Profile: John Ciardi Norine Odland There is magic in the poetry John Ciardi has written for children. He uses words with whimsical agility. Humor in his poems allows a child to reach for new ways to view ordinary things

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	BkMk Press University of Missouri-Kansas City www.umkc.edu/bkmk Past winners of the John Ciardi Prize for Poetry: The Resurrection Machine by Steve Gehrke, selected by Miller Williams DocID: 1u5EP - View Document
	Profile: John Ciardi Norine Odland There is magic in the poetry John Ciardi has written for children. He uses words with whimsical agility. Humor in his poems allows a child to reach for new ways to view ordinary things DocID: 1lpew - View Document
	SPIRIT LIST “There’s nothing wrong with sobriety...in moderation” John Ciardi VO DK A LU K S U S O WA DocID: 19otm - View Document
	Unit of Study: Poetry Poetry is a literary expression in which language is used in a concentrated blend of sound and imagery to create an emotional response; essentially rhythmic, it is usually lyrical and frequently str DocID: oHkf - View Document
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