the solstice
steals into my calendar
too soon
the turning of the year
hastens our time of parting
Julie Thorndyke
Author: jthorndyke
Haiku
Julie Thorndyke
Does your mother own enough African violets?
Does your mother own enough African violets?
Here’s a unique Mother’s Day gift idea!
Order a signed copy of Mrs Rickaby’s Lullaby and receive a free limited edition bookmark
all for just $30 (includes postage within Australia).
To order please email j.thorndyke@bigpond.com
Missy in a moment of identity crisis
Mrs Rickaby Arrives!
Back to the Books
one-by-one
bright beads on the abacus
are slid home—
the changing pattern
of my daughter’s bookshelves
Julie Thorndyke
Tannenbaum
five kids and mum
trudging all the way home
with our fresh-cut pine—
until an angel crammed us
into his v-dub beetle
Julie Thorndyke
Winter
the thin whistle
of mum’s breakfast kettle
. . . bare toes on lino
school milk
striped paper straws
pleated into submission
half-yearly report
my frosty teacher
thaws
red cheeks
stung by sun and wind
our long walk home
shortest day
dad’s chaffed hands
light the gas fire
Julie Thorndyke
Waiting for the Night Teacher Resources
Planning the book launch for Waiting for the Night, I had fun thinking of activities related to the book that children might enjoy.
I’m putting some ideas here that teachers may like to use with their classes, after reading the book together.
Please click on the links below to open the PDF files.
- Make your own Flying Fox also need Flying fox template
- Waiting for the Night Findaword
- Make your Platypus Bookmark
- Bookmark template thanks to https://www.bakerross.co.uk/craft-ideas/kids/duck-bill-platypus-bookmark/
- WFTN Door Hanger
- Shadow Puppets
Hope you have lots of fun Waiting for the Night!
Wild
So pleased to be one of the 159 poets from across Australia whose work was chosen to be in this anniversary anthology from Ginninderra Press.
It promises to be an exhilarating and often surprising foray into the many facets of ‘wild’ — human, animal, environmental and metaphorical.
http://www.ginninderrapress.com.au/wild.html
More information about the anthology here: Wild
