A Positive Blog, dedicated to the many wonderful poets at the Soup
(1.)
In The Soup, Stirring Poetry With Glee
I that humbly bow at their feet
unworthy, reaching for the sky
oft dreaming to such rhythmic beats
and then wake to yet again try.
To turn ink into golden verse.
In doing needing hearts so nurse.
To let pen and paper thus meet
to cast verses from an eager heart
pray such poets may one day greet
to their sweeter verses impart.
To turn ink into golden verse.
In doing needing hearts so nurse.
As world now gives not credit due
Those golden poets rest in sleep
For time has gifted poets new
From such harvests great beauty reap .
To turn ink into golden verse.
In doing needing hearts so nurse.
I that humbly bow at their feet
unworthy, reaching for the sky
oft dreaming to such rhythmic beats
and then wake to yet again try.
To turn ink into golden verse.
In doing needing hearts so nurse.
Robert J. Lindley,
Poetry Soup tribute poem
Dedicated to those that gift of their
time, hearts, souls and minds
(2.)
If A Rainbow One So Eagerly Seeks
If a rainbow one so eagerly seeks
By splashing ink, and magnificent verse
bravely allowing true heart to thus speak
even if, poetry may seem a dire curse.
Those of such talent daring to so give.
Blessings of words and composing to live.
If in those offerings healings are found
and true joyous moments rendered unto
are not poets therein so honor bound
to sail their ships gifting treasures anew.
Those of such talent daring to so give.
Blessings of words and composing to live.
If this world opposes with savage hand
the beauty and gleaming gems their way sent
all the more poets must take a strong stand
to give of self and know time is well spent.
Those of such talent daring to so give.
Blessings of words and composing to live.
Robert J. Lindley,
Poetry Soup tribute poem
Dedicated to those that gift of their
time, hearts, souls and minds
(3.)
Then He Came Forth, A Dream Poet She Found
She woke from a night of terror and fears
her life had become sorrows and sad tears
yet dawn's gleaming sometimes gave a brief pause
as if it was somehow a lifesaving clause
yet the new day was destined to die
into darkness -into night she must fly.
Then he came forth, a dream poet she found
sending verses that vanquished her woes
she thought, now he shall always come around
to bring happiness that defeats life's blows
in newfound joy she set her ship aright
freed from the ghastly torturous nights.
A book, a gift from a very dear friend
in its pages poems that entered her heart
now love she no longer had to pretend
beautiful verses gave her a new start.
Robert J. Lindley,
Poetry Soup tribute poem
Dedicated to those that gift of their
time, hearts, souls and minds
********
https://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=966194
https://www.dumblittleman.com/six-reasons-why-you-should-read-poetry/
https://liquidimagination.silverpen.org/?gclid=CjwKCAiAp4KCBhB6EiwAxRxbpJ3an2joHUozg7PCqnCfA2nZgoSLDeRWkxEWLZ2FPy2W_K1Z6lpK1BoCF7wQAvD_BwE
*******
https://journal.imse.com/importance-of-poetry-rhyming-and-music/
Importance of Poetry, Rhyming, and Music
April 14, 2020
#FEATURED#LEARNING DIFFERENCES
April is National Poetry Month!
Poetry, rhyming, and music are excellent ways to develop children’s literacy skills, particularly in the area of phonological awareness. “Phonological awareness is the ability to attend to and manipulate units of sound in speech (syllables, onsets and rimes, and phonemes) independent of meaning” (H. Yopp & R. Yopp, 2009, p. 13).
Why is phonological awareness important? A preponderance of research supports the finding that phonological awareness is critical for developing word recognition skills. It is foundational for both reading and spelling success. “Noticing and being able to manipulate the sounds of spoken language—phonological awareness—is highly related to later success in reading and spelling” (H. Yopp & R. Yopp, 2009, p. 15). According to Kilpatrick (2016), “Poor phonological awareness is the most common cause of poor reading” (p. 13).
Using Poetry and Songs with Young Children or Emergent Readers
Children who have not yet developed independent reading skills can listen and participate in the recitation of poems and the singing of songs. Oral language is the foundation for literacy. Literacy begins with listening and speaking, and “oral language development facilitates print literacy” (Fisher & Frey, 2014, para. 1). According to Elster (2010), “Poetry contains highly patterned, predictable language that has the unique potential to promote memorable and pleasurable experiences in preschool, kindergarten, and primary classrooms” (p. 48).
Teachers can intentionally select poems and songs to focus on a particular phonological awareness skill. For example, a poem with alliteration can be utilized to provide practice hearing and identifying an initial sound repeated across multiple words. This is the phonemic awareness skill of identifying the initial phoneme (i.e., sound) in a word. A poem or song that incorporates rhyming words allows children to focus on a particular string of sounds and identify rhyming patterns.
These types of phonological awareness activities that draw students’ attention to sounds in words help build foundational understandings necessary for later mapping letters to sounds for reading and spelling.
Other literacy skills can be incorporated with poems and songs as well. As children are beginning to interact with print, teachers can utilize a large copy of a printed poem for demonstrating tracking and one-to-one correspondence while reading. Students’ understanding of the phonological awareness skill of concept of word helps facilitate this relationship of the spoken word to the printed word—another example of how phonological awareness is foundational to reading.
As letters are being learned, teachers or students can highlight letters or words in the poem (e.g., highlight ‘b’ words when working on the letter ‘b’). Echo reading, choral reading, and repeated reading can be used as the teacher and students “read” the poem together. Some poems also serve as appropriate texts for vocabulary and comprehension instruction.
******
https://www.aawaz.com/en/read/the-importance-of-poetry-in-todays-society/
The Importance Of Poetry In Today’s Society
May 19, 2020 Kaushal Piruka
Our society in today’s modern world has become more complicated than we can bear. Everything has become about money, luxury, fame, and power. People are running after materialism like mad men. It is almost like people have forgotten the voice of poetry. And that’s exactly why poetry is so important in our society today. This world is built of emotions and stories but the new age of technology seems to have taken away that definition from us. Because, technology has made everything virtual, leaving no to very less room for real stories and emotions.
Poetry can help you irrespective of which side of the stage are you on! If you are a poet, you get an opportunity to pour your heart out and relieve yourself of undue stress and pressure. As a consumer of that poetry, you can relate to the poet’s words, emotions, moods, and the feelings. This will help you feel less alone in this world full of people in distress. The current generation is prone to depression and loneliness like never before. What if the distance of this generation from art is one of the reasons? What if we can solve this epidemic by letting people invest time in art, and especially in poetry?
Poetry Makes You A Better Person
When you truly understand yourself and the society, you also know what you can do to improve yourself and the society.
When you truly understand yourself and the society, you also know what you can do to improve yourself and the society.
Image Credit: Unsplash.com
Poetry helps you understand and see the world with a new set of eyes. You begin to question a lot of things you have learned so far and the process of learning and unlearning and learning takes place. Both, the creator and the consumer of poetry get an opportunity to appreciate this world and this life like never before. Poetry brings you closer to the deepest of your emotions like love, kindness, empathy, anger, drama, fear, and so on. In order to be human, it is crucial to always be in touch with your emotions. Poetry also promotes honesty in the hearts of the people it touches.
The best aspect of poetry is that not only it helps you grow but when it comes to it, poetry itself grows with you. Yes! Poems can be like your friends. With the passage of time and after experiencing various interpretations, poems also tend to grow into a newer and better version of itself. That’s the beauty of poetry. It never ceased to surprise us!
Poetry helps you to amplify your sense of understanding of the world and of yourself. You become more and more aware of yourself, your emotions, your feelings and your wants. When you truly know yourself, you also know what you can do to improve yourself. That’s exactly why poetry is often regarded as the best therapy. While it is not a substitute or an alternative of professional therapy but the experience of poetry itself is therapeutic.
************
The Gift, The Truth, Hope And Its Sweet Promise
Your hope- you have gifted unto me
unto me, a vagabond shifting sand
a flightless bird lost in its plumage
under a great and mighty oak tree
above the sun beams
its illumination forbidding night
vanquishing darkness, its blacken strokes
In your hope rests a truth
that this vessel surrounding my soul
is but a temporary hindrance
a shell, a decaying fortress
bearing the hits from cannon shots
empty now- awaiting reinforcement
from a cavalry that vanished long ago
Youth-
alas! was it ever real
a maddening rush into the waiting trap
I remember-those sweet summer days
barefoot, soft grass between my toes
Youth-
a man-less ship
sailing upon uncharted seas
decorating blue skies and watery echoes
I now stand-aged, looking back
amazed at the speed of flight
how life gave no care of time
no respect of defiant reality
Your hope- you have gifted unto me
knowledge, inspiration- a new goal
to die without dire regrets
to depart a man
accepting truth, light, love
and the immense vanity born into mortal flesh.
Robert J. Lindley, 3-06-2021
free verse, ( Eternity, Seen Beyond The Purple Veil )
********************************************
In Garden Of Dreams, As Dawn Awakens
Dare I live with love and thus take Heavenly flight
To sup away nectar of a cool summer night
All is not so, not as it so appears
Dare I dream it so through my falling tears?
Alas! She that feasted here has now fled
Leaving behind a heart so deeply bled
A love refusing to curse her and quit
I drink that sweet nectar cup- all of it.
In garden of dreams as dawn awakens
Dwells she that was so far away taken
Dare I, to her soft calls in haste thus go
Into paradise where her love winds blow?
Dare I live with love and thus take Heavenly flight
To sup away nectar of a cool summer night?
Robert J Lindley, 3-08-2021
Sonnet, ( Memories past, legends of love and youth )
Note:
*sup -
Dictionary Definition : Vocabulary.comwww.vocabulary.com › dictionary › sup
To sup is to eat slowly, by spoonfuls. When you eat soup, you probably sup it.