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Poetry Friday: A Crown Sonnet
I am so proud to be part of the crown sonnet project called Cutting a Swath, which a group of us are publishing on our blogs today! You can read all about the project at Liz in Ink, where Liz Garton Scanlon has the entire crown sonnet posted as well as links to each poet’s post
Flashy, Clashy, and Oh-So Splashy: Poems About Color
Last week, I received the author copies to the last book out of my set of 6 Capstone poetry books! I think this was the third book I wrote in the series, and it presented a little bit of a special challenge. Because the theme of the book was color, I wasn’t quite sure whether
Miss Rumphius’ poetry stretch: Metaphor Poem
This week, Miss Rumphius challenged us to a metaphor poem. Last time I participated, I wrote a roundel about dreams. This morning, as I lay in bed at 4:30 trying to fall back asleep (I’ve been waking up early–even earlier than my usual 5:30 time—lately), metaphors for dreams started to float through my head. So I
Do Buses Eat Kids? Poems About School
Here’s the next book in my series of 6 Capstone poetry books. I wrote this collection after And Then There Were Eight: Poems About Space. I had requested this theme of school poems to be kind of near the end of the set of six because I had a feeling it might be kind
Seed Sower, Hat Thrower: Poems About Weather
Here’s the next book in my series of 6 Capstone poetry books. After the fall poems, I headed into the weather batch of photos. This group was full of more stunning images. I was so glad I got to start with two subjects–autumn and weather–that really appealed to me. I love pictures of nature,
Shrinking Days, Frosty Nights: Poems about Fall
I’m continuing on here with chatting about each of my 6 Capstone poetry books. Today, I wanted to share a little bit about Shrinking Days, Frosty Nights, the very first book I wrote for this series. I chose this topic, out of the six topics, as my first manuscript to work on because I absolutely love
Poetry Friday: Tiny Dreams, Sprouting Tall: Poems about the United States
Last night, the friendly UPS man brought 2 heavy boxes to my door, and they were the author copies of 4 more of my 6 Capstone poetry books. Woop! Woop! I now have copies of all of them except Flashy, Clashy, and Oh-So Splashy. So, as promised (or threatened!), I’ll be sharing a little of my
And Then There Were Eight: Poems About Space
I wanted to blog just a little bit about each of my Capstone poetry books as I get my author copies. Each had its own joys and challenges (some more so than others!). I shared my basic process in an earlier post. Here are a few tidbits just about this title. Then There Were
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- National Poetry Month projects through the years
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- Introductions to several favorite poetry forms