Trails through forests
and footsteps on needles
Bright colored foliage and
ladybird beetles
Small, black chickadees
ready to sing
These are a few of my favorite things.
Blank empty notebooks
and bright colored inkjoys,
Stickers and pencils and
writing with no noise
Capturing words from my mind as they spring,
These are a few of my favorite things.
Friends in fall jackets
by bonfire flames
Family that plays many
nightly board games
Meetings at Book Club,
Many Girls’ Night Out flings,
These are a few of my favorite things.
When the tech breaks,
When the stress builds,
When I’m feeling sad
I simply remember my favorite things
and then I don’t feel so bad.
So I was in my Time to Write Workshop, when a writer mentioned “favorite things”. Well, as soon as that was said, the song from the Sound of Music popped into my head- “My Favorite Things”. I could picture Julie Andrews with the children gathered around her offering comfort during the thunderstorm. My head starting popping to the beat as the melody ran through my mind. So, I decided to go with it and try to fit my favorite things into the rhythm of the song. It was fun word play to get it to fit as closely as I could.
I would love to know some of your favorite things, if you would like to leave them in the comments.
Doodads and Doodles 
11 responses to “A Few of My Favorite Things”
Sound of Music is one of my favourite movies 🙂
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Some of my favourite things is reading a clever and creative Slice, such as yours! I love the flow, rhythm and movement in the text – I silently hummed along to the tune. I also enjoy how you highlighted each stanza in a different colour. It made for easy reading the colours added joy.
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Thank you. It was fun to write!
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I found you! I used this song/poem from Sound of Music when I talked to students about creating list poems. Yours is lovely! You put a lot of effort into this post with rhyme and colors. Loved “Capturing words from my mind as they spring” and so much more! So very glad I visited today!
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Thank you!
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I loved your poem, and I love this song. I am with you on “blank empty notebooks” and would add writing with friends on Zoom.
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Oh my gosh I love this! I love that I can sing it to the tune of the song as well. One of my favorite things to do as a kid was to “remix” songs with new lyrics. This was awesome!
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Thanks… it was so much fun to write.
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This is brilliant, and I was singing my way through the entire thing.
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This was a fun read! You did a great job making it fit!
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Such a lovely poem that describes so many of your favourite things. I have so many, these are just a few; cat’s whiskers, baby chatter, aussie parrots, galloping horses, art galleries, fruit orchards….
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