Thursday, August 25, 2022

A.F. Harrold

Bananas are great, as I believe them to be the only known cure for existential dread.
~Anne Lamott


Happy Poetry Friday! How are y'all doing? We've got poems today by bushy-bearded British children's poet A.F. Harrold:







{fiction, instead of lies} has the Poetry Friday round-up today. Thanks, Tanita!

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9 comments:

  1. Linda BAugust 26, 2022 at 10:51 AM

    Thank you so much, Tabatha, for these marvelous poems, content & presentation. Harrold is new to me & I am happy that you shared him. It would be such fun to share these with students who need to know how poems can BE so many different ways. Happy Friday! I won't forget that first one especially because blackbirds are often around my home. Now, they'll be "bananas", too!

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  2. tanita✿davisAugust 26, 2022 at 2:33 PM

    This guy was hilarious, absolutely so funny. The poem about the dog having a bath was the best. As soon as I LOOKED at him - without having played a sound - I knew he was from the UK. When living in Scotland, it always amused me that such young men had this great woolly beards and looked like old sages, but no - it was just cold and they liked facial hair, I guess... anyway, this was fun, and a lovely performance to top of my Poetry Friday.

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  3. Michelle KoganAugust 26, 2022 at 6:08 PM

    Oh how delightful these poems are, and silly, and full of smiles. Love the bananas and blackbird, and the doggie rap too, thanks Tabatha!

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  4. mbhmaineAugust 26, 2022 at 7:40 PM

    These were a hoot! I so appreciated the silly, whimsy of each one and can't wait to share them with kids. A.F Harrold is a name I'll remember. Thanks for the introduction!!

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  5. PATRICIA J FRANZAugust 27, 2022 at 12:38 AM

    Love "Say Something Nice"... I'm pretty sure my mother has the copyright to that phrase! And my little brother would've said "Your hair is like fresh bread..." -- lol

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  6. Linda MitchellAugust 28, 2022 at 7:17 AM

    LOL! Taking these to school with me...how nice of you to share!

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  7. Mary LeeAugust 28, 2022 at 9:46 AM

    So. Much. FUN!

    I'll never look at bananas the same way! Nor blackbirds!

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  8. Karen Edmisten August 29, 2022 at 9:05 AM

    These are pure delight, Tabatha! A.F. Harrold is new to me and I'm delighted to meet him.

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  9. Jessica CoupéAugust 30, 2022 at 12:17 PM

    Tabitha, what fun! Loved the poems and videos. I'd never heard of this poet before.

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