Limerick Alley: Renée LaTulippe

                                                                         Photo: Mike Licht

Well, hello there!  

And welcome to the new (albeit temporary) face of Limerick Alley.  Are you feeling lucky?  By all accounts you should, because Renée LaTulippe is here today and she's brought a wee ditty that's nothing if not grand!

Those of us who frequent Poetry Friday already know what a treasure Renée is.  I can't say enough about her devotion to her craft and her generous support of the children's poetry community.  Renée's website and blog, No Water River, should be on everybody's list of go-to sites for children's poetry.  There, she offers extensive resources and an unrivaled poetry video library.  Her current video series, "Spotlight on NCTE Poets," features video interviews with Lee Bennett Hopkins to help preserve his personal memories of each of the outstanding NCTE award-winning poets since 1977.  Talk about a pot of gold!  You can find her latest episode, highlighting the life's work of Eve Merriam, here.

As I've gotten to know Renée over the past several months, we've discovered that we have more than a little in common-- our connection with theater, our love of performing poetry (have you checked out her 5 Tips for Poetry Performance that I mentioned last Friday?), our ambitious to-do lists and tendency toward perfectionism, our soprano singing voices, our dust allergies, and even our taste in international husbands.  Oh, and yes, to be sure, our love of silly rhyme.  So without further ado, let's talk potatoes, shall we?

                    POTATO HEAD’S LAMENT 

                    My features are carefully placed

                    to suit my impeccable taste—

                    until a young niece

                    is seized by caprice

                    and I am thus rudely defaced.

 

                    © 2014 Renée M. LaTulippe.  All rights reserved.

What the...?

You've left me speechless!

Guess we'll have to keep our eyes on you, 
Ms. Renée LaTulippe!

Seriously, though, thank you, Renée, for bringing your spudtastic sense of humor to Limerick Alley!

This spud's for you.

If you would like to join in the fun and have a limerick featured here in the future, please contact me at Michelle (at) MichelleHBarnes (dot) com, or by commenting below.