jacquilynne cruelly points me at this. Cruelly, I say, because it positively begs for expansion...

Snow is cold, snow is white
Snow is falling throughout the night
It makes the world so fresh and new
And sometimes closes school down, too.
    - Me, 6th grade

I knew it was going to be fun when I woke up this morning and the hillside out my bedroom window had that beautiful Normal Rockwell layer of snow over everything.

Then I looked at the ( Read more... )

Hmpf. I'll just have to settle for a Friday Cinquain.

A cinquain is a five-line poem; the online journal American Cinqu@in differentiates between the "Didactic" Cinquain that's often used in elementary schools, and the "American" Cinquain form developed by 20th Century American poet Adelaide Crapsey. Cinquains were also popularized by Carl ( Read more... )

[Some weeks, you just gotta work harder to stay excited about Friday Fives.]

1. Would you say that you're good at keeping in touch with people?

I really don't feel that I'm good
At keeping the contact I should
    I'll more oft stay in touch
    If I hang with you much
But can drift if you're not in my 'hood

2. Which communication method do you ( Read more... )