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Poetry Friday and Poem-a-Day: #20
sun climbs all morning perches at sky-top: burns, sweats– declines rest of day –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved Happy Poetry Friday! Two pieces of news: 1) I’m on Your Daily Poem today! Do you know YourDailyPoem.com? I love it, and I was so thrilled when they took my poem “Unwrapped.”? 2) Mentors for Rent
15 Words or Less and Poem-a-Day: #19
Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)! Photo by Paolo Costa Baldi. License: GFDL/CC-BY-SA 3.0 I love this panoramic view of the Colosseum. It makes me think of: 1.?Gladiators, of course 2. Lions 3. The lens of a microscope Here’s my poem first draft, in haiku to adhere to my
Poem-a-Day: #18 (Plus Poem in Your Pocket and a BookSpeak Giveaway)
on riser’s top row first-grader flashes?white smile sun lights up the gym –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved —————————————————- That one is for my beautiful niece, Lily, whose first-grade music show last night was fantastic! Poem in Your Pocket Day is next Thursday, April 26. What poem will you be carrying around? You have a
Poem-a-Day: #17
honeysuckle buckles, tucks green shoots and?fuschia buds? through warm, weathered fence –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved —————————————————- I’m visiting Irene Latham’s blog today (she of the progressive poem brilliance) and talking about metaphor in poetry, in 2 of my BookSpeak! poems in particular. I hope you’ll stop by and check it out!
Poem-a-Day: #1 6 and Nonfiction Monday: What We Wear (Maya Ajmera)
pink, red, blue daisies dance and sway to draw your eyes– dying for drama –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved Plants in their natural state are always gorgeous, but I do love the totally fake and cheerful colors of dyed daisies! So, that’s where I got my haiku from today. ————————————————————————————— Photos of joyous kids
Poem-a-Day: #15
atop your shoulders, taller than I hoped to be, I see other worlds –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved —————————————————- Cue sappy poem music. But BookSpeak! won the Minnesota Book Award (Children’s Literature category) last night, and I’m in a floaty/sappy mood today! And in that banquet hall full of writers and readers and booksellers
Poem-a-Day: #14 and a BookSpeak! Award
crumpled index cards abandoned confetti scraps after the awards –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved —————————————————- I’m jotting a couple of notes on an index card for the Minnesota Book Awards banquet. I don’t expect BookSpeak! to win, but when Stampede was a Finalist, I panicked when they started the announcements, because I had been
Poetry Friday and Poem-a-Day: #13
crab dances on beach tickling sandy ivories ???? playing summer’s song –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved Happy Poetry Friday! This haiku was inspired by a crab running across the beach on Survivor this week. Those tiny pointy legs that run so lightly across the sand always surprise me (as much as those periscope eyes
Poem-a-Day: #11 and Bank Street’s Best Books of 2012
(for J.P.) Her hand winds through air. Her mind stretches toward sun– Reaching for meaning. –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ?—————————————————- Great news! BookSpeak! Poems About Books is on the Bank Street’s Best Books of 2012, Ages Five to Nine. Woohoo! At least, that’s what I’ve been told. I can’t get the pdfs to
Poem-a-Day: #10
Crisp brown stalks project, Tall tombstones?among new green– Daylily graveyard –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ?
Poem-a-Day: #9 and (Gulp) a Poem Video
Beagle’s Easter treat: forbidden Gobstoppers. Dread resurrection. –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ———————————————————— One of my goals for 2012 was to put some videos online. Videos of me reading poems.?A few clips from school visits or public events. Bits with me and Lisa Bullard answering some writers’ questions on behalf of Mentors for Rent.
Poem-a-Day: #8
storm rises from ground… sand dispenses dust to sky… clouds tan leather sun –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ———————————————————— I almost wrote today’s haiku about our beagle getting into the Easter candy, but then I read this great interview with David Harrison about his?new collection, Cowboys. It’s at Sylvia Vardell’s website, and just reading
Poem-a-Day: #7
new pen ink rushes like snowmelt from spring mountains– quenching winter’s dry throat –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved
Poetry Friday and Poem-a-Day: #6
she waves her red stick– goalie in matador pads– welcomes charging bull –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved Happy Poetry Friday! My daughter Maddie had lacrosse tryouts recently, and she’s going to be goalie for the varsity team. Yikes. It’s nerve-wracking watching her defend the goal–but she loves it. Robyn Hood Black at Read, Write,
15 Words or Less and Poem-a-Day: #5
I interrupt this regularly scheduled 15 Words or Less post to direct you to David Harrison’s blog, where he is featuring BookSpeak today–thank you, David! Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)! Sorry for the delay, you earlybirds–computer issues this morning! Photo: Dietrich Krieger I think horses are just about
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