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  2. Children's poetry - Wikipedia

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    Some poets chose to write poems specifically for children, often to teach moral lessons. Many poems from that era, like "Toiling Farmers", are still taught to children today. [3] In Europe, written poetry was uncommon before the invention of the printing press. [4] Most children's poetry was still passed down through the oral tradition.

  3. Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices - Wikipedia

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    Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices is a book of poetry for children by Paul Fleischman. It won the 1989 Newbery Medal. [1] The book is a collection of fourteen children's poems about insects such as mayflies, lice, and honeybees. The concept is unusual in that the poems are intended to be read aloud by two people.

  4. List of nursery rhymes - Wikipedia

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    Poem by Ujō Noguchi, a basis on factual events is disputed. Alphabet Song: Several other titles... [c] United States 1835 [14] The melody in this format was first copyrighted in 1835 by Boston music publisher Charles Bradlee. Alouette: Canada: 1870 [15] Mentioned in "A Pocket Song Book for the Use of Students and Graduates of McGill Colle ...

  5. Poetry from Daily Life: Writing a poem can be as simple as ...

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    Joseph Bruchac makes a daily ritual of walking with his dog and his phone, which he uses to record his thoughts — often forming the seed of a poem.

  6. Quiet Night Thought - Wikipedia

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    The poem is one of Li's shi poems, structured as a single quatrain in five-character regulated verse with a simple AABA rhyme scheme (at least in its original Middle Chinese dialect as well as the majority of contemporary Chinese dialects). It is short and direct in accordance with the guidelines for shi poetry, and cannot be conceived as ...

  7. My Shadow (poem) - Wikipedia

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    On publication, the poem did not find favour with a reviewer in British Quarterly Review, who preferred The Hayloft, Farewell to the Farm, and The North-West Passage. [5] By the twentieth century, however, it had become sufficiently popular to be included in the syllabus of several elementary school in the United States, including 1918, [6] 1916, [7] and 1921. [8]

  8. Little Things (poem) - Wikipedia

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    Only ten minutes were allowed, and in that time, she wrote the first verse of "Little Things". It became a favorite of children in Sunday school exhibitions from that time on, and was recited and sung thousands of times. It was first published in a Sunday school paper, Gospel Teacher (renamed, Myrtle). [1] [2] [a]

  9. Purple Cow - Wikipedia

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    [10] [11] The name is based on Burgess's poem shared by founder Fred Meijer to his three sons. [12] Fred Meijer handed out cards for free ice cream at any Meijer Purple Cow ice cream shop to customers as part of a promotional campaign. [13] [relevant?] [14] The "Purple Cow Drive-In" ice-cream stand in Crimora, Virginia has a purple cow head on ...