I do love the photos you've been posting of Sirius. You would not believe that a black dog could express so much personality in a snapshot. He is just so joyful in all of them.
Have you come across the children's book Love That Dog, by Sharon Creech? Written in verse by a boy named Jack who is studying poetry with Miss Stretchberry, it takes us through William Carlos Williams and Robert Frost inexorably towards a Bad Thing that happens to Jack's dog Sky. Best introduction to poetry for Year 7 that I know, but also makes everyone weep, write acres of sad verse and bring in plasticine statues of their dead bunny rabbits.
So sad and yet so funny. That Catullus!
I do love the photos you've been posting of Sirius. You would not believe that a black dog could express so much personality in a snapshot. He is just so joyful in all of them.
Have you come across the children's book Love That Dog, by Sharon Creech? Written in verse by a boy named Jack who is studying poetry with Miss Stretchberry, it takes us through William Carlos Williams and Robert Frost inexorably towards a Bad Thing that happens to Jack's dog Sky. Best introduction to poetry for Year 7 that I know, but also makes everyone weep, write acres of sad verse and bring in plasticine statues of their dead bunny rabbits.
I haven’t - but thank you for the tip. I can imagine the emotion. Sounds excellent.
Beautifully said, and sad, Sam.
Thank you!