Poem

Solstice in Truro By Joshua Weiner 2023 from Poem-a-Day on December 13, 2023, by the Academy of American Poets. 

Teaching term done, I keep my laptop shut

A chill in the air runs under weak June sun

Chickadee warbler catbird waxwing—

Morning migrant songs drowned by bulldozer next door

The backing up beeping a constant one note feed

From far off, boundless tides crest onto restless sand

How my grandfather made his way, a refugee from Kyiv

How the new war gathers and opens his voice in me.

Source: https://poets.org/poem/solstice-truro

We used our Magnetic Hangman to guess a word each from our daily poem, displayed will be Barron's word selection: 

Our PAW: 

Thanks to some wonderful content sharers at the Farmer's Almanac we learnt that Today April 2 is a Palindrome and that April is full of many:

 "Palindrome Days happen when the day’s date can be read the same way backward and forward. The dates are similar to word palindromes in that they are symmetrical.

April 2024: A Month of Palindromes

m-d-yy

April 2, 2024 (4-2-24)

m-dd-yyyy

April 20, 2024 (4-20-2024)

m-dd-yy

April 20, 2024 (4-20-24)

April 21, 2024 (4-21-24)

April 22, 2024 (4-22-24)

April 23, 2024 (4-23-24)

April 24, 2024 (4-24-24)

April 25, 2024 (4-25-24)

April 26, 2024 (4-26-24)

April 27, 2024 (4-27-24)

April 28, 2024 (4-28-24)

April 29, 2024 (4-29-24)" 

Source: https://www.timeanddate.com/date/palindrome-day.html

Palindromes are words that read the same backwards and forwards. See how many of these three-letter palindromes you can use in your freewrite:

aha

bub

dad

dud

eve

eye

gig

mom

pop

pup

tot

tut

wow

https://blog.bravewriter.com/2024/03/22/friday-freewrite-three-letter-palindromes/

https://www.timeanddate.com/date/palindrome

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