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Poetry

Ava’s Shells

The poet Lola Haskins joins us again to continue her cycle of poems about her children and grandchildren.

Grandmother Poems

We asked the poem Lola Haskins to share with us some of her thoughts about becoming a grandparent.

Barking Through the Dog Days

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Barking-Through-the-Dog-Days-with-Books.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 8/3/2005 Barking Through the Dog Days Transcript It’s the “dog days” of summer, that are named for Sirius, the dog star, one of the brightest stars in the heavens at this time of year. But I suspect the dog days are also referring to […]

A Poem Is…

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/A-Poem-is.mp3 Author Christine Poreba Air Date 7/29/2005 A Poem Is… Transcript Earlier this spring, during National Poetry Month, I spoke with Christine Poreba, a poet who was living in Gainesville, Florida, at the time. I asked her one of those questions that poets often get asked by children and adults: […]

Paul Revere’s Ride

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Listen-my-children-and-you-shall-hear…mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 4/18/2005 Paul Revere’s Ride Transcript In Massachusetts, Patriots Day, April 18th, is celebrated with great fervor and pride. On Lexington Green, the shot heard round the world is fired once more – and is followed by a faithful reenactment of the first battle of […]

First Poems

Remember those first poems we wrote in elementary school? Shelley Fraser Mickle does.

Limericks for St. Patrick’s Day

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Limericks-for-St.-Patricks-Day.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 3/17/2005 Limericks for St. Patrick’s Day Transcript “There was an old man who lived in Nantucket.” Now hold on, don’t worry. This isn’t what you think. I want to clear the name of that poor Old Man once and for all. The original Limerick, […]

Patchwork Paths and Homemade Love

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Patchwork-Paths-and-Homemade-Love.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 2/22/2005 Patchwork Paths and Homemade Love Transcript In her new picture book, The Patchwork Path, A Quilt Map to Freedom, Bettye Stroud tells the story of a young African American girl, Hannah, and her father who escape from slavery in the pre-Civil-War American South. Hannah’s […]

Lewis Carroll’s Poetic Puzzles

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Lewis-Carrolls-Puzzles.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 1/27/2005 Lewis Carroll’s Poetic Puzzles Transcript Perhaps no four lines are more famous in the realm of children’s poetry than the opening stanza to “Jabberwocky”, – Lewis Carroll’s penultimate moment as a children’s poet – As read by William Rushton  from the first chapter […]

“Return Baggage”

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/A-Poet-Remembers-the-Lost-Children.mp3 Author Ewa Wampuszyc Air Date 1/5/2005 “Return Baggage” Transcript As we begin the year ahead with its new promise, let us take a moment to reflect on the children whose lives have passed so fleetingly — the victims of war, of hunger, of illness, of random tragedy. I can […]