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Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout
Almost Perfect
Rebecca Who Slammed Doors
Cleaning the Well
The Listeners
Abandoned Farmhouse
My Aunt
Onomatopoeia
Catching Quiet
from Autumn
The Hunter
Three Hokku Poems
The Clouds Pass
Fog
The Bat
House Fear
Earth
Eight Witches
Demon of Gibbet
Highwayman
My Papa's Waltz
? guess the title
old age sticks
a(l)
Seal
May Swenson Poetry
Under the Mistletoe
Oranges
Drizzle
Winter
How Tuesday Began
Catalogue
Four Little Foxes
Dog at Night
Caged Bird
Something Told the Wildgeese
Still Life: Lady with Birds
Dandelions
Sidewalk Racer
The Base Stealer
I'll Walk the Tightrope
Words
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Jukebox Showdown
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If I Could be an Astronaut
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Poetry Unit Info
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Poetry Menu Projects: 2018-19
Writing Poetry
Foul Shot
The Builders
Speed Adjustments
Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout
Almost Perfect
Rebecca Who Slammed Doors
Cleaning the Well
The Listeners
Abandoned Farmhouse
My Aunt
Onomatopoeia
Catching Quiet
from Autumn
The Hunter
Three Hokku Poems
The Clouds Pass
Fog
The Bat
House Fear
Earth
Eight Witches
Demon of Gibbet
Highwayman
My Papa's Waltz
? guess the title
old age sticks
a(l)
Seal
May Swenson Poetry
Under the Mistletoe
Oranges
Drizzle
Winter
How Tuesday Began
Catalogue
Four Little Foxes
Dog at Night
Caged Bird
Something Told the Wildgeese
Still Life: Lady with Birds
Dandelions
Sidewalk Racer
The Base Stealer
I'll Walk the Tightrope
Words
Street Window
Business
Jukebox Showdown
Robert Front Poetry
Fifteen
Emily Dickinson Poetry
William Carlos Williams Poetry
Langston Hughes Poetry
If I Could be an Astronaut
The Crossover
The Bat
by Theodore Roethke
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Can you figure out the poem? Use these questions to help you.
What does the bat do during the day? (1)
Explain the bat's physical condition. (3)
What do bats do at night? (1)
What is the image in line 11? (1)
Hint: it's kind of creepy!
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