Today I’m linking to a reading of my poem ‘Fit as a Fidget’, shared with some of the other happy hoppy contributors to HOP TO IT: POEMS TO GET YOU MOVING compiled by Janet Wang and Sylvia Vardell and published by Pomelo Books.
AND… I thought I’d share a writing prompt to follow it up.
Writing Prompt:
My fidget feet are fab – but there’s
some things feet cannot do.
That’s why it’s really handy to
have fiddle fingers, too!
Do you have fiddle fingers? Wouldn’t it be fun for those fiddle fingers to tap out their own poem? What would they have to say for themselves?
This week’s Poetry Friday is hosted by Robyn at Life on the Deckle Edge. Be sure to click back and read Robyn’s hiking poem ‘Trail Ready‘, also included in HOP TO IT! (Robyn has thought of absolutely everything!😅)
Dear Kat. This is a hoot! Love the play on words. And that you are in HOP TO IT. xo Jan/Bookseedstudio
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Thanks, Jan. 🙂
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Such lively poems! I love your zeroing in on fidget feet. I still have them. My mother was always telling me to sit still. 😉
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Impossible to keep those fidget feet still!👣
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LOVE your poem and LOVE your reading, Kat—you are so clear and expressive! And if I were a dog, I’d DEFINITELY sit and stay for you!!!
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😂So funny, Janet! (And thank-you for your affirming feedback.)
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My books just arrived! So wonderful to have and hold – and looking forward to savouring all the poems. Thank-you!
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Ooh, I look forward to lifting a finger to try out your prompt! Thanks, Kat! 🙂
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Wonderful! I hope you have fun with it, Bridget.
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It’s so beautiful to see you all in this video, Kat, and to hear your voice! Can’t wait until the poets can gather again.
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I so wish our timezones had connected so I could have joined your group, too – but that would have meant being coherent (and coiffed) at 5am. Not good for a night owl.
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At my daughter’s birthday celebration last night, we talked a lot of what they can do to help with the grand- girls’ need for lots of exercise. In school versus home school is simply not taking enough energy. They have “fidget” bodies, too! Love your poem, just like it is!
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I can imagine there is energy to burn in houses all over the world, at the moment – and for sure in your granddaughters’! I hope they have fun finding creative ways to expel energy. Somehow, I think they will…
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I love your fidget poem with its fabulous beat and thoughts, Kat. It looks like you had quite a peanut gallery in the background. I do have fidget fingers that want to type, type, type my poems. I sent a tweet out about your post.
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Thanks, Carol! You’re wonderful.
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Oh, that was so cool to see everyone on screen! What a great poem. Wonderful reading. Gosh, come back to the USA soon. OK?
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It was so good to be with everyone on screen. As to USA… Hoping I can dream it into reality, Linda. Yes, please!
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I wish I could have been there to tap out fidget feet with you. The fun from this collection keeps on going.
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That would have been fun, Margaret! I just got my contributor copies – so I can’t wait to read it from cover-to-cover.
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What a fun reading! I loved seeing the other poets enact your lines!
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Thanks, Mary Lee.
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Love this lively poem! I have fidget feet, too 🙂 And what a great writing prompt, as well!
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Yay for fidget feet! (And fingers that write.😉)
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So fun! Ruth, thereisnosuchthingasagodforsakentown.blogspot.com
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🙂
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I SO enjoyed getting to see you and hear your voice at that Zoom session – we were all tapping our feet. This is DEFinitely a poem lots of kids can relate to… Thanks for sharing!
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I was thrilled to share a zoom session with you, Robyn. So lovely seeing and hearing and sharing face-to-face, via the interwebs!
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What a delight to see you and hear you in that video! Those fidget feet are such fun!
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Thank-you, Molly. They keep toes tapping. 🙂
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