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
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Enjoy your book now.
Don’t forget to rest your eyes.
Look to next novel.
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Keep with the reading
You will go far on this day
Take time to enjoy
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What are you reading?
Quiet hours pass on by
Lovely Saturday
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Spring Readathon go
Great way to spend the minutes
Lost in your novel
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Is it dark or light?
Reading through all the hours
Be sure to have fun
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How do your eyes feel?
Scanning words on the pages
Close them to get rest.
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Around the world, yes!
International event
Everyone go read
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Reading takes a toll
Stand and stretch and eat
Settle back with book
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Are you still awake?
We are cheering you today
Hope you love your book
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Sun or rain or snow
Both sides of the equator
All are lost in books
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What's there to read?
Piles of books are everywhere
Can't chose the next one.
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And a couple of cheers:
Books, books
They're everywhere
How you read them
We don't care!
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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.
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.
Hip, hip, hooray!
ReplyDeleteWONDERFUL! I'm so glad you kept track of your words - all SO good. Happy Readathonning!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed spotting your Haikus as I did my cheering. :)
ReplyDeleteAnd it goes without saying that Team Keats rocks! :D
You and Dawn are too much! Love the poem!
ReplyDeleteI 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!
ReplyDeleteI think Dawn inspired a lot of people yesterday! I love all of your haikus!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun way to do the cheer leading! I love it :-)
ReplyDeleteI really hope to participate more officially in the next readathon.
You are the haiku master.
ReplyDeleteI agree - bowing to the haiku master. Glad you had so much fun!
ReplyDeleteThat is very impressive! Nice cheering!
ReplyDeleteLove the poems!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your poems Beth! Finding a poem as a comment was a lovely surprise!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite is definitely the "eyes are tired" cheer. Thank you for all your hard work!
ReplyDeleteHi! I just want to say thanks for cheering for me during the readathon!
ReplyDeleteThank you for cheering for me too! You were all amazing and I loved your haikus! Can't wait for the next one!
ReplyDeletesomehow I never pictured you with pompoms...
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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.
ReplyDeleteYou bring a smile to my face. Great poems!
ReplyDelete*smiles*
What a concept - cheering in Haiku :-)
ReplyDeleteLoved 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.
:-)
Once again, you did an outstanding job cheering everyone along! I loved the haikus and poems! Very creative!
ReplyDeleteThose are great, thanks for cheering!
ReplyDeletezen cheering, what a concept!
ReplyDeleteGlad you had fun cheering on all the readers - your poems and cheers are clever :)
Those were fantastic! I loved this one:
ReplyDeleteEyes are tired
Eyes are itching
Time to switch to audio edition
I was going to make comment just like Serena's. LOL. You're a great cheerleader!
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