Fin Pals ask Norman: Where Do You Live?
Norman T. Goldfish answers letters from readers. Click on the link to read his reply.
Say Kids: Isn’t it funny how humans like fish tricks, such as swimming & doing flips, and fish like human tricks, such as writing & drawing? We are all different and kind of the same, too, aren’t we?
Zariah wants to know where Norman lives. But where is that? I’ll give you a hint: It has sea weed and rocks, just like in Zariah’s drawing.
Ready to read Norman’s answer? Scroll down . . .
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To learn more check out this Goldfish Care Guide by Aqueaon.
Do you have a question for Norman the Goldfish—about friends, school, pets, family, life in and outside the fishbowl? Send him a letter!
Poetry Challenge #217-I'll Be True As Long As . . .
Getting forgetful? I am. So I’m keeping this short and sweet in hopes it will help us remember for that’s what today, National Forget Me Not Day (Nov 10th) is all about: Not Forgetting.
The Alpine Forget Me Not is the Alaskan state flower, chosen in 1917 for it’s “true blue” color. That term “true blue” originally comes from the indigo-dyed cloth made in Coventry, England in the Middle Ages, reported not to fade, but rather to keep its “true” color no matter how many times it was washed. And from that beginning, the term came to mean people who are “always the same and like themselves”—true blue.
Poetry Challenge #217
I’ll be True as Long as You . . .
Go back, back, far as you can remember to one true-blue friend from your past. Or that someone to whom you have been a true-blue friend. Using a truly blue pen, pencil, or crayon, write that person’s name vertically down the center of a paper.
Write an acrostic poem about that true-blue person, a true-blue moment, or qualities that make them true-blue. As you write, fill in the lines on either side of the letters, so when the poem is finished, that person’s name with remain steadfastly in the middle.
Set Your Timer for 7 Minutes
Start Writing!
Don’t Think About it, just do it!
Cindy Faughnan and I began this 7-Minute Poetry Challenge 2000+ days ago. Now we take turns creating prompts to share with you. Our hope is that creatives—children & adults—will use our prompts as springboards to word play time. If you join us in the Challenge, let us know by posting the title, a note, or if you want, the whole poem in the comments.
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Fin Pals ask Norman: How Can You Draw?
Norman T. Goldfish answers letters from readers. Click on the link to read his reply.
Say Kids: Zechariah drew a fun picture, and asked some good questions didn’t he?
Ready to read Norman’s answer? Scroll down . . .
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Noah Z. Jones draws all the art for NOT NORMAN and NORMAN ONE AMAZING GOLDFISH and do you know how? On the computer! To learn more about Noah and how he created Norman, click over to Norman T. Goldfish’s interview with Noah: “About that Sweatband.”
Do you have a question for Norman the Goldfish—about friends, school, pets, family, life in and outside the fishbowl? Send him a letter!
Poetry Challenge #216-Hold the Pickles
Sandwiches are easy take-along foods and can be customized to any person’s liking. Dress them up with lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, onions. Add condiments like mayo, mustard, pesto. Use your favorite cheese: cheddar, American, Swiss, provolone, muenster. And bread: white, wheat, rye, pumpernickel, sub roll. And just before you take that first bite, raise your sandwich high and cheer: “Here’s to the Earl of Sandwich!” because legend has it, we have John Montagu, 4th of Earl Sandwich to thank for the name because Montagu, known to be a rake and gambler, in 1762 once spent 24 hours at a gaming table and all he ate the whole time was meat stuff held in place with slices of bread to keep his fingers and the cards clean. Happy National Sandwich Day (Nov 3)!
Poetry Challenge #216
Hold the Pickles
Today, write a take-along poem. Each stanza will be 3 lines long.
The first and third are the bread and should be 8 words/syllables long.
The middle line is the filling and should be 5 words/syllables.
If you center your poem, it should look like a sandwich!
Make it a picnic and write 3 or more stanzas!
Set Your Timer for 7 Minutes
Start Writing!
Don’t Think About it, just do it!
Hungry for more? Watch the short comedy by Daniel Inglese & Joe Coen
Cindy Faughnan and I began this 7-Minute Poetry Challenge 1990+ days ago. Now we take turns creating prompts to share with you. Our hope is that creatives—children & adults—will use our prompts as springboards to word play time. If you join us in the Challenge, let us know by posting the title, a note, or if you want, the whole poem in the comments.
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All who subscribe, comment or share a poem will be entered in . . .
Poetry Challenge #215-Meow! Scat! Hiss!
Meow! Scat! Hiss!
Don’t let a black cat cross your path. But to avoid one you’ve got to see it coming, so beware, it’s Black Cat Day! Or maybe hurrah!
In some parts of the world, Scotland, England, parts of Asia, black cats are welcomed. A white hair resting on a black cat is a portent of good luck. In Scotland, a black cat on your porch is a sign of imminent prosperity for the owner, according to a Scottish tradition and a black cat walking in your direction is also thought to bring good fortune. In my house, a black cat means sneezes and wheezes. . . great for tissue sales.
How did black cats get a bad rap? (Say that 5 times quickly.) Here’s a timeline from NationalToday.com
Poetry Challenge #215
Meow! Scat! Hiss! . . . Hello!
Whether fearsome or harbinger of fortune, imagine yourself a black cat.
Write a Monostitch poem from the point-of-view of your black cat. But…DO NOT USE the words “black” or “cat” in your poem.
A monostich is a one-line poem that expresses a complete thought. Often the title of a monostitch works with the text to “create a poem in the space between.” (Thanks Writer’s Digest for this and more.)
Set Your Timer for 7 Minutes
Start Writing!
Don’t Think About it, just do it! MEOW!
Cindy Faughnan and I began this 7-Minute Poetry Challenge more than 2000 days ago. Now we take turns creating prompts to share with you. Our hope is that creatives—children & adults—will use our prompts as springboards to word play time. If you join us in the Challenge, let us know by posting the title, a note, or if you want, the whole poem in the comments.
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Fin Pals ask Norman "Do You Like Sushi?"
Norman T. Goldfish answers letters from readers. Click on the link to read his reply.
Wow! That’s a lot of questions for one letter! Love it! Mileah wants to know if Norman likes Sushi? Do you think he even knows what it is? Do you?
Ready to read Norman’s answer? Scroll down . . .
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Did you know that the first sushi —tiny strips of fish or vegetables wrapped in rice and rolled in dried seaweed paper—was made in Japan, over two thousand years ago? Here’s a link to more about sushi. And…look at the adorable sushi puppy we found. YUM!
Cute enough to eat? Here’s the recipe.
Do you have a question for Norman the Goldfish—about friends, school, pets, family, life in and outside the fishbowl? Send him a letter!
Poetry Challenge #214-LIving the YES!
Happy Youth Confidence Day!
Are you sure?
Poetry Challenge #214
Living the YES!
What does it mean to be confident?
Write an acrostic poem with a recipe for being or becoming confident.
Use the word Confidence or Confident and put one letter on each line going down.
Use that letter to start the word for each line.
Set Your Timer for 7 Minutes
Start Writing!
Don’t Think About it . . .
You can do this! You’re amazing!
A bunch of confidant kids—living the YES!
Cindy Faughnan and I began this 7-Minute Poetry Challenge 2000 days ago! (Yep two thousand 0-0-0H!) Now we take turns creating prompts to share with you. Our hope is that creatives—children & adults—will use our prompts as springboards to word play time. If you join us in the Challenge, let us know by posting the title, a note, or if you want, the whole poem in the comments.
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All who subscribe, comment or share a poem will be entered in . . .
Finpal Asks Norman: Is Your Fishbowl Fun?
Hey Kids! In his new adventure Norman One Amazing Goldfish, Norman’s got a brand new aquarium. Does it look like fun?
Here’s a scene from the book showing Norman in his fish tank.
Imagine you are a finny goldfish. What would you do for fun?
Scroll down to see what Norman wrote back to Tanner:
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