Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Tuesday Tritina Challenge: Week Five

What is my May poetry challenge?  Write a Tritina a week. The length and repetition in the Tritina may be and easy form. The Tritina is related to the Sestina.

This poem from the twentieth-century invention contains the following Form:


  1 2 3          - End words of lines in first tercet.
  3 1 2          - End words of lines in second tercet.
  2 3 1          - End words of lines in third tercet.
  (1 2 3)        - Words contained in the final line.








Summer Break


Mission accomplished!
One year is over
Time to take a break

Make a productive break
Enjoy what you have accomplished
School is over

It is hard to believe is over
It is time to take a break
Believe in what you have accomplish

What you have accomplish, one more year, deserve a break!


(Tritina, @Mejia 2016)

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Monday, May 23, 2016

Tuesday Tritina Challenge: Week Four

What is my May poetry challenge?  Write a Tritina a week. The length and repetition in the Tritina may be and easy form. The Tritina is related to the Sestina.

This poem from the twentieth-century invention contains the following Form:

  1 2 3          - End words of lines in first tercet.
  3 1 2          - End words of lines in second tercet.
  2 3 1          - End words of lines in third tercet.
  (1 2 3)        - Words contained in the final line








Twilight

Sun sets every day
Has a rest and reflects
Stillness and faith

Have faith
In a new day
Sun reflects

Every ray reflects
A chance of faith
For a new day

Day time reflects faith


(Tritina, Mejia@2016)



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Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Tuesday Tritina Challenge: Week Three

What is a Tritina?  The Tritina is related to the Sestina. The length and repetition in the Tritina may be and easy form. This poem from the twentieth-century invention contains the following Form:

1 2 3          - End words of lines in first tercet.
 3 1 2          - End words of lines in second tercet.
2 3 1          - End words of lines in third tercet.
(1 2 3)        - Words contained in the final line.









Seasons


Seasons come and go
Giving color, taste, and love
Let’s enjoy them all!

Four seasons that’s all
Come and go
Let’s live it with love

Only love
Help us all
Let go

Season come and go! Bringing love, enjoy them all!




(Tritina, @Mejia2016)

For more poems, visit: www.luzdelmes.com

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Tuesday Tritina Challenge: Week Two

What is my May poetry challenge?  Write a Tritina a week. The length and repetition in the Tritina may be and easy form. The Tritina is related to the Sestina.

This poem from the twentieth-century invention contains the following Form:

  1 2 3          - End words of lines in first tercet.
  3 1 2          - End words of lines in second tercet.
  2 3 1          - End words of lines in third tercet.
  (1 2 3)        - Words contained in the final line.






The Road Not Taken?


Two ways life invite
Two choices we have
Which road not taken

Is the right we have taken?
The easy ones invite
Two choices we have

It is not easy to have
The road not taken
How can I invite?


I invite you to have the road not taken!

(Tritina, @Mejia 2016)



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Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Tuesday Tritina Challenge: Week One


Do you have an obsession to learn? Yes, I have! 
April Challenge on National Poetry Month is over. I wrote thirty Haikus in thirty days. The poems are lived on my Blog and Social Media. Check it out! http://luzdelmes.blogspot.com/

What is my poetry challenge for May?  Write a Tritina a week. The length and repetition in the Tritina may be and easy form. The Tritina is related to the Sestina.


This poem from the twentieth-century invention contains the following Form:

  1 2 3          - End words of lines in first tercet.
  3 1 2          - End words of lines in second tercet.
  2 3 1          - End words of lines in third tercet.
  (1 2 3)        - Words contained in the final line.








What do we need?

We need a space
With hope and joy
Do you know this place?

We need a place
A restful space
To maintain joy

We need a dream to joy
To keep living in one place
Do you know this space?

Is this a space a joy in place?

(Tritina, @Mejia2016)

For more poems, visit: www.luzdelmes.com



Holy Trinity with Shamrocks, Eggs or Apples

The Holy Trinity is not only a difficult concept to explain to adults, but a challenge trying to explain it in terms a child can understand. The Apostles’ Creed and Nicene Creed  contains a great lesson and deep meaning of the controversial Trinity concept.
Shamrock
Photo;www.luzdelmes.com

My favorite analogy of the Trinity is the Shamrock method used by Saint Patrick. Three leaves, but ONE Shamrock.


With the melody of Frère Jacques, sing with your kids while making the activity:
Praise the Father. Praise the Father.
Praise the Son. Praise the Son.
Praise the Holy Spirit. Praise the Holy Spirit.
Three in one. Three in one.

 


Eggs

Other method I learned in a Religious Class is:  Three in One with a hard-boiled Egg:  The shell, the white, and the yolk represents God is made up of three parts (Father, Son and Holy Spirit), there is still only one God as only one Egg.


Apples
Photo: http://www.blessedbeyondadoubt.com
This year I found this creative book,  3 in 1: A Picture of God by Joanne Marxhausen  (Author), Ed Koehler (Illustrator), Benjamin Marxhausen (Illustrator)

The author uses another method to guide children through the Holy Trinity with three parts: peel, flesh and core. Those parts represent Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. 
Watch the Book’s video : it explains the concept clearly for children to understand the Holy Trinity.


Happy Holy Trinity!

For more Activities to celebrate Faith visit: https://www.pinterest.com/luzdelmes/celebrate-faith/

Sunday, May 1, 2016

May Spotlight Interview with Eagle Gamma

Eagle Gamma on Luz Del Mes May Spotlight Interview bMaritza Martinez Mejia
Welcome Eagle to Spotlight Interview! Tell me:
Q 1.What makes you proud to be a writer in The United States?

A 1.  The ability to meet and write with so many other writers with such a wealth of talent. In traveling this land I have learned an immense amount from interacting with the deep and broad network of American writers.

Q 2. What or who inspired you to write “El burrito que queria volar”? 
A 2. My coauthor Avril Olachea. She proposed that we create a story together, and she suggested the initial idea of a burrito who wants to fly. And she inspired me more generally!


Q 3.  Do you come up with your title before or after you write the manuscript? 
A 3. It depends on the work. For the burrito, I came up with a working title before writing the draft, although Avril insistently refused to accept my apparently made-up word as part of the Spanish language. After we went back and forth many times, we came up with a new title. Likewise, for other books the title often grows out of different attitudes.


Q 4. Why do you prefer to write Children Books in Spanish ? 
A 4 First and foremost, I feel that Spanish more naturally communicates children's tales. The language is beautiful, poetic, and lends itself to magical realism of the sort that children enjoy. Beyond that, I enjoy the chance to learn more Spanish that way, and to practice for when I spend time in Spanish-speaking places.


Q 5. What is your promotion strategy to promote your children book?
A 5. We're doing a variety of activities, including big giveaways and dealing with a number of online and brick-and-mortar vendors. However, perhaps the biggest component is word-of-mouth.

Q 6. Tell us about your passion to move through the world by bicycle?
A 6. I love to ride a bicycle anyways, and by moving through the world this way I also get the pleasure and education of experiencing many different cultures and geographies. Riding a bicycle is fun, good exercise, good for the environment, a good way to meet people, efficient, convenient, affordable, and has a host of other advantages. And I love to make my way through the world through all different terrains!

Thank you for your time to answer this question for Luz Del Mes Spotlight Interview.


With vivid images and deep messages, El Burrito que Quería Volar. My favorite sentences: 


Contact  Eagle Gamma
Author of El Burrito que Quería Volar
Astrotripping: A Cosmic Joyride, Phase Q.
Blog: http://worldsowisdom.com/

NaPoWriMo 2016

In honor of National Poetry Month I participated in NaPoWriMo (National Poetry Writing Month.)

This is an annual project in which participating poets attempt to write a poem a day for the month of April. This website is owned and operated by Maureen Thorson, a poet living in Washington, DC. Inspired by NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month, she started to write a poem a day in her blog on April 2003. When other people started writing poems for April, Maureen decided to launch an independent website for the project.

I am honored to be a NaPoWriMo Participant 2016. 

Visit the site to find my Blog and 30 poems:

Thank you all who follow my poems, 
comment or like on my social media.


The WINNER of a

Award-winning VCBA Poetry 2015

IS....



Agatha Rodi from Greece

CONGRATULATIONS!!!



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NaPiBoWriWee



It’s not another prescription! It is my May Challenge. 

I will write 7 picture books in 7 days from May 1st. to May 7th.

Did you imagine? Stay tune!



This Online event is hosted by Paula Yoo. 

For More information visit:





RhyPiBoMo - Graduate 2016

It was a privilege to be RhyPiBoMo Official Participant. This event celebrates Rhyming Picture Books (RPBs) by reading, sharing, educating, encouraging and putting more RPBs in the hands of children. 

This online challenge is organized by Angie Karcher.
My April Reading Challenge Progress:

                                                 Week One Challenge:


                                                    My favorite this Week: 
There Was an Old Dragon Who Swallowed a Knight  
by Penny Parker Klostermann
Watch the video read by the same author: https://youtu.be/7LNW6HQ8_yY


                                                     Week Two Challenge:

My favorite this Week: 
Lovely classic childhood moment by choosing a pet. Happy Pet Day!
Rocco Staino Reads WHAT PET SHOULD I GET? 

    
Week Three Challenge:



My favorite this Week: 

FANCY NANCY EVERY DAY IS EARTH DAY
Children's Story time Read Aloud Story Book
Listen: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxXA-a2Tc3A

Week Four Challenge:



My favorite this Week:
Bear Snores On  by Karma Wilson ,Jane Chapman (Illustrator) 
This is a fun rhyming picture book about a bear and the animals
 that interrupted his hibernation.
Great read-aloud by the author on: http://kidlit.tv/2016/01/read-out-loud-bear-snores-on/

THANK YOU to Angie Karcher for your effort to have a FANTASTIC RhyPiBoMo Event. 
I've learned to value rhyming picture books, author's effort and team work.

I had a Happy RhyPiBoMo






Visit Maritza Martinez Mejia Social Media for event's pictures:

Official Graduate RhyPiBoMo 2016!