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[chelidon]

Oh, wow. Many thanks to cerr for this one: British Library Online Gallery

*all* of them are amazing... Oh, the hours sure to be wasted, nay...well-spent!

And tonight. while reading my boy a chapter from Peter And The Starcatchers (a "prequel" to Peter Pan), I was reflecting on the fact that he passed a milestone today. The phone rang, my partner answered, one of his classmates (the classically-named, and somewhat trouble-making "Apollo") asked for my boy, and after he took the phone, set up a play-date with him. This is a first, a direct call between our son and a friend to set up a get-together, no parents instigating or involved. We discussed afterwards with him the need in the future to have both sets of parents involved for any such rendezvous, but y'know, this is just the beginning. It won't be long before I start hearing, "oh, Dad, not now, gotta go, I want to go play with my friends." And Dad's storytelling and songs every night before bedtime won't be such a special time, and instead of. "oh, please, just one more chapter"? eventually, it'll be "aw, Dad, I have to stay up and do homework, I don't have time for stories."

So I'm holding every moment precious, because sure it is, each moment only comes the once, and then (*poof*) it's gone.

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[christeos-pir.livejournal.com]

Better hide those tractor keys.

[chelidon.livejournal.com]

lol. My housemates were speculating on that at length during dinner until I started to hyperventilate. Actually, the sooner he's checked-out on the tractor, the sooner he can start doing the plowing and such ;>

Very welcome!

[cerr.livejournal.com]

Absolutely my pleasure to share happy addictions.....wait till you see the poetry site NPR sent me to where you can hear WB Yeats read "Isle of Innisfree"

Bliss!

Have fun!

Re: Very welcome!

[chelidon.livejournal.com]

Oh... ::swoon::

Just one of my most favorite poets ever reading one of his best. Yum!

Re: Very welcome!

[cerr.livejournal.com]

The best part of it is that he talks about it a bit at first - says that this is the poem he's reading because it's his best known and no-one would know his other works (oh how very wrong he is! His unabridged works are brilliant for Biblio/Libromancy! OK and reading LOL) then he reads - no - he shows what a Bard truly is. It's magnificent. I'll find the link again and will post it again......if nothing else, I MUST hear him read again!!!

WB Yeats, Kipling, Browning, MANY others......

[cerr.livejournal.com]

http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/home.do


Enjoy!

Consider it an anniversary gift to you and your love!

Re: WB Yeats, Kipling, Browning, MANY others......

[chelidon.livejournal.com]

Oh. yum. Thank you *very* much!

Re: WB Yeats, Kipling, Browning, MANY others......

[cerr.livejournal.com]

My pleasure - and if your son loves poetry too, might try "Poetry Speaks to Children" - brilliant book, FILLED with amazing works, it comes with a CD that also has poets such as Rob't Frost and others reading their works - and my favorite: Basil Rathbone reading Poe - my kids love it!

Re: WB Yeats, Kipling, Browning, MANY others......

[eeedge.livejournal.com]

I need to check that one out. I don't really like poetry, but my daughter LOVES it.

Re: WB Yeats, Kipling, Browning, MANY others......

[cerr.livejournal.com]

I sent it to a dear friend for Yule this year, then got it for my own kids - and it's now my favorite CD LOL I've already got the Shel Silverstein "Where the Sidewalk Ends" on CD for them so they can hear him weave his magic by voice as well as by word - it's pretty fantastic stuff......enjoy!