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Cattail [National Poetry Month]
Here’s today’s #wonderbreak. [Want to learn more or join in by sharing your own poems about joyful things using the #wonderbreak hashtag?] Happy Earth Day! Save
Award [Poetry Friday]
Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) This Poetry Month, I’m sharing a brief poem daily celebrating little sources of wonder and joy in my life. Here’s today’s #wonderbreak [Want to learn more or join in?]: Now that we’re past the halfway mark, the daily celebrations are becoming a little
3 Poems and an Icelandic Horse [15 Words or Less]
Hello, and welcome! This is 15 Words or Less Poems, a low-pressure way to wake up your poetry brain (guidelines here), and I’m very glad you’re here. However, because it’s National Poetry Month, I have a couple of other things to share, too:>) I’m Reading a Poem Out Loud First, Bookology (online children’s literature magazine)
My Scar [National Poetry Month]
Here’s today’s #wonderbreak. [Want to learn more or join in by sharing your own poems about joyful things using the #wonderbreak hashtag?] This was really meant to be a poem about the scar on my knee/leg and how I don’t mind it. It’s a reminder of how lucky I am to have good healthcare and
A Chair [National Poetry Month]
Here’s today’s #wonderbreak. [Want to learn more or join in by sharing your own poems about joyful things using the #wonderbreak hashtag?] Feeling grateful for being able to sit outside my home and feel peace. Save
Kitchen Canisters [National Poetry Month]
Here’s today’s #wonderbreak. [Want to learn more or join in by sharing your own poems about joyful things using the #wonderbreak hashtag?] It would have been my Mom and Dad’s anniversary a few days ago. Mostly, I think of Mom with a smile on her face and a smile on mine. She was one of
Running Water [National Poetry Month]
Happy Easter! Here’s today’s #wonderbreak. [Want to learn more or join in by sharing your own poems about joyful things using the #wonderbreak hashtag?] I was getting my sales figures last week for Water Can Be…, so that I could make my donation to WaterAid, and it reminded me again of the luxury I so
Clock [National Poetry Month]
Here’s today’s #wonderbreak. [Want to learn more or join in by sharing your own poems about joyful things using the #wonderbreak hashtag?] I guess I might be kind of morbid, as I think about death quite frequently. But mostly the thought of death is a reminder to me of how wonderful life is, and that
Reflections [Poetry Friday]
Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) For Poetry Month, I’m sharing a brief poem daily celebrating little sources of wonder and joy in my life. Here’s today’s #wonderbreak [Want to learn more or join in?]: There is a LOT of bad news in the world. All the time. Some of it
Icelandic Bicycle [15 Words or Less]
Hello, and welcome! This is 15 Words or Less Poems, a low-pressure way to wake up your poetry brain (guidelines here), and I’m very glad you’re here. Iceland got a huge snowfall just before we arrived, so we saw lots of things buried in snow. Mostly cars. This image makes me think of several things:
Library [National Poetry Month]
Here’s today’s #wonderbreak. [Want to learn more or join in by sharing your own poems about joyful things using the #wonderbreak hashtag?] I am at one of my two main libraries pretty much every day, returning and checking out books. Not to mention being online daily to put books on reserve, check out e‑books and
Bud on Tree [National Poetry Month]
Here’s today’s #wonderbreak. [Want to learn more or join in by sharing your own poems about joyful things using the #wonderbreak hashtag?] Little signs of life in Minnesota amid a largely brown/yellow landscape! Save Save
Snow [National Poetry Month]
Here’s today’s #wonderbreak. [Want to learn more or join in by sharing your own poems about joyful things using the #wonderbreak hashtag?] Saturday, it felt like early summer, with temps in the 70s and sun belting out its almost-summer song. Today it was damp and chilly, and tonight (Monday night), it’s snowing. Ah, Minnesota spring.
Railroad Tracks [National Poetry Month]
Here’s today’s #wonderbreak. [Want to learn more or join in by sharing your own poems about joyful things using the #wonderbreak hashtag?] I love railroad tracks, even though I’ve never been on trains, other than metro commuting trains or short scenic railroads. They always remind me of the wonderful freedom I have. If I
Garden Center [National Poetry Month]
Here’s today’s #wonderbreak. [Want to learn more or join in by sharing your own poems about joyful things using the #wonderbreak hashtag?] March in Minnesota does not look like a beautiful spring picture book. It is sometimes snowy, which is beautiful. But if warmish temps are here, then it’s brown and yellow and equal
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- National Poetry Month projects through the years
- Small Reads Roundups (poems grouped by topic)
- Introductions to several favorite poetry forms