Gift Tag: September 2011

Gift Tag Poem Connections

One of the unique things about Poetry Tag Time anthologies is that there are connections or “tags” between poems that reveal how one poem can lead to another and another and another. In this Gift Tag collection, we identified a key word or phrase in the poems that connected one poem to the next. Here is that chain of connections and poems. And of course you might find an entirely different way to share and connect these wonderful poems!

HAPPY: “happy to be together”
"Thanks Giving" by Jane Yolen
TOGETHER: “Some things are best when paired . . . ”
"Two in One" by Allan Wolf
WRAPPED: Wrapped in feathers, wrapped with bows . . . wrapped in swaddling clothes?
"Nativity" by Lee Bennett Hopkins
TIGHT: wrapped tight, tight-knit families
"We Are Woven" by Laura Purdie Salas
JUST RIGHT: Here’s a story of a “just right” neighbor.
"Gift for My Mother" by Joan Bransfield Graham
CHOOSE: Is it harder to choose or to wait to be chosen?
"Things To Do If You Are a Present" by Bobbi Katz
SOFT: Soft as mittens and kittens . . .
"Snow Gifts" by Amy Ludwig VanDerwater
SNOW: fairy dust, chill bright plumes . . .
"Night Sledding" by Steven Withrow
HILL: in one part of the world, moon-mound snow; in another part of the world, green hills and conga drums.
"My Own Horse" by Margarita Engle
MUSIC: from “drumbeat / hoofbeat” to “Merry Plink plink-”!
"Xylophone" by Robert Weinstock
More MUSIC? “What wonders can be heard!”
"A Musical Gift" by Avis Harley
FINGERS: “fingers travel keys” . . . “fingers trace seams”
"The Gift of Spring" by David L. Harrison
DREAM: dreams and heroes . . .
"Dream" by Jen Bryant
NUTS: from nuts and rats to apples and zills!
"If You Stuff a Stocking" by Carole Boston Weatherford
POP: and the TOP (or dreidel) might land spinning!
"Dreidel" by Douglas Florian
NO: Nisht, no, not yet.
"Gifts to Give" by Sara Holbrook
WAIT: waiting is so hard . . . it’s so much better to take things into your own hands (or paws)!
"If I Were A Dog" by April Halprin Wayland
THE CORNER STORE (or CORNER DRAWER) holds such treats and surprises!
"Christmas Snapshot" by Rebecca Kai Dotlich
CHRISTMAS: and from these gifts, we grow . . .
"Christmas Present" by Charles Waters
WATCH: From watch to watch out.
"Two Wheels That Go Around" by Michael Salinger
FLYING: a biker flying into a woodpile or fish flying over roofs in Santa’s frosted sled!
"Flying Fish" by Pat Mora
TREES: over trees (or in them) . . .
"To an Indoor Spider" by Helen Frost
BRANCHES: Who else is in the branches?
"Tucked Between Branches" by Lorie Ann Grover
WARM: Warm white lights, warm gingered sweetness . . .
"Cookie Cutter" by Ann Whitford Paul
SWEETNESS: Why is it we love sweet things so much? Who knows— but we do!
"Surprise!" by Jeannine Atkins
HOMEMADE: Hats off to those who can bake their own cookies and knit!
"For My Birthday" by Julie Larios
PURR: Mice Crispies, anyone?
"Happy Mew Year to Cats Day" by J. Patrick Lewis
JOINED: let’s join together and keep this celebration going strong, long after “the holidays”!
"Gift Tag" by Janet Wong

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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

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