Welcome to today’s addition to the 2019 Kidlitosphere Progressive Poem, the brainchild of the lovely and generous Irene Latham. This is the first year I have participated in this web-wide collaborative poem and I must confess I’ve been quite stressed this. When Matt Esenwine started us off using found lines from songs, I was doubly stressed about finding just the right line for our protagonist’s adventure. I had several lines in mind that would continue this outdoor odyssey, but in the past few days, the poem has taken a turn. Now our explorer seems to be on a journey of self-discovery. So many possibilities!
Scanning my extremely eclectic CD collection, I found Jack Johnson‘s soundtrack for Curious George. I love these songs and felt certain I would find an appropriate line in Johnson’s upbeat tunes.
KIDLITOSHPERE PROGRESSIVE POEM 2019, Day 22
Endless summer; I can see for miles…
Fun, fun, fun – and the whole world smiles.
No time for school- just time to play,
we swim the laughin’ sea each and every day.
You had only to rise, lean from your window,
the curtain opens on a portrait of today.
Kodachrome greens, dazzling blue,
it’s the chance of a lifetime,
make it last forever–ready? Set? Let’s Go!
Come, we’ll take a walk, the sun is shining down
Not a cloud in the sky, got the sun in my eyes
Tomorrow’s here. It’s called today.
Gonna get me a piece o’ the sky.
I wanna fly like an eagle, to the sea
and there’s a tiger in my veins Oh,
won’t you come with me waltzing the waves,
diving the deep?
It’s not easy to know
less than one minute old
we’re closer now than light years to go
To the land where the honey runs
…we can be anyone we want to be…
There’s no stopping curiosity
I can’t seem to add this to the Playlist, which can be found here.
Found Lines:
L1 The Who, ‘I Can See for Miles’ / The Beach Boys, ‘Endless Summer’
L2 The Beach Boys, ‘Fun, Fun, Fun’ / Dean Martin, ‘When You’re Smiling’
L3 The Jamies, ‘Summertime, Summertime’
L4 The Doors ‘Summer’s Almost Gone’/ Led Zeppelin ‘Good Times, Bad Times’
L5 Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine “You had only to rise, lean from your window,”
L6 Joni Mitchell, “Chelsea Morning”
L7 Paul Simon, “Kodachrome,” “Dazzling Blue”
L8 Dan Fogelberg, “Run for the Roses”
L9 Spice Girls, “Wannabe”/ Will Smith, “Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It”
L10 The Beatles, “Good Day Sunshine”
L11 The Carpenters, “Top of the World”
L12 Lin-Manuel Miranda, “Underneath the Lovely London Sky” from Mary Poppins Returns
L13 Carol King, “Hi-de-ho (That Old Sweet Roll)”
L14 Steve Miller, “Fly Like An Eagle”
L15 Don Felder, “Wild Life”
L16 Nowleen Leeroy, “Song of the Sea ” (lullaby)
L17 Sara Bareilles, “She Used to Be Mine” from WAITRESS
L18 Stevie Wonder, “Isn’t She Lovely”
L19 R.E.M, “Find the River”
L20 Carole King, “Way Over Yonder”
L21 Mint Juleps, “Groovin” by The Young Rascals
L22 Jack Johnson, “Upside Down”
Here are our Poem Contributors:
1 Matt @Radio, Rhythm and Rhyme
2 Kat @Kathryn Apel
3 Kimberly @KimberlyHutmacherWrites
4 Jone @DeoWriter
5 Linda @TeacherDance
6 Tara @Going to Walden
7 Ruth @thereisnosuchthingasagodforsakentown
8 Mary Lee @A Year of Reading
9 Rebecca @Rebecca Herzog
10 Janet F. @Live Your Poem
11 Dani @Doing the Work that Matters
12 Margaret @Reflections on the Teche
13 Doraine @Dori Reads
14 Christie @Wondering and Wandering
15 Robyn @Life on the Deckle Edge
16 Carol @Beyond LiteracyLink
17 Amy @The Poem Farm
18 Linda @A Word Edgewise
19 Heidi @my juicy little universe
20 Buffy @Buffy’s Blog
21 Michelle @Michelle Kogan
22 Catherine @Reading to the Core
23 Penny @a penny and her jots
24 Tabatha @The Opposite of Indifference
25 Jan @Bookseestudio
26 Linda @Write Time
27 Sheila @Sheila Renfro
28 Liz @Elizabeth Steinglass
29 Irene @Live Your Poem
30 Donna @Mainely Write
Reading to the Core 
The perfect line to follow on from Michelle’s – and for a poem for kids, too. Well done, Catherine.
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Curiosity is the name of the game. Great line!
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Love it! Now off to find a line to take this poem forward!
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Yay for curiosity! And YAY for you being part of the poem this year!! So glad to have you… well done. xo
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Love your line, so much in just 4 words! And I like Jack Johnson’s music too.
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And it’s a bit of a rhyme! Wonderful to include ‘curiosity’ for summer fun, Catherine!
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What a perfect line! I have been really bad at commenting everyday (and posting a poem everyday for that matter). I just finished today’s post and decided to drop in. Bravo to your line.
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Great line–love the rhyme and the right sentiment to follow Michelle’s line (and perfect for Earth Day! I firmly believe that curiosity about the world in kids creates environmentalists as adults.)
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Congrats on joining in this year and for your lovely addition to the poem. What a delight to think about where curiosity might take our poem.
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Yeah! I love this song and the whole album. We were just listening to it with all the Kindergarten classes to teach them the 3 Rs song for Earth Day — Reduce, Reuse, Recycle! I love the journey this poem is going on, Catherine!
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[…] phrases merged to get us going. Today’s line comes from Catherine at Reading to the Core. You may find her line here on her blog. Participants are having fun song lyrics. I was excited to provide the 14th line on April 14th. You […]
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Well done! Jack Johnson and a rhyme! 🙂
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Great line, Catherine! Curiosity is perfect!
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It’s great that we are singing & dancing to Mother Nature’s song in “Upside Down”-good choice for your line that brings the wonder of curiosity we hope each child holds onto, Catherine.
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I love how your line flows so smoothly – in feeling, as well as that unobtrusive rhyme at the end. Nicely done!
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A great choice, Catherine–curiosity is the name of the game, all the games! I’ll add to the playlist if no one’s done it yet.
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“There’s not stopping curiosity” – THIS is something to put up on my bulletin board, dear Catherine!
You are a sensitive addition to the Progressive Poem collective. I hope your imagination & curiosity brings you back to sign in for 2020.
I love this annual joyful progression that Irene has sparked.
We need to begin thinking about what a Progressive Poetry crew visit in real time, in the same place, would look like… down the path.
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no stopping …..
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