Poem a Day April 4, 2012

Hydrochloric Acid (suggested by Grant) tougher than nails destroyer of matter corrosive substance manufacturing agent threatening the life it makes easier As usual, I went online to look this one up. Other than it dissolves organic substances, I was pretty clueless. Here are a few resources I used to figure out a little more: Texas […]


Poem a Day April 3, 2012

Far Infrared deep in the cold dark and hidden light-filled chambers pulse shine   distant echoes modern ears perceive brilliant exhalations starbirth   edge to edge the signal travels “I am here” reflect respond   what the eye cannot see what the ear cannot hear your mind may grasp As usual, I needed to go […]


Poem a Day April 2, 2012

Hemoglobin (suggested by Grant) Like a gift I wrap the iron securely in a net tightly bound in the red blood cells reaching for oxygen special delivery to your cells respirator antioxidant micro-carrier of life Yes, this is the molecule that makes red blood cells red and takes oxygen up to the brain. It also […]


Poetry Month: Mrs. S’s Challenge

This Spring, I will be teaching in a fifth-grade classroom! For poetry month, I am challenging myself to write one poem each day on a different geographical location — where I have not visited or lived. Which means I will need to do some cursory research (search engines, be warned!), and thinking. Thirty countries in […]


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