poeeeeetry!!!!
Feb. 14th, 2013 02:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bluecastleHello annual day of Poetry Out Loud!!
Five contestents this year, 3 girls and 2 boys. Most other years its been girls only ...
One of the boys sort of melted down he was so nervous, stumbled through his first two poems, and only got halfway through his third before giving up. Poor thing.
The way the competition works is that the kids are given a slate of poems to choose from, and they have to pick three to recite. They have to memorize them, and points are deducted for any mistakes, and if they have to call for a line.
We had six judges this year, which was good. And this year for the first time it was held at the best little bookstore in the world (tm. also. biased. ;)
I'm pretty sure the girl who won also won last year...
But the winner of this regional competition goes to the state capitol next month to compete at the Governor's residence for the state championship.
And while the scores are being tabulated (as the phrase goes) there's an open mike and anyone in the audience can get up and read a poem ... no pressure and no memorization required. Usually there's some kid(s) who want to read stuff they wrote, but we didn't have any of those this year. But a few kids did read/recite and that was great!!
It's such a wonderful thing to see these kids do something I NEVER could have done when I was their age!! And to hang out with my friends and be given oodles of candy and coffee and lunch and have my parking validated and be generally appreciated for helping out. A perfect Valentine's Day morning.
I always end up with a headache though. I think I absorb the kid's nerves. But it's waning now. Came home and rested for a bit, and then just posted a little Valentine's Drabble for the![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
lewis_challenge.
"Care to meet tomorrow at half-one? I'll bring the tea." (100 words) by valancy_joy
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Lewis (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: James Hathaway, Robert Lewis
Additional Tags: Friendship, Drabble
Summary: The only thing mushy here is the peas. This may or may not be true.
Five contestents this year, 3 girls and 2 boys. Most other years its been girls only ...
One of the boys sort of melted down he was so nervous, stumbled through his first two poems, and only got halfway through his third before giving up. Poor thing.
The way the competition works is that the kids are given a slate of poems to choose from, and they have to pick three to recite. They have to memorize them, and points are deducted for any mistakes, and if they have to call for a line.
We had six judges this year, which was good. And this year for the first time it was held at the best little bookstore in the world (tm. also. biased. ;)
I'm pretty sure the girl who won also won last year...
But the winner of this regional competition goes to the state capitol next month to compete at the Governor's residence for the state championship.
And while the scores are being tabulated (as the phrase goes) there's an open mike and anyone in the audience can get up and read a poem ... no pressure and no memorization required. Usually there's some kid(s) who want to read stuff they wrote, but we didn't have any of those this year. But a few kids did read/recite and that was great!!
It's such a wonderful thing to see these kids do something I NEVER could have done when I was their age!! And to hang out with my friends and be given oodles of candy and coffee and lunch and have my parking validated and be generally appreciated for helping out. A perfect Valentine's Day morning.
I always end up with a headache though. I think I absorb the kid's nerves. But it's waning now. Came home and rested for a bit, and then just posted a little Valentine's Drabble for the
lewis_challenge."Care to meet tomorrow at half-one? I'll bring the tea." (100 words) by valancy_joy
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Lewis (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: James Hathaway, Robert Lewis
Additional Tags: Friendship, Drabble
Summary: The only thing mushy here is the peas. This may or may not be true.
Lots of love around here today, even if my cat hates me because I won't let him chew on my mouse cord. ;)))
