pids.blogspot.ca/2013/01/max-tells-songs-12-samples.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">12 Songs by Max Tell</span></a><br />
<a href="http://koetry-pids.blogspot.ca/2013/01/max-tells-poems-12-samples.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">10 Poems by Max Tell</span></a></div>
<span style="color: #cc3300; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.maxtell.ca/" target="_blank">www.maxtell.ca</a></span><br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/MaxTellStelmach" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Max on Facebook</span></a><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.shereefitch.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sheree Fitch</a></span></i><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.resourcesforchildrenswriters.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Writing Stories in Rhythm & Rhyme</a></span><br />
<a href="http://www.shelsilverstein.com/indexsite.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Shel Silverstein</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.poemtree.com/articles/Scansion.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scansion: For Advanced Poets</a></span><br />
<a href="http://www.rhymeweaver.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Rhythm & Meter: Advanced Study</span></a><br />
<span style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.poetryfoundation.org/children/essential/ant?gclid=CIn41e_Zz7QCFal7Qgodb3kAOw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc3300; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Essential Children's Collection</span></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /><span style="font-size: 15px;">Have a great writing day.</span></span><br />
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