11 April 2010

Read-a-Thon: Poetry Month Style

The spring Readathon is nearly over. It'll be six months until I can cheer again (sob!). I'm packing up my pompoms and folding up my uniform for another day.

Although I spent some time on the blogs assigned to the Keats Cheerleading Squad, I really mostly hung out on Twitter. One of the best parts of Read-a-thon is getting to meet new bloggers.

This year, inspired by Dawn from She Is Too Fond of Books, I went crazy cheering in haiku. In honor of the readers and of poetry month, I present some of my silly creations:


Take twenty-four hours
And read and read all that day
Savor the moments
_____

Enjoy your book now.
Don’t forget to rest your eyes.
Look to next novel.
_____

Keep with the reading
You will go far on this day
Take time to enjoy
_____

What are you reading?
Quiet hours pass on by
Lovely Saturday
_____

Spring Readathon go
Great way to spend the minutes
Lost in your novel
_____

Is it dark or light?
Reading through all the hours
Be sure to have fun
_____

How do your eyes feel?
Scanning words on the pages
Close them to get rest.
_____

Around the world, yes!
International event
Everyone go read
_____

Reading takes a toll
Stand and stretch and eat
Settle back with book
_____

Are you still awake?
We are cheering you today
Hope you love your book
_____

Sun or rain or snow
Both sides of the equator
All are lost in books
_____

What's there to read?
Piles of books are everywhere
Can't chose the next one.
_____

And a couple of cheers:

Books, books
They're everywhere
How you read them
We don't care!
_____

Eyes are tired
Eyes are itching
Time to switch to audio edition

Good night to all the participants and great job to everyone: cheerleaders and readers alike.

24 comments:

Care 4/11/10, 6:39 AM  

WONDERFUL! I'm so glad you kept track of your words - all SO good. Happy Readathonning!

Unknown 4/11/10, 7:28 AM  

I enjoyed spotting your Haikus as I did my cheering. :)

And it goes without saying that Team Keats rocks! :D

Julie P. 4/11/10, 7:45 AM  

You and Dawn are too much! Love the poem!

Molly 4/11/10, 8:09 AM  

I so enjoyed all your cheering last fall. I am sorry that I was too sick to enjoy again this spring. It sounds like you had another wonderful read-athon experience!

bermudaonion 4/11/10, 8:39 AM  

I think Dawn inspired a lot of people yesterday! I love all of your haikus!

LibraryGirl 4/11/10, 8:46 AM  

What a fun way to do the cheer leading! I love it :-)

I really hope to participate more officially in the next readathon.

Anonymous,  4/11/10, 10:59 AM  

You are the haiku master.

Robin M 4/11/10, 12:56 PM  

I agree - bowing to the haiku master. Glad you had so much fun!

Amused 4/11/10, 1:27 PM  

That is very impressive! Nice cheering!

Charlie 4/11/10, 4:04 PM  

Thank you for your poems Beth! Finding a poem as a comment was a lovely surprise!

Cass 4/11/10, 5:42 PM  

My favorite is definitely the "eyes are tired" cheer. Thank you for all your hard work!

Amanda 4/11/10, 5:44 PM  

Hi! I just want to say thanks for cheering for me during the readathon!

Heather 4/11/10, 6:08 PM  

Thank you for cheering for me too! You were all amazing and I loved your haikus! Can't wait for the next one!

Beth Kephart 4/11/10, 7:01 PM  

somehow I never pictured you with pompoms...

:)

Jenners 4/11/10, 8:18 PM  

These are great! I missed this read-athon but I hope to try again for the fall and maybe I'll be a cheerleader this time around.

Kim 4/12/10, 12:57 AM  

You bring a smile to my face. Great poems!
*smiles*

Anil P 4/12/10, 2:24 AM  

What a concept - cheering in Haiku :-)

Loved the constructs, am sure they must've brought many a smile around.

My weak attempt below:

Look at the cover
What do you see there
A call to read.


:-)

Jenn's Bookshelves 4/12/10, 8:35 AM  

Once again, you did an outstanding job cheering everyone along! I loved the haikus and poems! Very creative!

Kim (Sophisticated Dorkiness) 4/12/10, 5:36 PM  

Those are great, thanks for cheering!

Dawn @ sheIsTooFondOfBooks 4/12/10, 9:23 PM  

zen cheering, what a concept!

Glad you had fun cheering on all the readers - your poems and cheers are clever :)

Serena 4/14/10, 8:59 AM  

Those were fantastic! I loved this one:

Eyes are tired
Eyes are itching
Time to switch to audio edition

Alice 4/25/10, 6:33 AM  

I was going to make comment just like Serena's. LOL. You're a great cheerleader!

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