Bill Buczinsky

Poet, Performer, Fleet-footed Whimsy-maker at A Child's Voice. I Harness the playful power of poetry to build literacy in students, teachers and parents.

[Bill Buczinsky @BBuzzpoet]

“It may be a question whether machinery does not encumber.”
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

If every classroom computer went silent for a week, I
I wonder in what ways students and teachers might become unencumbered.

Who will try it?

[Bill Buczinsky @BBuzzpoet]

A poem for Sunday morning:

Some keep the Sabbath going to Church –
I keep it, staying at Home – 
With a Bobolink for a Chorister – 
And an Orchard, for a Dome – 
-Emily Dickinson

The sacred is ever everywhere!

https://t.co/N9zBnh524O

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“Show me a hero and I will write you a tragedy.”
-F. Scott Fitzgerald

By all means, let’s scale the jagged cliffs with heroic notions;
But let’s stop selling it to children who believe in magic potions!

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The here and now bird
Now and here and there chirps.

Right where you are.
Chirp!

...or if you like,
Like Walt Whitman-
“Yawp!”

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“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”
-Wm. Shakespeare

Teachers, forget not that you are learners today too.

Pull my daisy,
Tip my cup,
All my doors are open!
-Jack Kerouac

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“Why do you dream of golden birds
Do you not see how the blackbirds
Walk around the feet of the women about you?
-Wallace Steven

Everywhere I see signs and hear slogans to dream, and dream big! Here’s a reminder to not allow them to distract us from the Poetry of Now!

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“Silence is more musical than song.”
Christina Rossetti

Every teacher understands this; as does every artist, scientist and successful CEO.

Teachers, think about your student’s desks -
separation and isolation are empowering!

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“Afoot and light hearted, I take to the open road.
Henceforth I ask not good fortune,I myself am good fortune...
I’m bigger than I thought, I inhale great droughts of space...”
-Walt Whitman

Take a walk with old Walt and grow large, you’re bigger than you think!

[Bill Buczinsky @BBuzzpoet]

“The blackbird whirled in the autumn winds.   
It was a small part of the pantomime.”
-Wallace Stevens

Teachers do a big job, but remember we are a small part of a child’s education- relax.

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“I don’t want no god on my lawn,
Just a flower I can help along.” -Cat Stevens

May the power of the flower help get you through your week.

And if at the end of the week you need some refreshment, come enjoy some more poetry:
https://t.co/qgJ3tiIaPi

[Bill Buczinsky @BBuzzpoet]

“The blackbird whirled in the autumn wind,
It was a small part of the pantomime.”
-Wallace Stevens

Go on- Whirl!

Here’s a link to a video I’m working on. If you dig it, pass it on to some teachers and kids trying to build literacy.
https://t.co/9SaSj9zO2L

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“Life is a beautiful melody only the lyrics are messed up.”
-Hans Christian Andersen

[Bill Buczinsky @BBuzzpoet]

“Learn how to see and not to gape.
To act instead of talking all day.”
-Bertolt Brecht
A poetic imperative for every student and teacher
In the age of disinforming misinformed preachers.
#poeticthoughts
#poeticclassroom

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Here’s to poetic justice
For every huckster and his hoax:

“Let the lamp affix it’s beam.
The only emperor is the emperor of ice cream.”
-Wallace Stevens

#poeticthoughts

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Here’s to marking out new trails and to the trailblazer who do!

I’ll forget the trail
I marked out on Mount Yoshino
last year,
go searching for blossoms
in directions I’ve never been before.”
-Saigyo

[Bill Buczinsky @BBuzzpoet]

Now that old statues are falling,
let’s imagine new monuments to come.

May I suggest a colorful one for Dr. Suess,
A sea of grass for Old Walt Whitman,
And a blooming garden full of butterflies for Emily Dickinson.

To our Poetic heritage this 4th of July!
#poeticthoughts

[Bill Buczinsky @BBuzzpoet]

The words of John Donne ring true through this pandemic.

“Each man's death diminishes me,
For I am involved in mankind.
Therefore, send not to know
For whom the bell tolls,
It tolls for thee.”

One for all and all.
Happy National Poetry Month!

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O frabjous day!
It’s Lewis Carroll’s birthday!

The time has come, the walrus said,
To talk of many things:
Of shoes and ships and sealing wax,
And whether pigs have wings.

In poetry you’ll hear the strangest things!
#LewisCarroll

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“My life has been the poem I would have writ,
But I could not both live and utter it.”
Henry David Thoreau

Here’s to living poetically- be the poem!
#poeticthoughts

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“Hang on to your youthful enthusiasms,
You’ll be able to use them better when you’re older.”
-Seneca
Here’s to our enthusiasms!
#poeticthoughts