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  1. Lori Liguori
    January 4, 2017 @ 06:17

    Bravo, Tim! Happy New Year!

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    • Tim Flanagan
      January 10, 2017 @ 08:40

      Thanks, Lori!

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  2. anne
    January 4, 2017 @ 08:08

    Wow TIM you really amaze me! I have been trying to catch up on your blog and all the poems the students have written I hope to leave some comments this weekend they really did an outstanding job on their poems to this day I can’t write a poem. I don’t know if you know this but in grade school I had a speech teacher she reminded me of the old lady in the Tweety Bird cartoons she would have me read the seashells rhyme all the time as she would fall asleep I think this compounded my lack of confidence in language. Take care! Love Anne

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    • Tim Flanagan
      January 10, 2017 @ 08:42

      Maybe I’ll give a class at one of your horseshoe parties when I return!

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  3. Paula Agins
    January 4, 2017 @ 08:18

    Um, I would have a hard time with this! Hats off to you 🙂

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    • Tim Flanagan
      January 10, 2017 @ 08:43

      I saw a speaker just rattle off lines spontaneously in luc bat form. I don’t know how they do it.

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  4. Susanne Murphy
    January 4, 2017 @ 12:34

    Always impressive: cheers for Tim!

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    • Tim Flanagan
      January 10, 2017 @ 08:43

      Thank you, Susanne!

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  5. Marina
    January 4, 2017 @ 22:21

    Wow, interesting, complex and Tim – very impressive!

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    • Tim Flanagan
      January 10, 2017 @ 08:44

      Thanks, Marina. Hope you’re settling in well back at home.

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  6. LInda A Wight
    January 5, 2017 @ 16:52

    Boggles my mind! I think I would enjoy the story, “The tale of Kieu”. I like the poem and see how hard it would be to get the tone just right – what a fascinating type of poetry. Keep studying Tim.

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    • Tim Flanagan
      January 10, 2017 @ 08:44

      Thanks, Linda. It is an interesting story. The more I hear, the more I like.

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  7. Diane Weisman
    January 6, 2017 @ 19:12

    So much effort to meet all the criteria for this type of poem, and without the tonality. I enjoyed your poem, sorry it gave you a headache. Happy New Year Tim, stay safe.
    Diane

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    • Tim Flanagan
      January 10, 2017 @ 08:45

      Happy New Year, Diane!

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  8. Deidre Toole
    January 10, 2017 @ 17:15

    This is amazing and seems like math and poetry combined. Not my cup of tea, but I could see some students LOVING it! Hope all is well for you and that 2017 is bringing you many more exciting adventures. Your students are going to be so lucky to have you when you return!!!

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    • Tim Flanagan
      January 14, 2017 @ 06:35

      🙂

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