In honor of Poetry Month, Easter, Passover,
and all things rabbity, my free-verse picture book,
To Rabbittown, originally published by Scholastic,
is 99 cents on iTunes, Kindle, Nook–yippee!
Download the free Kindle for PCÂ
if you don’t have an eReader.
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…for more children’s poetry links go to
this delicious blog:
Jama’s Alphabet Soup
Hi there! Welcome to RuffDrafts.com–I’m glad you’re here!
My original poems, posted each day of National Poetry Month 2013, are imperfect. Messy. This is your chance to sneak a peek behind the scenes—before a poem is polished and published! (For my poems in 2010, 2011 & 2012, click on the Poetry link in the menu above.)
My friend Bruce Balan and I critique each other’s poems every day…so you’ll see Bruce’s comments on some of the poems.
Thanks for following so well. I’m tempted to take you to the dog park and let you romp off-leash… Ready? Let’s begin!
April 28
WHAT NOT TO NAME YOUR DOG ~ rough draft
by April Halprin Wayland
Hy.
Hello.
Hey.
Trust me. You don’t want your dog
spinning in circles
wondering who is calling his name.
And mothers, don’t name your children after a month.
I know from personal experience.
I have whiplash for thirty days every spring.
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I wrote Bruce: “A PHP (place holder poem) that is so true!”
Bruce replied: “Not bad for a PHP.”
No reason for posting this photo. It just cracks me up.
poem © 2013 April Halprin Wayland. All rights reserved~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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