"Moments With Poetic Thoughts"

I have found throughout my life, that I see to enjoy poetry very much. It all started with children's poetry books which my Mom would give me to read, and excellent teachers who had high expectations for our lives. When I was in third grade I took an exam which placed me into a group of students the following two years where we took three full grades in two years. In these classes, we students were expected to not only read books, but weekly we also had to memorize and stand before the class and recite one of the poems ~ many written in old English from a wonderful little book, which we were given to keep, which had hundreds of poems from the great poets of the past. And to this day, that book of poetry is still one of my favorites!

My son, likewise, was also drawn to books, and had a pretty heavy load of reading throughout his years at Mesa Union Elementary. This has made John's life very creative in his writings, also. Our daughter, Amy is/was/and always will be drawn towards music, and played first flute in her orchestras and bands from 6th grade through high school. I want to share with parents, that reading stories from the beginning of life is so important to the development of your children. Playing music from the softest to the most enjoyable upbeat of sound also plays a very important part in the development of a "little ones" joys throughout life. I will never forget our children and grandchildren falling to sleep to the softest of music which soothed them to sleep. And to this day ... all of them enjoy music very much. Our son loves musical plays ... and his attention hardly turns from the stage.

Another thing that I tried with our children and grandchildren was when they were listening to the television/radio ... I always had the sound on "low" for a couple of reasons. First, to teach them to pay attention and carefully listen to the person instructing them on the television program. Second, by having the sound down to a softer volume and having the children sitting at least 7' back from the screen, it allowed me to find out if they had trouble with their hearing & visual. You can learn a lot from watching how your kids react to sound like this. It also teaches them that if they want to learn, they have to listen. This is a model that will greatly benefit them through life! Also, always "praise, show, and share your joy" over your children for ALL of their great writings, music, drawings!!! Those words of "praise" brings a multitude of joy and smiles to them, which will go with them forever, also!!

One of the poems in here is "The Seasons Passing By" a beautiful poem which our son John wrote at the end of his Senior Class year at Rio Mesa High in 2002. When I first read it I was overwhelmed with his depth of thought, and I am honored to share it. I hope you enjoy reading through these when you come to visit me here at NomiAnnzPlace. :)

Have a wonderful day! ~NomiAnn~ ;)