by Alice Nine | A9 Journal, Indexed |
April 4: Happy National Poetry Month! I am celebrating Poetry Month by pairing quotes about poetry with images. I will share one each day without commentary. Image source: pixabay.com where Alice Nine teaches language lessons that Empower Students to Read and Write...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
#PoetryFriday 26_0403. We are celebrating Holy Week — the most sacred week in Christianity. During this week, we commemorate the final days of Jesus Christ’s life on earth — beginning with His joyous entry into Jerusalem, continuing through His suffering,...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
March 2026 Slice of Life, No. 29 Last week I shared a sonnet by poet-priest Malcom Guite, “Palm Sunday” (read my post). Today, on Palm Sunday, as we enter Holy Week, I am sharing a poem, also named “Palm Sunday,” by Marie J. Post. With haunting...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
March 2026 Slice of Life, No. 27#PoetryFriday 26-0327 This Sunday we will celebrate Jesus’ Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem. And so I am sharing “Palm Sunday,” one of the Holy Week sonnets by the poet-priest Malcom Guite published in his book Sounding...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
March 2026 Slice of Life, No. 19 On Tuesday, St. Patrick’s Day, in the spirit of the Irish, I decided we would write limericks. “We” refers to my daughter’s three youngest children, teenagers who school at home, and me. I teach their writing...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal |
March 2026 Slice of Life, No. 16 In celebration of the Irish, I share this limerick slice. Limericks first appeared in England in the early years of the 18th century and were popularized by Edward Lear in the 19th century. They were combined and sung as traditional...
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