Hi, teachers! I’m gathering all my 15 Words or Less Poems posts here, because a lot of you like to use these photo prompts to get your students writing. I love that! Although 15 Words or Less Poems is on a hiatus, here are the 15 Words or Less Poems guidelines I give for teachers and writers—or, of course, use them in your classroom however you like! Below, you’ll find all my 15 Words or Less posts. Even though Comments are closed after 2 weeks, feel free to go back and use those photos as poem starters in your classroom. If you have any questions, please ask! Thanks.
December 26, 2019 Hello, and welcome to the final 15 Words or Less Poems day (for now, anyway!) (guidelines here). I’m glad you’re here now, and I’m glad you’ve been here. I’ve been posting these photos and inviting you to write poems to them for many years now! ... December 19, 2019 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. I am also so grateful for all your support as I announced the hiatus of 15 Words or ... December 12, 2019 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.
I wanted to let you know that 15 Words or Less will be going on hiatus for a ... December 5, 2019 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.
I am rather butterfinger-y sometimes.
This image makes me think of several things:
omelettes, natch
house fire
sunrise
And here’s my first draft. ... November 28, 2019 Happy Thanksgiving! 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.
Happy Thanksgiving to all of you who celebrate this U.S. holiday. I firmly believe it’s always time to be ... November 21, 2019 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.
Hello from NCTE! I’m in Baltimore right now spreading book and poetry love and connecting with wonderful writer ... November 14, 2019 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.
Well, friends, I’m back home briefly! Next week, I’ll be at NCTE, and the week after is Thanksgiving. ... November 7, 2019 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.
I’m out of town once again this week. Lord. Next week, I will be back to usual. I ... October 31, 2019 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.
I’m back from my magnificent week on the Great Lakes! What an adventure–you will start seeing photos here ... October 24, 2019 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.
You guys, I am away from my office doing some exciting research. Check out my Twitter, Facebook, or ... October 17, 2019 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.
This image makes me think of several things:
Raspberry Beret, by Prince
picking berries in the Smoky Mountains on vacation ... October 10, 2019 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.
This pink underwing moth (I think?) lay dead on our front porch a couple of weeks ago :>(
This ... October 3, 2019 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.
I love that even in a townhome very near a city’s downtown, I can look out my window ... September 26, 2019 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.
I love board games, and there’s a dice game we play with family (can’t remember the name of ... September 19, 2019 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.
At the amusement park in August, I took this pic of a bubbler in a pond. This image ... September 12, 2019 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.
Isn’t t this close up of a seed pod lovely?
This image makes me think of several things:
Butterfly wings
Old, ... September 5, 2019 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.
Summer’s over, folks! What a whirlwind mine was, and you’ll probably learn more about it from the photos ... August 29, 2019 NOTE: Some readers are commenting and not seeing their own comments show up, even though they are showing up for me and others! I don’t know what’s causing this and am hopeful the WordPress or other platform gods will figure out how to solve the ... August 22, 2019 NOTE: Some readers are commenting and not seeing their own comments show up, even though they are showing up for me and others! I don’t know what’s causing this and am hopeful the WordPress or other platform gods will figure out how to solve the ... August 15, 2019 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.
We live near our state capitol building, and the other day as we were driving somewhere, I saw ... August 8, 2019 NOTE: Some readers are commenting and not seeing their own comments show up, even though they are showing up for me and others! I don’t know what’s causing this and am hopeful the Wordpress or other platform gods will figure out how to solve the ... August 1, 2019 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.
Hello, poets of all kinds! It’s a rare unfiltered photo this week! But…still a mall one.
This image makes ... July 25, 2019 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.
On my way to a drum corps show a couple of weeks ago, we passed by this interesting ... July 18, 2019 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.
Randy and I often walk to a small park nearby and play Scrabble. The other night, I looked ... July 11, 2019 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.
Last week was my dad’s birthday, the anniversary of my mom’s death, a medical emergency for my dad, ... July 4, 2019 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, especially on a holiday like today! Happy 4th of July!
This image makes me think of several things:
canyoning in ... June 27, 2019 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.
This image makes me think of several things:
those displays of shoes/boots to represent people (soldiers often, but not ... June 20, 2019 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.
I love public art. When I walk through a building or a square and there are interesting and ... June 13, 2019 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.
It’s another mall photo. Seriously, you know I’m not getting out enough when several weeks of pictures in ... June 6, 2019 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. I have missed you guys a lot on all these various weeks I haven’t been home to comment!
Can ... May 30, 2019 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.
Prince’s death was a HUGE deal here in Minneapolis, and while walking around the mall before my WW ... May 23, 2019 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.
Thank you all for your poems and kind words last week. Though I was teaching (more about my ... May 16, 2019 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.
I am on the third and final day of a poetry residency with 4th- and 5th-graders today, so ... May 9, 2019 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.
Here’s another piece from the art crawl at the mall:>) This image makes me think of several things:
coasters ... May 2, 2019 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.
When I went to my WW meeting a couple of weeks ago, there was an art display throughout ... April 25, 2019 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.
The Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC is so haunting. This image makes me think of several ... April 18, 2019 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.
My regulars, I’ve missed you the past two weeks! I was on a weeklong school visit one week, ... April 11, 2019 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.
I actually don’t know where I took this photo, but it was in January, and it made me ... April 4, 2019 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.
I’ve been to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in DC several times, and I’m moved by it every time. ... March 28, 2019 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.
Here’s a space module in the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.
This image makes me think ... March 21, 2019 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.
While in DC, Randy and I admired these gorgeous bas relief (maybe?) sculptures for the various branches of ... March 14, 2019 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.
You know I can’t resist a beautiful cookie, and while in DC I got this sparkling, lovely, iced ... March 7, 2019 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.
I love the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History! I only had a couple of hours in it on ... February 28, 2019 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.
I adore real trees, but I am drawn to sculptures of trees, too, like this metal one on ... February 21, 2019 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.
This moose topiary/sculpture charmed me at the Botanical Garden in DC.
This image makes me think of several things:
Necco ... February 14, 2019 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. Even though I’m not! I’m at a family wedding in Atlanta and won’t be able to reply today! ... February 7, 2019 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.
Here’s an itty-bitty birdie I spied while walking around the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History.
This image makes me ... January 31, 2019 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.
Here’s another photo from my wanderings of the Smithsonian Gardens. This image makes me think of several things:
a ... January 24, 2019 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.
In Washington, I spent a lot of time wandering the Smithsonian Gardens. This image makes me think of ... January 17, 2019 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.
This is a sculpture from a museum in Washington DC. I believe (but am not certain) it was ... January 10, 2019 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.
Here’s a photo taken from our plane as we sat on a snowy runway in late November.
This image ... January 3, 2019 Happy New Year!
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.
I love a good storm, but I did not get to experience this one. It’s just ... December 27, 2018 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.
Thanks for making time to join our community during what is a very busy holiday week for many!
One ... December 20, 2018 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.
One brisk morning at NCTE in Houston, I was walking to the convention center when I saw that this big ... December 13, 2018 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.
Here are some pinwheels that “grow” in a lovely garden near the Houston Convention Center.
This image makes me ... December 6, 2018 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.
This past few weeks have been full of highs and lows. I would prefer more highs and fewer ... November 29, 2018 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.
I hope you all had a beautiful Thanksgiving weekend. Ours was lovely, and fun, and busy. We celebrated ... November 22, 2018 Happy Thanksgiving, 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.
Our younger daughter lives overseas doing volunteer work. She lives on practically nothing and works to make ... November 15, 2018 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.
Randy and I went on a wonderful tour of the Minnesota State Capitol building (a couple of blocks ... November 8, 2018 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.
There’s a state office building near our place that has number sculptures out front. Many are on their side ... November 1, 2018 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.
I’m not a car person, but I saw this cutie parked in our neighborhood recently.
This image makes me ... October 25, 2018 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. If you tried to visit last week, or did visit in the brief window that the post was ... October 11, 2018 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.
This is a close-up of a dragonfly on one of the herons in La Crosse, WI.
This image makes ... October 4, 2018 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.
I took this pic over the summer when Randy and I were getting new glasses. The optometrist was ... September 27, 2018 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.
Okay, I try not to be too repetitive with images, but everyone had such fun with the chalk ... September 20, 2018 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.
Here’s Randy in front of a dome near our old home. It’s used to create a wind tunnel ... September 13, 2018 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.
We went to the Maple Grove Chalk Art Festival again this summer, and we were amazed as usual. ... September 6, 2018 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. Happy first week of school for all your northern teachers!
While visiting my older daughter in La Crosse, WI, ... August 30, 2018 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.
Okay, one last (this one a rare unfiltered one) photo from Cyprus. On our first full day there, ... August 23, 2018 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.
Here’s another pic from our trip to Cyprus. Larnaca has a couple of salt lakes. They’re near the ... August 16, 2018 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.
Another pic from our trip to Cyprus. This is from some kind of sculpture or monument, and I ... August 9, 2018 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.
This is another pic from our Cyprus trip. Here’s a fountain by the ocean in Larnaca, in the ... August 2, 2018 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.
Here’s another photo from our trip to Cyprus. This lovely gent lives at the same camel park as ... July 26, 2018 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.
Before today’s challenge, I want to share some lovely news from Elaine Magliaro (author of the glorious picture ... July 19, 2018 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.
While in Cyprus, we went to a camel park–and rode camels! I loved this handsome fellow.
This image makes ... July 12, 2018 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.
I really have a thing for airport art. Here’s a close-up of a piece of a mosaic:
This image ... July 5, 2018 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.
Here in the United States, we celebrated our independence and freedom yesterday. (Hope you had a fun holiday!) ... June 28, 2018 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.
I love boats and water and bridges. I took this pic while we were on our Thames Rocket ... June 21, 2018 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.
In the flat we stayed in in London (Canary Wharf area) for a few days, we could feed ... June 14, 2018 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.
Here’s a picture of the London Eye Ferris Wheel. I took it from my seat on a Thames ... June 7, 2018 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.
We arrived in London very late at night, took the tube, and then walked to our flat in ... May 31, 2018 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.
This lovely lady was along the Blackwater Basin near the flat we stayed in in Canary Wharf in ... May 24, 2018 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.
One thing we did while visiting our daughter in Cyprus was to to a few different beaches. The ... May 17, 2018 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.
I feel so lucky to have visited a couple of non-English-speaking countries. It really opens my perspective. ... May 10, 2018 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. Thank you for being such an active and kind community while I was out of town–out of the ... May 3, 2018 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.
I’m still off the grid, so once again, I will not be able to comment. I’m hoping ... April 26, 2018 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.
I’m largely off the grid this week and next, so I won’t be able to comment on ... April 19, 2018 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.
My older daughter Annabelle is moving to Wisconsin. I am going to miss her funny, loud, energetic, ... April 12, 2018 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.
Sometimes I think I have more accidental images on my phone than I do intentional ones!
This ... April 5, 2018 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.
Here’s a photo from last summer:
I like roller coasters, but not things like this. So I ... March 29, 2018 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.
I hope you’re not offended that I’m still using snow-related photo prompts, but you know March and ... March 22, 2018 Madness Poetry is down to just four matchups! My matchup with J.J. Close, who does very clever wordplay, goes live at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time here. I hope you’ll visit and vote for your favorite on all four pairs of poems. Thanks to those of ... March 15, 2018 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.
Here’s Voldetort the turtle, whom we were caring for for a month or so until we could give ... March 8, 2018 Howdy, folks! I’m taking part in Ed Decaria’s Madness Poetry this year, and today is the last day for voting in Round 1. I’m pitted against Lissa Clouser, and we both had to write poems using the word “coordinates.” Lissa’s poem is lovely, and we ... March 1, 2018 Hello, and welcome!
It’s March 1, the book birthday for my new picture book, Meet My Family! It’s all about families, animals, and diversity. Of course, that’s super exciting for me, but I know NOTHING gets in the way of 15 Words or Less :>) ... February 22, 2018 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.
Last week’s photo, if you’re curious, was a filtered close-up shot of some bath salts my daughter ... February 15, 2018 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.
I’m not going to tell you what this one is. It’s whatever you make of it!
This ... February 8, 2018 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. Would you like to suggest a word for one of my poems? I’ve had fun with “winter,” “cymbal,” ... February 1, 2018 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.
Thank you for your poems last week! In case you’re wondering, that was a filtered picture of ... January 25, 2018 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.
This image (which I’m not going to identify right now) makes me think of several things:
an avalanche
Santa’s ... January 18, 2018 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.
I got so many beautiful holiday cards this year, and one of my favorites was from Poetry ... January 11, 2018 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.
Last week’s image was a close-up of the pompoms I use whenever we watch Dolphins games:>) This ... January 4, 2018 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.
Thank you, everyone who sent such nice thoughts of the death of our dog, Jackie. It’s been ... December 28, 2017 Hello, and welcome to the final 15 Words or Less Poems of the year! This is a low-pressure way to wake up your poetry brain (guidelines here), and I’m very glad you’re here.
Walking to the mailbox with Jack is always an adventure. Trying ... December 21, 2017 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.
So, the picture I posted last week was a filtered image (as usual) of some frosted glass ... December 14, 2017 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.
I took this pic in an airport a couple of weeks ago. Want to take a guess? ... December 7, 2017 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.
Here’s a pic from a recent road trip. This image makes me think of several things:
an airport ... November 30, 2017 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.
If you didn’t see my note earlier, sorry about last week! Major blog/Wordpress fail, and I lost ... November 16, 2017 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.
The leaves are all gone now from our beautiful maple, so I’m enjoying it through photos retroactively:>)
... November 9, 2017 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.
I want to say thank you to this community! On my school visits to Pinewood Elementary in ... November 2, 2017 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.
This guy, which we bought at the first Renaissance Festival we ever went to, shortly after moving up here ... October 26, 2017 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.
I love trains, and I’ve never been on a “real” train ride–just a couple of scenic rides ... October 19, 2017 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.
I usually filter my photos because I like the way that makes them a little surreal and ... October 12, 2017 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.
One of the visitors to the Minnesota Children’s Book Festival recently was this great horned owl.
This ... October 5, 2017 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.
While I was at the Anderson Center at Tower View for the Minnesota Children’s Book Festival a ... September 28, 2017 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.
One of the things that surprises me every fall is how maple trees don’t turn color all ... September 20, 2017 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. Today is International Peace Day, so check out the #peaceday hashtag and also the Peace Padlet. It’s also, ... September 14, 2017 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.
I was in Florida for the past week, and before Irma hit, Randy and I spent several ... September 7, 2017 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.
Maddie took this photo in Dublin, at the Trinity College Library. Though it’s not immediately obvious due ... August 31, 2017 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.
I was at the Minnesota Zoo Friday night for an awesome Five for Fighting concert. He was ... August 24, 2017 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.
After last week’s beautiful but emotional poems, I was trying to pick something lighthearted for this week. ... August 17, 2017 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.
In Duluth a couple weeks ago, we went to the Lake Superior Marine Museum like we always ... August 10, 2017 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.
A nearby park has what the map describes as a maze–which I think is overstating it a ... August 3, 2017 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.
At Duluth Harbor last week, we got to watch a TON of sailboats come through the canal ... July 27, 2017 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.
This is the City Hall clock tower in downtown Minneapolis. I took this pic from the roof ... July 20, 2017 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.
While walking Jack one evening, my husband and I saw this fearless kitty marching along a balcony ... July 13, 2017
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That’s the globe that used to be on ... July 6, 2017 Hello, poets, writers, noodlers–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.
Thank you for keeping this community going while I’ve been on a semi-hiatus. Can’t believe ... June 29, 2017 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.
At that chalk festival, there were a few large-scale works on boards, so I made Randy stand ... June 22, 2017 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.
I took this pic at the Maple Grove Chalk Art Festival two weekends ago. We went on ... June 15, 2017 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.
While my sister Patty was up this past week, we indulged in way too many sweet treats. Like ... June 8, 2017 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.
Saw this on the road the other day. This image makes me think of several things:
What if ... June 1, 2017 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.
The Paris Catacombs are…overwhelming. So many bones. So many emotions: sadness, horror, reverence, acceptance, melancholy. We had ... May 25, 2017 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.
At the Reykjavik, Iceland airport, this eye-catching statue dominates. I thought it was a berry, as I ... May 18, 2017 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.
Before we get to today’s picture, congratulations to Lauren McBride, longtime 15 Words or Less contributor, on ... May 11, 2017 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.
Last week, I shared a picture of Mont Saint Michel. In the little village nearby, several shops/restaurants ... May 4, 2017 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.
Although the day trip itself was dreadful, one of the most beautiful things we saw in France ... April 27, 2017 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. But because it’s National Poetry Month, I have a #wonderbreak poem to share, too! And it’s Poem in ... April 20, 2017 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 ... April 13, 2017 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 ... April 6, 2017 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.
One thing–OK, THE thing I most wanted to see on our February trip was the Northern Lights. ... March 30, 2017 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.
A favorite site in Iceland was the rift in Thingvellir National Park, where two tectonic plates meet. ... March 23, 2017 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.
We went to the Eiffel Tower kind of on a whim, on our last day in Paris. ... March 16, 2017 Hello, and welcome! I’m interrupting the normal broadcast to let you know that Tina Cho has an interview with me today, which you can read here. Thanks, Tina!
It’s all moon, all week long, since my launch party is tonight for If You Were the ... March 9, 2017 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.
For most of spring, I’m guessing, my pics will come from the wonderful trip Randy and I ... March 2, 2017 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.
Back a couple of weeks ago, game night had a toy theme, and I came across this ... February 23, 2017 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.
Our maple tree has been bare for ages, except for one or two last, lonely leaves. This ... February 16, 2017 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.
My sister Patty has always been the artist in our family. She is crafty and artistic, though ... February 9, 2017 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.
Last night, as Randy and I were driving home from downtown, there was this cool contrail like ... February 2, 2017 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.
A couple of weeks ago, Randy and I went to an exhibit called Martin Luther and the ... January 26, 2017 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.
I often use filters, but this pic of the thin layer of ice on our street (which ... January 19, 2017 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.
This is Captain Jack’s pawprint on our front sidewalk. Something about our weather cycle of snow, melt, ... January 12, 2017 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.
Here’s a pic of Atlanta’s Centennial Olympic Park, which I walked through several times a day at ... January 5, 2017 Hello, and welcome to the first 15 Words or Less Poems of 2017! 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.
At NCTE in Atlanta, walking back and ... December 29, 2016 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.
I hope everyone’s holidays have been going great! Mine have, but today is Maddie’s last day at ... December 22, 2016 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.
More fun from the Atlanta airport. There was a series of sculptures by a Zimbabwean (I think) ... December 15, 2016 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.
Going through the Atlanta airport for NCTE recently, I was enchanted by this ceiling in one terminal ... December 8, 2016 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.
Before we start, I want to share something. Longtime 15 Words or Less participant and fabulous teacher ... December 1, 2016 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. Teachers, if I met you at NCTE recently, I’m glad you’ve come to visit!
This is actually my ... November 24, 2016 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. I shared 15 Words or Less poems with some educators at NCTE last weekend, and though probably none ... November 17, 2016 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.
When I was at the Minnesota Children’s Book Festival back in…September? October?–anyway, when I was there, I ... November 10, 2016 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.
Here’s another pic from Duluth. It was a stormy early morning, and we were watching a 1000-footer ... November 3, 2016 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.
While Randy and I were in Duluth for my birthday, we noticed this set of posts on ... October 27, 2016 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.
A couple of weeks ago, Randy and I attended the Youth in Music marching band show at ... October 20, 2016 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. [Also, subscribers, did you get an email notification this morning that this post was up? I didn’t, and ... October 13, 2016 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.
I was walking Jack the other day and came across this one small mushroom in a huge ... October 6, 2016 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.
There’s a cool metal horse sculpture at the Anderson Center in Red Wing, MN, where I was at ... September 29, 2016 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.
I was downtown in Minneapolis a few weeks ago having a food truck lunch with Randy, and the ... September 22, 2016 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.
I took this picture at a drum corps rehearsal over the summer, and it makes me think of ... September 15, 2016 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. Thank you for continuing to tune in over the summer and participate, even though I’ve been largely absent. ... September 8, 2016 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.
First off, love, love, loved the poems last week. And, if you’re wondering and didn’t see it in the ... September 1, 2016 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.
Writer and educator friends, can you tell what this is? I’m not going to tell you right now, but ... August 25, 2016 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.
Hello, writer and educator friends. As I’m clearing out loads of stuff, I keep coming across things full of ... August 18, 2016 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.
Hello, writer and educator friends. My life grows ever more intense (I really didn’t think that was possible), and ... August 11, 2016 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.
Hello, writer and educator friends. My life grows ever more intense (I really didn’t think that was possible), and ... August 4, 2016 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.
Thank you for your continued kindness and support regarding my mom’s passing. I wish my dad was online and ... July 21, 2016 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.
Thank you for your continued kindness and support regarding my mom’s passing. I wish my dad was online and ... July 14, 2016 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.
I want to thank you all for your kind Comments, emails, and messages regarding my mom’s passing. It is ... July 7, 2016 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.
I took this picture outside Dairy Queen after my event at Plainview Public Library recently. I always love heading ... June 30, 2016 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 glad you’re here.
Randy took this pic while we were walking Jack. by the lake. The white edging on the trail is cottonwood ... June 23, 2016 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 glad you’re here.
Randy and I went downtown (Minneapolis) a week or two to attend a concert by Cantus, a choral group. The ... June 16, 2016 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 glad you’re here.
While Randy and I were walking Jack last week, we walked right by these mallards at the lake. Jack was ... June 9, 2016 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 glad you’re here.
Randy and I were killing time during a showing recently. We sat outside at a Freddy’s, and as I drank ... June 2, 2016 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 glad you’re here.
I was picking up the yard before a showing last week, and I saw a flash of yellow on the ... May 26, 2016 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 glad you’re here.
Here’s a picture taken from our family room. My husband recently converted the room from a theater room with a ... May 19, 2016 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 glad you’re here.
Here’s a picture taken out my window.
This image makes me think of:
soldiers standing at attention
what it would feel like to ... May 12, 2016 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 glad you’re here.
Here’s a picture I took in my “Fishing Room” on a school visit in southern Minnesota, which I blogged about ... May 5, 2016 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 glad you’re here.
Here’s a picture I took while my husband and I were walking our beagle down by the lake. These barren ... April 28, 2016 Hello, and welcome! Poetry Month is almost over, but we celebrate poetry year-round here:>) I’m happy you’re here for 15 Words or Less Poems, a low-pressure way to wake up your poetry brain (guidelines here)!
Here’s my final pic taken in March on the way home ... April 21, 2016 Hello! We’re more than halfway through National Poetry Month, and I hope you’re having a splendid celebration! I’m happy you’re here — this is 15 Words or Less Poems, a low-pressure way to wake up your poetry brain (guidelines here)!
Here’s my next pic taken in ... April 14, 2016 Howdy! How is your National Poetry Month going? I’m happy you’re here and ready to celebrate with you! This is 15 Words or Less Poems, a low-pressure way to wake up your poetry brain (guidelines here)!
Here’s my next pic taken in March on the way ... April 7, 2016 Welcome to 15 Words or Less Poems Day! Are you ready to wake up your poetry brains with our weekly exercise (guidelines here)?
Here’s my next pic taken in March on the way home from South Bend, IN to Minneapolis, MN.
This image makes me think ... March 31, 2016 Welcome to 15 Words or Less Poems Day! Are you ready to wake up your poetry brains with our weekly exercise (guidelines here)?
Most of my pics seem to come from airports or planes lately! All this next month I’ll be using pics taken on the ... March 24, 2016 Welcome to 15 Words or Less Poems Day! Are you ready to wake up your poetry brains with our weekly exercise (guidelines here)?
Most of my pics seem to come from airports or planes lately! This one is in O’Hare.
This image makes me think of:
Charlotte’s web ... March 17, 2016 Happy St. Patrick’s Day, and welcome to 15 Words or Less Poems! Are you ready to wake up your poetry brains with our weekly exercise (guidelines here)?
Here’s a picture I took in the South Bend, IN, airport on my way home from the Young Authors ... March 10, 2016 Welcome to 15 Words or Less Poems Day! Are you ready to wake up your poetry brains with our weekly exercise (guidelines here)?
Well, I’m kind of annoyed that there’s a person in my picture! The lens didn’t click fast enough, I guess. Oh well. When ... March 3, 2016 Welcome to 15 Words or Less Poems Day! Are you ready to wake up your poetry brains with our weekly exercise (guidelines here)?
I was walking the track at my gym a few weeks ago, and looking out the window, I could see a big tractor-thingy ... February 25, 2016 Welcome to 15 Words or Less Poems Day! Are you ready to wake up your poetry brains with our weekly exercise (guidelines here)?
OK, hopefully I’ve finally got it right this week!
This is a picture of a gift given to me by Kim Doele, a 3rd-grade ... February 18, 2016 Welcome to 15 Words or Less Poems Day! Are you ready to wake up your poetry brains with our weekly exercise (guidelines here)?
Sorry for the confusion last week–I had the settings to not allow comments (accidentally). We should be all good today, though! Thank you ... February 4, 2016 Welcome to 15 Words or Less Poems Day! Are you ready to wake up your poetry brains with our weekly exercise (guidelines here)?
Here’s a picture my friend Vida posted on Facebook and offered up for 15 Words or Less (thank you, Vida!). At first glance, ... January 28, 2016 Welcome to 15 Words or Less Poems Day! Are you ready to wake up your poetry brains with our weekly exercise (guidelines here)?
Here’s a picture of a stuffed frog. It’s one of Jackie’s toys, and it’s pretty nasty. This image makes me think of:
Barney the ... January 21, 2016 Welcome to 15 Words or Less Poems Day! Are you ready to wake up your poetry brains with our weekly exercise (guidelines here)?
Here’s a picture from my basement clean-out. I’m gathering lots of arts & craft supplies into a pile to give to my daughter ... January 14, 2016 Welcome to 15 Words or Less Poems Day! Are you ready to wake up your poetry brains with our weekly exercise (guidelines here)?
Here’s one last picture from the Bell Museum of Natural History . This is a cross-section of a tree from a fig-tree display ... January 7, 2016 Whee! It’s 2016, and this is the first 15 Words or Less Poems Day of the year! I’m glad you guys are here. Are you ready to wake up your poetry brains with our weekly exercise (guidelines here)?
I took this picture at the Bell Museum ... December 31, 2015 Welcome to the final 15 Words or Less Poems Day of 2015!
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Here’s a picture I took at the Bell Museum of Natural History on Randy’s birthday last week.
This image ... December 24, 2015 Hi, 15 Words-or-Less-ers! Merry Christmas Eve, if you’re celebrating!
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Here’s a picture I took at the theater where we saw So You Think You Can Dance Thanksgiving weekend. It’s hard to tell in ... December 17, 2015 Hi, 15 Words-or-Less-ers!
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Here’s a picture I took at the grocery store just before Thanksgiving.
These gourds were huge! Granted, that mini-pumpkin with the crow on it is pretty small, but it was between ... December 10, 2015 Hi teachers and writers! I’m offering something new in January for people who want to write (published, pre-published, no desire to be published–you are all welcome!) but who aren’t getting the writing done that they want to. It’s a low-cost Closed Facebook Group that will ... December 3, 2015 Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines are here)!
Here’s the key lime pie I shared yesterday from a Lerner author dinner during NCTE. Looks a little odd, but oh my goodness, it was heaven.
This picture makes me think of:
My frequent ... November 26, 2015 Hello, and Happy Thanksgiving! I figure we have plenty of images of turkeys and cornucopias and all that other good holiday stuff, so I just go with whatever catches my fancy:>) I’m thankful, as ever, for this 15 Words or Less community. You’re an important ... November 19, 2015 Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines are here)!
I usually share photos I take, but I couldn’t pass by this one that my husband emailed to me.
This picture makes me think of:
Shadows (again!) — I love them
Tiny elves holding a concert ... November 12, 2015 Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines are here)!
I love trees and their shadows!
This picture makes me think of:
X marks the spot (of what?)
Could you climb a shadow?
Do shadows wish their casters would MOVE more so they could play together?
And, here’s ... November 5, 2015 Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines are here)!
I took this picture in Edinburgh Castle, I’m pretty sure. The swords and armor felt appropriate after all the cool costumes of Halloween!
This picture makes me think of:
I wonder if knights handed down ... October 29, 2015 Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines are here)!
I took this picture on an overseas flight a couple of years ago. There’s something about seeing clouds from overhead that makes me feel a lot safer while flying–totally irrational, but I can’t ... October 22, 2015 Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines are here)!
I took this picture in Ireland. I always picture sheep and cow barns as so warm and cozy, but the reality rarely supports that!
This picture makes me think of:
Waiting in line for my ... October 15, 2015 Hello, my fun 15 Words or Less community! Today, I’m driving home from a FABULOUS 4 days on the North Shore of Lake Superior. That’s one of my favorite places on earth, and Randy and I have been just hanging out, soaking up fall beauty, ... October 8, 2015 Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines are here)!
Howdy, 15 Words or Less-ers! I took this picture a couple of years ago at a high school. I was walking down the hall, and these hands were overhead! They make me think ... October 1, 2015 Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines are here)!
Good morning! I took this picture in Ireland, and though you can’t really tell, this shoe is hanging on a stone wall outside someone’s house. These flowers growing out of a hiking book ... September 24, 2015 OK, I think I have the Comment settings figured out so that it’s easier to Comment now. I just thought nobody was coming by!
And, today’s the last day of the 99-cent sale of the Kindle edition of Riddle-ku: Haiku for Very Close Reading.
Wake up your ... September 17, 2015
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Well, I think I’ve used this photo before, but I honestly can’t recall…and if I did, it was several years ago. So, I’m going to use it! This sculpture called Maman, by Louise ... September 10, 2015
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I went to a friend’s 40th-birthday party this summer, and here was her pinata. This picture makes me think of:
1) It’s unsettling to watch kids swing a bat at a human-formed pinata! 2) ... September 3, 2015
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Here’s one more pic from St. Louis on my ILA trip. This, of course, is the Arch! I had fun zipping to the top of it. Nice to see at least ... August 27, 2015
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Here’s a pic from St. Louis on my ILA trip. St. Louis doesn’t have a stock market, but this cool bull and bear battle each other outside a financial firm (sculpture ... August 20, 2015 Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)!
Last week, I went with Maddie one day up to Duluth, a harbor town on Lake Superior, to take care of some stuff for her visa. She leaves for 2-3 years in only a ... August 13, 2015 Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)!
Continuing my reliving of this past Father’s Day, we admired the big Eros sculpture outside of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. I could swear I featured a photo of this sculpture years ago, with ... August 6, 2015 Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)!
On Father’s Day, we also went to the Minneapolis Institute of Art to see the Leonardo daVinci codex exhibit. Amazing! Randy wanted to browse the Mark Mothersbaugh exhibit, too. Not so amazing–well, just not ... July 30, 2015 Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.)
I learned about Padlets recently when Amy Ludwig VanDerwater created a Favorite Poem Padlet and shared it at The Poem Farm. So. Cool.
I can see tons of ways that teachers could (and probably already are) using ... July 30, 2015 Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)!
On Father’s Day, we went to the Smack Shack in Minneapolis (delicious), and I took this pic there and Waterlogued it. This image makes me think of:
1) summer backyard “bonfires”
2) a heat gun
3) MacBeth’s ... July 23, 2015 Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)!
When my sister Patty visited a few weeks ago, we went to an improv show (I love those!), and the mall had umbrellas all over.
This image makes me think of:
1) Mary Poppins
2) If it ... July 16, 2015 Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)!
The Gordon Lightfoot concert last month was at the beautiful State Theatre in Minneapolis. I always love looking at the architecture and embellishments inside. This (Waterlogued) picture is looking up at the ceiling.
This image ... July 9, 2015 Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)!
Randy and I went to see Canadian folksinger Gordon Lightfoot perform a couple of weeks ago. The stage design was very simple, with these long skinny triangles of fabric stretched taut in the background. ... July 2, 2015 Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)!
Randy and our older daughter, Annabelle, visited family in Atlanta a couple of weeks ago, and Randy sent me this sculpture of Marie Antoinette made entirely of cut paper except for the mannequin. Read ... June 25, 2015 Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)!
Usually, I post pictures I find beautiful or spooky or engaging. This one just makes me smile. When we were in Dublin, we were signed up for the Irish Dance Party at the Temple ... June 18, 2015 Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)!
When I was up in the Arrowhead Region of Minnesota in late April, doing a two-week poetry tour, I visited this 36-foot statue of an iron miner in Chisholm a couple of times. It ... June 11, 2015 Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)!
Honestly, nature blows my mind just about every single day.
This image makes me think of:
1) an alien eyeball
2) each little pappus (new word for me) could be a broom or feather duster
3) being tickled
And ... June 4, 2015 Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)!
My husband Randy took this pic out his window at work in downtown Minneapolis a few weeks ago. So cool!
This image makes me think of:
1) the giant climbing down the beanstalk after Jack
2) Hickory, ... May 28, 2015 Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)!
I can’t actually remember where I took this picture, even though it was in the past month or so. Oi. But even though it came out blurry, I kind of like it that way.
This ... May 21, 2015 Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)!
I went to a Rush concert last week in St. Paul. Wow. I’m only a casual Rush fan (I love their smart lyrics, and I love the challenge of playing drums to Rush songs ... May 14, 2015 Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)!
Hi, everyone! I took this picture a few weeks ago in Grand Marais, MN, a beautiful little town on Lake Superior. It was a beautiful afternoon, and I got to walk along the lakeshore ... May 7, 2015 Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)!
Hi, y’all! It’s great to be back after a VERY busy and social Poetry Month! Here’s some commissioned art outside the Grand Canal Theatre in Dublin. I believe our tour guide said these are ... April 30, 2015 Welcome to today’s tip in my month-long Poetry Tips for Teachers series.
Tip #22: Fess up.
If you don’t feel comfortable with poetry (whether it’s the poetry itself or just the dramatic presentation of it), it’s okay to let students know that. In fact, they are often ... April 23, 2015 Welcome to today’s tip in my month-long Poetry Tips for Teachers series.
Tip #17: Give a line some space.
One approach to reading poems aloud is to do a slight pause at the end of each line, whether there is punctuation there or not. That’s the identifying ... April 16, 2015 Welcome to today’s tip in my month-long Poetry Tips for Teachers series.
Tip #12: Use a Prop
Use a simple prop to help share a poem visually. When I share Elaine Magliaro’s “Things to Do If You Are a Pencil,” I hold up–a pencil. And I point ... April 9, 2015 Tip #7: Walk and Stop
Walk around the room as you read, and then STOP moving at the most important, powerful part of the poem. Kids will naturally be following your progress, and when you suddenly stop, they will pay attention to what’s happening.
When reading the ... April 2, 2015 Tip #2: Define it!
Is there one particularly difficult word in the poem? If so, define it for kids before you read the poem. That way, not knowing the meaning of the word won’t stop them from comprehending and enjoying the poem.
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I have bad wrists, so I use these Perfect Push-Up things during yoga and when I do push-ups. This image makes me think of:
1) my old spirograph (one of my fav toys)
2) being hypnotized
3) ... March 19, 2015 Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)!
I took this picture in Scotland when I went in 2008, and I will be going there again soon! This time, though, I’ll pretty much be only in Edinburgh, not out in the highlands ... March 12, 2015 Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)!
Sigh. I wanted to show you Jack’s trick of sitting nicely with a treat balanced on his nose. I say, “Leave it. Leave it. Leave it. OK!” And when I say OK, he whips ... March 5, 2015 Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)!
I’ve been having glasses issues lately, so I’ve been to the eyeglass store several times. Sigh. I might or might not have a pair I can live with now. This image makes me think ... February 26, 2015 Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)!
It’s yarn–pretty yarn close-up. This image makes me think of:
1) split ends
2) Santa Claus
3) bird nest
And here’s my?first draft. I thought about how I find random bits of fuzz and fabric on the ground ... February 19, 2015 Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)!
I think this tree was near Niagara Falls…but I’m not sure! Just one of those random pics I’ve had squirreled away for a 15 Words or Less day! OK, what kind of tree is ... February 12, 2015 Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)!
I just got a nifty little macro-lens for my iPhone. The other day, I was filling our onion powder spice jar, using a funnel. When I set the funnel down on the stove, tip ... February 5, 2015 Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)!
This image makes me think of:
1) a conch shell
2) a star
3) clingy people
And here’s my?first draft.
Brilliant
pale bony star
of conch
glows in
ocean-sky
Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved
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I love taking close-up pics with my phone. Just ordered a little macro lens–can’t wait to try it. Maybe I’ll be able to do non-blurry close-ups! This image makes me think of:
1) Easter
2) fairy ... January 22, 2015 Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)!
I love bells. I really like the big, gongy kind, but pretty much any curved metal makes me happy. This image makes me think of:
1) a jewel
2) the Seven Dwarves (not sure why, but ... January 15, 2015 Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)!
I took this pic while Randy was washing Captain Jack Sparrow, who was just a teensy bit ripe! Maddie usually bathes him, but she’s been away since early September, so… Jack wouldn’t hold still, ... January 8, 2015 Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)!
I often take fruit to potluck gatherings so that I’ll have something healthy to eat (between cupcakes). I love the patterns of pineapples, both the outside and the inside, when I spiral cut them. ... January 1, 2015
Happy New Year, my 15 Words or Less people! I hope your 2015 is full of joy and adventure!
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I took this pic in the cemetery next to my sister’s house on my recent trip ... December 25, 2014 Merry Christmas if you celebrate Christmas. And whether you do or don’t, I’m glad you’re here! Our day has turned a little topsy-turvy, and I don’t know whether I’ll be able to stop back in later or not, but I’ll try. I hope you have ... December 18, 2014
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Look at the beautiful bracelet Heidi Mordhorst gave me at NCTE. Aren’t totally unexpected gifts just the best. I don’t have the packaging with me as I write this, but it’s an Alex and ... December 11, 2014
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Saw this display while grocery shopping (OK, it was really just a donut run) earlier this week. This image makes me think of:
1) crabgrass–hahaha!
2) barbed wire
3) coat of armor
And here’s my?first draft. I did ... December 4, 2014 Starting your holiday shopping? If you’re looking for a nonfiction book, click here to see the signed, personalized books? (including a few rhyming ones, alphabet ones, and color-based ones) I sell through Amazon. Great gifts for teachers/classrooms:>) Thanks!
Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words ... November 27, 2014 HAPPY THANKSGIVING! I’m thankful for this enthusiastic, brave, wonderful group who gathers to share poems and feedback every week. Whether you’re a regular or just an occasional visitor, thank you. I’m glad you’re here!
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Here’s Captain Jack on Halloween–he didn’t keep the hat on very long:>) But since he is Captain Jack Sparrow, it seems only fitting to celebrate his piratiness at least once a year! This image ... November 13, 2014
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It’s another pic from the Walker Art Center’s Outdoor Sculpture Garden. This image makes me think of:
1) a gigantic spiderweb
2) a gerbil in a gerbil ball
3) an alligator caught in a fishing net
And here’s ... November 6, 2014
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I took this pic at the Walker Art Center’s Outdoor Sculpture Garden on my birthday. It’s been years since I’ve been there! This image makes me think of:
1) a classic “Once upon a time” ... October 30, 2014
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Usually, I post my own pics, but it’s almost Halloween, and I like this kinda creepy hand picture. This image makes me think of:
1) a scary funhouse
2) a cross between a demon and a ... October 23, 2014 Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)!
After eating a tasty vanilla mini-cupcake the other day, I thought the empty liner looked kind of sad and lonely. This image makes me think of:
1) what do the other cupcakes think when they ... October 16, 2014 Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)!
I had an amazing time in Sheboygan for the Children’s Book Festival. Will share a few highlights next week. Meanwhile, here’s a pic I took at Bookworm Gardens, my new favorite place!? This image ... October 9, 2014 Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)!
Here’s a pic I took while walking the dog the other day. This image makes me think of:
1) a cemetery
2) hiding places
3) lying on the floor by a Christmas tree
And here’s my?first draft.
Hidden Worlds
stolen????????? ... October 2, 2014 Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)!
Here’s a pic I took when we were in New Orleans in May for the International Reading Association conference. I loved the architecture there. This image makes me think of:
1) a swan at night
2) ... September 25, 2014 Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)!
Here’s a pic from the bakery. I love frosted cookies! But scarecrows…hmmm. I think I’ve seen too many horror movies/TV shows where a scarecrow comes to life. This image makes me think of:
1) The ... September 18, 2014 Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)!
Here’s a pic from a chandelier in our hotel on our recent drum corps trip to NY. This image makes me think of:
1) Bubbles in the sea
2) a super-fancy necklace (hey, anybody remember the ... September 11, 2014 Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)!
Here’s a pic from our amazing overnight Niagara Falls stop that Randy and I made on our way home from drum corps championships in Rochester, NY. (I shared more pics on my Water ... September 4, 2014 Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)!
I took this picture while riding somewhere in outstate Minnesota, through farm country. I don’t even know exactly what it is, but I’d love to see it in action! This image makes me think ... August 28, 2014 Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)!
When I was walking Captain Jack the other night, the sun shining on these weeds caught my eye. This image makes me think of:
1) a UFO shining down
2) butterflies in chrysalises, waiting to fly
3) ... August 21, 2014
Photo: Laura Purdie Salas
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Randy and I went to the American Idol concert last week, and I took this picture of a lamp in the lobby.?It makes me think of:
1)?butterfly wings
2)’sunrise
3) shuffling a deck of ... August 14, 2014
Photo: Laura Purdie Salas
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Here’s a pic I snapped in Vegas last spring. It makes me think of:
1)?a’deck of cards
2)?gila monsters and how their bacteria-laden saliva is what kills their prey
3) standup paddleboarding
And here’s my?first ... August 7, 2014
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Here’s a little prop from our?Minnesota Brass show this season, Supernova!?It makes me think of:
1)?a shooting star
2)?a squid
3) New Year’s Eve
And here’s my?first draft:
Comet
I arc above
Stars applaud
my sparkling wake of
dust and ... July 31, 2014
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Our drum corps, Minnesota Brass, rehearsed at a middle school over the weekend, and this interesting sculpture was hanging in the corner. It makes me think of:
1)?a dandelion
2)?Freddy Krueger (there’s a ... July 24, 2014
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Here’s a picture I took during my nature-poetry-writing workshop in Bemidji, MN, earlier this summer.?This image makes me think of:
1)?cauliflower
2)?Alice in Wonderland
3) s’mores!
And here’s my?first draft:
When I Eat S’mores, I Taste…?
smoky ghost stories,
crisp Superior ... July 17, 2014
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Here’s a forgotten photo I found on my phone . This is a sculpture in an art gallery in one of the skyways in downtown Minneapolis.?This image makes me think of:
1)?the Jetsons
2)?how would you ... July 10, 2014 Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)!
Happy Thursday, and if you’re visiting as a result of Mary Lee Hahn’s kind shoutout at nErDcamp MI, welcome! We love having new people drop by and give this a try–or use it with ... July 3, 2014 Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)!
Surprising nature images are my favorite poetry prompt, but?everyday stuff works, too! Here’s?our upstairs hall light.?The image makes me think of:
1)?an invisible creature watching (one eye is the light; the other eye is the ... June 26, 2014
Today is the second and last day you can download Getting Published: How to Access Editors for free! This Kindle ebook is by Lisa Bullard and me, and it’s part of our Children’s Writer Insider Guide series. It covers a couple of basic tips as ... June 19, 2014
Photo: Laura Salas
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I had such a great time at the Bemidji Library Book Festival! I led a two-hour nature-poetry writing workshop and did a storytime presentation. At the nature-poetry session, we took yarn circles ... June 12, 2014
Photo: Laura Salas
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Look at what Patty,?my sister visiting from Fla., spotted as we walked Captain Jack (who totally ignored it). Here’s what this turtle makes me think of:
1)?moving boxes (which they don’t have to ... June 5, 2014
Photo: Laura Salas
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I took this picture at drum corps rehearsal last week. The little medians inside a parking lot had this tall grass that made it look like a miniature meadow!
1)?ocean waves (of course)
2)?tiny ... May 29, 2014
Photo: Laura Salas
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Here are some Velcro?balls we’re throwing at targets all this week at a Young Authors Conference. I’m sharing the poetry activity here next week, so if you’re curious, stay tuned. Meanwhile, here ... May 22, 2014
Photo: Laura Salas
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I just realized I still had this?pic from Vegas. It is just a little thingamajig that was on the floor of the High Roller observation wheel we rode in. I was intrigued ... May 15, 2014
Photo: Laura Salas
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One last pic from Vegas! Here are?3 things this photo makes me think of:
1)?the evil trees in various tales, like Wizard of Oz
2)?bonsai trees
3) blown glass–I love individual pieces, but when I ... May 8, 2014
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Here’s another pic from my trip to Las Vegas recently. Here are?3 things this photo makes me think of:
1)?SCUBA diving and the bubbles that float up
2)?blowing bubbles at a wedding
3) tiny fish ... May 1, 2014 ?
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National Poetry Month is over, and I had so much fun with riddle-ku! Thank you for all of you who stopped by to read, comment, or share these poems with kids. I really appreciate it!
Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or ... April 10, 2014
Riddle-Ku of the Day
Alone, I drift down
With friends, I lift, high and swift
I make robins fly
–Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved
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HINT 1:
HINT 2:
.aLL
Photos by Laura Purdie Salas
TITLE (AND ANSWER):
FEATHER
[Educators, please click here to see a roundup of the entire month’s riddle-ku and also to get ... April 3, 2014
Riddle-Ku of the Day
This merry-go-round
spins upside down: I’m singing
the room full of breeze
?
–Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved
?
HINT 1:
HINT 2:
.
TITLE (AND ANSWER):
CEILING FAN
[Educators, please click here to see a roundup of the entire month’s riddle-ku and also to get suggestions for using these riddle-ku with ... March 27, 2014 ?
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I’ve been taking pictures lately for my National Poetry Month Riddle-ku feature, and here’s one of my rejects!?Here are?3 things this photo makes me think of:
1) a tree in winter
2) an x-ray ... March 20, 2014
Photo: Laura Salas
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For Christmas, we gave our nephew a glow in the dark ant farm, and the ants finally arrived last month during a “warm spell” (aka above freezing). Nifty!?Here are?3 things this photo ... March 13, 2014
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On our plane ride home from Florida Sunday, I was behind this girl wearing her doll in a backpack. I was half amazed and half horrified. How cool! How creepy!?Here are?3 things ... March 6, 2014
Photo: Laura Salas
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When Randy and I went up to the North Shore (of Lake Superior, in Minnesota) last month, this is one of the oversized side-of-the-road things we saw. There was also a Voyageur ... February 27, 2014
Photo: Laura Salas
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This was?a cool scene during a color guard winter show recently.?Here are?3 things this photo makes me think of:
1)? The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (anyone remember that old movie?)
2)? a butterfly?eager ... February 20, 2014
Photo: Laura Salas
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This was part of some wall art at The Smack Shack in Minneapolis, made, according to the server, by making molds of real lobsters. Ick.?Here are?3 things this photo makes me think ... February 13, 2014
Photo: Randy Salas
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I took this picture a few days ago on the North Shore of Lake Superior. I was gathering lots?of images of water in various forms to use in materials related to my ... February 6, 2014
Photo: Laura Salas
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I took this pic downtown (Minneapolis) because I liked the way the mirrors made it look like there were bowls holding these decorative balls, when there were really only half-bowls. Here are?3 ... January 30, 2014
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I took this pic while walking Captain Jack Sparrow by the lake. I love these tracks leading off into the distance.?Here are?3 things this photo makes me think of:
1)?tightrope walker
2)?the Yellow Brick ... January 23, 2014
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I took this pic inside the Luxor hotel?in Vegas last year. When I’m looking for interesting pictures, I often look up. We tend to ignore what’s overhead most of the time. At ... January 16, 2014
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Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)! This is a closeup pic, and?here are 3 things this photo makes me think of: 1)?Shampoo commercial 2)?Rope swing 3) Hangman’s noose And here’s my first draft. I had fun ... January 9, 2014
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Hi, everyone–sorry if you got an incorrect email of this post yesterday (and it was probably still last week’s post, anyway). I’m switching over servers, and it’s a big honking mess! Anyway. ... January 2, 2014 ??
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Happy New Year!
I mentioned earlier this week that I’ll be making some pretty major changes to the blog this year, but 15 Words or Less will not be going anywhere:>) I ... December 26, 2013 ??
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I hope you all had a fabulous Christmas yesterday if you are a Christmas celebrator! I did, and I totally forgot about today’s post. Oops! Sorry. Anyway, belatedly, here we go.
Last ... December 19, 2013 ??
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I hope you saw my online card earlier this week–I consider this 15 Words or Less community one of my very favorite things about my online life! Here are 3 things ... December 12, 2013 ??
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I had a looooong wait in the Boston airport as I was leaving NCTE last month, so I hung out with this handsome bull (Brahmin bull?) for a while.?Here are 3 ... December 5, 2013 ??
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Snow is falling hard and fast right now, so maybe by next week, I’ll have a gorgeous snowy image. But for today, it’s a picture from my physical therapy place!
3 things this ... November 28, 2013 ??
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Happy Thanksgiving! Well, I was trying to figure out what picture to post on Thanksgiving. I wanted it to be something I’m thankful for, but didn’t think you guys would be ... November 21, 2013 ??
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Three things this photo makes me think of:
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
Elmo escaping Sesame Street
A kid in time-out having to watch a fun class party go on without him
And here’s my first ... November 14, 2013 ??
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I missed you guys! Glad to be back this week! Three things this photo makes me think of:
1) Rockets2) Umbrellas3) Post-hurricane destruction
And here’s my first draft!
Waterproof? Yes. Windproof? No.
Umbrella is batteredUmbrella ... November 7, 2013 ??
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Three things this photo makes me think of:
1) Medusa2) Mermaid castle3) Duck feet
And here’s my first draft!
Floor Plans
Beaver architectpulls soggy floor plansfrom fur coveralls,gnaws thoughtfullyon a pine pencil
–Laura Purdie Salas, all ... October 31, 2013 ??
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Happy Halloween! Part of my birthday present from Randy was going to see the ballet Giselle. I’ve never seen anything but The Nutcracker (yawn). This was so cool! And, this photo ... October 24, 2013 ??
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Three things this makes me think of:
1) Bacteria in a petri dish2) Fishing nets full of jellyfish3) Pods. Pods with monsters in them
And here’s my first draft!
Fishing Net
Strainer of the ... October 17, 2013 ?
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Three things this makes me think of:
1) The Wizard of Oz2) Calla lilies3) Doing India ink calligraphy with my big sister
And here’s my first draft!
Weekend Visit Home from College?She brought ... October 10, 2013 ?
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Three things this makes me think of:
1) Mermaid family reunion2) Sculptor who wants his statue to live3) Giant who skips boulders across a lake
And here’s my first draft!
On the Way ... October 3, 2013 ?
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Three things this makes me think of:
1) Cruise2) Pet rocks3) Traction
And here’s my first draft!
What My Pet Rock Can’t DoMom: Bark. Pee. Bite.Me: Wag. Beg. Love.–Laura Purdie Salas, all rights ... September 26, 2013 ?
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Three things this makes me think of:
1) Kindergarten2) Pelican pouch3) Baby bird with its beak gaping
And here’s my first draft!
Hunger
Body small as your palmBeak gaping like Grand CanyonMade of emptiness ... September 19, 2013 ?
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I’m so excited! Have you heard about PoetryMinute.org, the daily children’s poetry site started by U.S. Poet Laureate Kenn Nesbitt? Every day, a poem for kids is posted–kind of like Poetry 180 for a younger crowd! And today, starting at 7 a.m. ... September 12, 2013 ?
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Three things this makes me think of:
1) Sand castles2) Death mask3) Optical illusions
And here’s my poem first draft:
Dream MonsterEmpty eyes,sunken foreheadknock at 2 a.m.,coffin holdingiron screams
–Laura Purdie Salas, all rights ... September 5, 2013 ?
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Welcome to my new blog! I’m still decorating and organizing, but I hope to start posting again next week!
Here’s what this picture makes me think of:
1) Joysticks2) Razor stubble3) Buttons
And ... August 8, 2013
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I’m on hiatus for a month or so, but I’m posting pictures on Thursdays so you all can still participate if you want to:>)
Here’s what?this picture?makes me think of:
1)?Bumper ... August 1, 2013
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I’m on hiatus for a month or so, but I’m posting pictures on Thursdays so you all can still participate if you want to:>)
Here’s what?this picture?makes me think of:
1)?The incredibly strong ... July 25, 2013
Photo: Laura Purdie Salas
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I’m on hiatus, but I’m posting pictures on Thursdays so you all can still participate if you want to:>)
Here’s what?this picture?makes me think of:
1)?A log cabin
2) The ball pit at McDonald’s ... July 18, 2013
Photo: Laura Purdie Salas
Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)!
I’m on hiatus for a month or so, but I’m posting pictures on Thursdays so you all can still participate if you want to:>)
Here’s what?this picture?makes me think of:
1)?A cloud that ... July 11, 2013
Photo: Laura Purdie Salas
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I was downtown (Minneapolis) for a food truck lunch with Randy recently, and these window cleaners were hard at work. Here’s what they made me think of:
1)?Those circular swing rides at ... July 4, 2013
Photo: Laura Purdie Salas
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Happy 4th of July! I don’t know if anyone will stop by today, but I’m posting just in case:>)
Isn’t this pretty??Here’s what?this picture?makes me think of:
1)?A blue-jay feather
2) A snow wake ... June 20, 2013
Photo: Laura Purdie Salas
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I did a young authors conference in Winona, MN, recently, and snapped this pic there. Here’s what it makes me think of.
1)?You are what you eat
2) A swan with feathers made ... June 13, 2013
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I was driving home from a school visit in outstate Minnesota when this hay-filled truck passed by. Took a few pix without looking, and this one came out ok.?Here’s what?this picture?makes ... June 6, 2013
Photo: Laura Purdie Salas
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Oh, my funny brother-in-law and sister-in-law. When we went to their house for games shortly after Easter, they stashed this Easter decoration in the tub so that I almost had a ... May 30, 2013
Photo: Laura Purdie Salas
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I love this sculpture?inside a building in downtown Minneapolis. I don’t usually like art of people, but abstractions like this are fun. It makes me think of:
1) Decorated skulls and bones ... May 23, 2013
Photo: Laura Purdie Salas
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Last week’s photo: That was a set of plastic Easter eggs, opened, and placed on top of my open laptop. We recently went to a Gordon Lightfoot concert at the State ... May 16, 2013
Photo: Laura Purdie Salas
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I think you’ll know right away what this is, but I’m not going to say in case anyone doesn’t know. It’s fun to write poems inspired by an ambiguous image! Here’s ... May 9, 2013
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I took this pic at a winterguard show (the activity color guards’do over the winter, performing with flags, rifles, sabers, and other props) a few weeks ago.?Here’s what it makes me ... April 11, 2013 For all you 15 Words or Less folks, your mission is to?watch the Poem Starter Video and take on its challenge in 15 Words or Less (but you only have to include your sound effect at least two times).?
Happy National Poetry Month! Thanks for dropping ... April 4, 2013 For all you 15 Words or Less folks, you have two choices: Watch the Poem Starter Video and take on its challenge in 15 Words or Less, or write a totally different poem with the title “Moonlit Raccoon,” also in 15 Words or Less. You ... March 28, 2013
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Here’s a shot from outside The Luxor in Las Vegas, from my NCTE trip. This sphinx makes me think of:
1) Riddles, of course!
2) Having a root canal (something about that ... March 21, 2013 It’s March Madness Poetry time and the Sweet Sixteen poem matchups should be live soon. Visit, read, and vote:>)?
Photo: Laura Purdie Salas
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I took this picture of a quirky-looking fruit, though I can’t remember where ... March 14, 2013 It’s March Madness Poetry time! Voting is now live on Round 1 Poems. My matchup is here–my pufferfish goes up against Walt Disney. I hope you’ll go check both poems out and vote for your favorite…and then browse through all the other match-ups, too!
Photo: Screen ... March 7, 2013
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Here’s a ginormous snowman I saw on my way home from a school visit a few weeks ago. It was huge–10-15 feet tall!?It makes me think of:
1)?What would a snowman carry ... February 28, 2013 Poetry Lovers, I need your help with two things!
I’m looking for a children’s poem about perseverance, and I need it by the end of today. Ack! It doesn’t need to actually be about it, but it has to demonstrate it. I have to read ... February 21, 2013
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Aren’t tickets fun? They mean something is going to happen!?Here’s what this image?makes me think of:
1)?Magic show
2)?Bag filled with memories
3) The old tickets Disney World had when I was growing up ... February 14, 2013 Ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh. BookSpeak has been given the Cybils award for Poetry! I am so honored that my peeps–poetry book-lovers of the kidlitosphere–chose BookSpeak for this, especially when all the?Finalists are such fantastic collections/ anthologies that I love. (And I’m super thrilled that Wonder, which I just ... February 7, 2013
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Here’s a seedhead from fall. I love how odd and prickly they look!?Here’s what this image?makes me think of:
1)?Brillo pad
2) Spiderweb
3) Hair going grey
And here’s my poem first draft:
Cinderella’s Beauty?
Cracked skin
red, ... January 31, 2013
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Here’s the atrium ceiling from the cruise ship we were on in late December. I love glass ceilings! Here are a few things this one makes me think of.
1)?The carapace of ... January 24, 2013
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Here are the roots of a cool tree in the Bahamas–I think this was at a beach in Freeport. Here’s what this image?makes me think of:
1)?Knotted shoelaces
2) Mermaid hair
3) Medusa
And here’s ... January 17, 2013
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Here’s what this image?makes me think of:
1)?Glasses of juice
2) Sunset
3) Tropical Lifesavers
And here’s my poem first draft:
Sunrise
She squeezed Sun,
caught each drop in
morning’s clear glass…
served the Eastern sky.
–Laura Purdie Salas, all rights ... January 10, 2013 Just updated my What’s New page for January. If you’re interested in what I’m excited about and what I’m not excited about in my writing life this month, feel free to drop by! And share what’s on your excited/not excited list in your comment:>)
Photo: Laura ... January 3, 2013
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The lion in the MGM lobby at NCTE in Vegas was in a boxing ring to promote some upcoming big boxing match. It was an arresting image, this gold lion in ... October 11, 2012
Photo: Laura Purdie Salas
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This week’s image makes me think of:
1)?Scuba diving
2) Bat wings
3) Wading in Lake Superior and feeling the sharp rocks right through my water shoes
And here’s my poem first draft:
My Feet
need gentle ... April 19, 2012 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 ... April 5, 2012 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 ...Endings and Beginnings [15 Words or Less]
![Endings and Beginnings [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/PicsArt_10-17-06.40.30.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Immersion Suit [15 Words or Less]
![Immersion Suit [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/20191030_1500063782475846003289360.jpg?fit=225%2C300&ssl=1)
Robot Man [15 Words or Less]
![Robot Man [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/PicsArt_10-17-06.36.33.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Broken Eggs [15 Words or Less]
![Broken Eggs [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/PicsArt_10-17-06.37.30.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Pumpkin Palm [15 Words or Less]
![Pumpkin Palm [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/20191108_154722.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1)
Look Through a Log [15 Words or Less]
![Look Through a Log [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/PicsArt_09-30-06.50.331.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Under the Bridge [15 Words or Less]
![Under the Bridge [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Simply-Watercolor_1573647606917.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1)
Winter Before Fall? [15 Words or Less]
![Winter Before Fall? [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/11680.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1)
Echeveria [15 Words or Less]
![Echeveria [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/PicsArt_09-30-06.55.511.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Fall Tree [15 Words or Less]
![Fall Tree [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/PicsArt_09-30-06.51.171.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Perfect Raspberry [15 Words or Less]
Moth Surprise [15 Words or Less]
![Moth Surprise [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/PicsArt_09-18-08.35.36.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
City Bird [15 Words or Less]
Roll the Bones [15 Words or Less]
![Roll the Bones [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/PicsArt_09-18-08.34.28.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Pond Aerator [15 Words or Less]
![Pond Aerator [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/preview-18.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Seed Pod (15 Words or Less Poems)
ELO Light Show [15 Words or Less]
Roller Coaster [15 Words or Less]
![Roller Coaster [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/preview-17.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Henna [15 Words or Less]
Rearview Mirror [15 Words or Less]
![Rearview Mirror [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/preview-14.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
A Pig in the Audience [15 Words or Less]
![A Pig in the Audience [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/preview-15.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Drumsticks [15 Words or Less]
![Drumsticks [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190726_111127.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Cow on a Flatbed? [15 Words or Less]
![Cow on a Flatbed? [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/preview-12.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Building Growing Out of a Tree [15 Words or Less]
![Building Growing Out of a Tree [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/PicsArt_06-30-09.23.41.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
It’s the Circle of…Barstools? [15 Words or Less]
![It's the Circle of...Barstools? [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/PicsArt_06-30-09.29.00.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Waterfall [15 Words or Less]
![Waterfall [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/preview-8.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Sneakers [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Sneakers [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/preview-7.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Chandelier Jellyfish? [15 Words or Less Poems]
Coral Reef [15 Words or Less]
![Coral Reef [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/preview-5.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Fruity Bath? [15 Words or Less]
![Fruity Bath? [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/preview-4.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Formerly Known As… [15 Words or Less]
Who Will You Be Today? [15 Words or Less]
Ladybug, Ladybug [15 Words or Less]
![Ladybug, Ladybug [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/preview-1.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Mask [15 Words or Less]
![Mask [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/preview-2.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Floor Bunny [15 Words or Less]
![Floor Bunny [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/preview-3.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Korean War Veterans Memorial [15 Words or Less]
![Korean War Veterans Memorial [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/PicsArt_01-01-08.41.17.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
DC Trees [15 Words or Less]
![DC Trees [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/PicsArt_01-01-08.39.54-1.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Lighted Moose [15 Words or Less]
![Lighted Moose [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/PicsArt_01-11-01.34.39.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Vietnam Veterans Memorial [15 Words or Less]
![Vietnam Veterans Memorial [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/PicsArt_01-01-08.39.02.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Space Module [15 Words or Less]
![Space Module [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/PicsArt_01-01-08.37.35.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Coast Guard Monument [15 Words or Less]
![Coast Guard Monument [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/PicsArt_01-01-08.36.17.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Frosted Snowflake [15 Words or Less]
![Frosted Snowflake [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/PicsArt_01-01-08.34.51.jpg?fit=225%2C300&ssl=1)
Leatherback [15 Words or Less]
Metal Tree [15 Words or Less]
![Metal Tree [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/PicsArt_01-01-08.32.07.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Moose Topiary, Sort Of [15 Words or Less]
![Moose Topiary, Sort Of [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/PicsArt_01-01-08.29.50.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Olmec Head [15 Words or Less]
![Olmec Head [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/PicsArt_01-01-08.28.23.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Bird on a Branch [15 Words or Less]
![Bird on a Branch [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/PicsArt_01-01-08.27.22.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Eyeborg [15 Words or Less]
![Eyeborg [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/PicsArt_01-01-08.26.24.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Cloth Caught Midair [15 Words or Less]
![Cloth Caught Midair [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/PicsArt_01-01-08.24.03.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
When Clouds Grow Claws [15 Words or Less]
De-Icing an Airplane [15 Words or Less]
![De-Icing an Airplane [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/PicsArt_01-01-08.20.22.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Storm [15 Words or Less]
![Storm [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/PicsArt_04-13-02.50.00.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Gizmo [15 Words or Less]
![Gizmo [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/PicsArt_11-21-04.35.07.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Shrouded Plants [15 Words or Less]
![Shrouded Plants [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/PicsArt_11-21-04.33.10.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Pinwheels [15 Words or Less]
![Pinwheels [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/PicsArt_11-21-04.24.52.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Convention Center [15 Words or Less]
![Convention Center [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/PicsArt_11-21-04.30.09.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Wings Rising [15 Words or Less]
![Wings Rising [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/PicsArt_11-21-04.23.04.jpg?fit=225%2C300&ssl=1)
Give Thanks [15 Words or Less]
![Give Thanks [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/PicsArt_11-21-04.27.24.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Gold Statue [15 Words or Less]
![Gold Statue [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/PicsArt_11-09-11.49.15.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Infinity [15 Words or Less]
![Infinity [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/infinity.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Car with Eyelashes [15 Words or Less]
![Car with Eyelashes [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/PicsArt_08-22-02.24.42.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Atlatl [15 Words or Less]
![Atlatl [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/PicsArt_07-05-07.00.37.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Dragonfly Captured! [15 Words or Less]
![Dragonfly Captured! [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/PicsArt_07-05-06.58.19.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Double Vision [15 Words or Less]
![Double Vision [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/PicsArt_07-04-05.39.36.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Is This Just Fantasy? [15 Words or Less]
![Is This Just Fantasy? [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/PicsArt_07-04-05.40.48.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Wind Tunnel [15 Words or Less]
![Wind Tunnel [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/PicsArt_07-04-05.47.52.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Toys Rise Up! [15 Words or Less]
![Toys Rise Up! [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/PicsArt_07-04-05.50.02.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1)
Jeweled Fish [15 Words or Less]
![Jeweled Fish [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/PicsArt_07-04-05.53.04.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1)
Paddle Boat [15 Words or Less]
![Paddle Boat [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/20180428_115426.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1)
Bikes at a Salt Lake [15 Words or Less]
![Bikes at a Salt Lake [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/PicsArt_05-17-07.19.42.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Foreign Letters [15 Words or Less]
![Foreign Letters [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/PicsArt_05-17-07.21.16.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Fountain [15 Words or Less]
![Fountain [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/PicsArt_05-17-07.18.07.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Peacock [15 Words or Less]
![Peacock [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/PicsArt_05-17-07.16.21.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Hay! [15 Words or Less]
![Hay! [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/PicsArt_05-17-07.13.34.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Camel [15 Words or Less]
![Camel [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/PicsArt_05-17-07.12.41.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Mosaic Sky [15 Words or Less]
![Mosaic Sky [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/PicsArt_05-17-07.10.45.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Refugee Camp Mural [15 Words or Less]
![Refugee Camp Mural [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/PicsArt_05-17-07.09.39.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Tower Bridge [15 Words or Less]
![Tower Bridge [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/PicsArt_05-17-07.07.38.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Swan [15 Words or Less]
![Swan [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/PicsArt_05-17-07.06.01.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
London Eye [15 Words or Less]
![London Eye [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/PicsArt_05-17-07.04.43.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Red Light, Green Light! [15 Words or Less]
![Red Light, Green Light! [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/PicsArt_05-17-07.03.37.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Iron Maiden [15 Words or Less]
![Iron Maiden [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/PicsArt_05-17-07.02.35.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Aphrodite’s Rock [15 Words or Less]
![Aphrodite's Rock [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/PicsArt_05-17-07.15.24.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Cereal? [15 Words or Less]
![Cereal? [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/PicsArt_05-11-05.18.36.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Climbing Out [15 Words or Less]
![Climbing Out [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/PicsArt_05-09-10.27.06.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Cow [15 Words or Less]
![Cow [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/PicsArt_04-13-02.51.16.jpg?fit=297%2C300&ssl=1)
Forget charts and rules [15 Words or Less]
![Forget charts and rules [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/20180420_112806.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
In a Salt Shaker Far, Far Away [15 Words or Less]
![In a Salt Shaker Far, Far Away [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/PicsArt_04-13-02.55.12.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Blur [15 Words or Less]
![Blur [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/20180304_182725.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Extreme Swing and Day 5: The pause at the top
Snowpeople [15 Words or Less]
![Snowpeople [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/PicsArt_01-10-02.11.02.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Mandrake [15 Words or Less]
![Mandrake [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/PicsArt_02-22-04.28.54.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Voldetort the Turtle [15 Words or Less]
![Voldetort the Turtle [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/PicsArt_02-22-04.25.08.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Eye [15 Words or Less]
![Eye [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/PicsArt_02-22-04.27.44.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Throne [15 Words or Less]
![Throne [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/PicsArt_02-22-04.26.54.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Penguin [15 Words or Less]
![Penguin [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/PicsArt_01-10-02.15.35.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Silica Packet? [15 Words or Less]
![Silica Packet? [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/PicsArt_01-01-05.32.35.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Tile Trees [15 Words or Less]
![Tile Trees [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/PicsArt_01-10-02.12.39.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Winter Sky [15 Words or Less]
![Winter Sky [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/PicsArt_01-10-02.14.20.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Avalanche? [15 Words or Less]
![Avalanche? [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/PicsArt_01-01-05.34.39.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Angel Wings [15 Words or Less]
![Angel Wings [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/PicsArt_01-10-02.08.16.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Candle [15 Words or Less]
![Candle [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/PicsArt_01-01-05.31.44.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Shredder [15 Words or Less]
![Shredder [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/PicsArt_12-08-10.21.32.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Gloves in the Snow [15 Words or Less]
![Gloves in the Snow [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/PicsArt_12-07-07.09.01.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Sailing Ships [15 Words or Less]
![Sailing Ships [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/PicsArt_12-08-10.18.41.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Coral? [15 Words or Less]
![Coral? [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/PicsArt_12-08-10.22.33.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Traffic Cones [15 Words or Less]
![Traffic Cones [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/PicsArt_11-09-08.42.10.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Bike Rack [15 Words or Less]
![Bike Rack [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/PicsArt_11-09-08.50.49.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Tree Puzzle [15 Words or Less]
![Tree Puzzle [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/PicsArt_11-04-05.34.29-1.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1)
Listening Pod [15 Words or Less]
![Listening Pod [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/PicsArt_11-04-02.12.57.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Black Forest Face [15 Words or Less]
![Black Forest Face [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/PicsArt_10-27-06.32.33.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Train Through Fence [15 Words or Less]
![Train Through Fence [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/PicsArt_10-21-08.02.06.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Hydrangeas (I think) [15 Words or Less]
![Hydrangeas (I think) [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20170915_194133965213170.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Rescued Owl [15 Words or Less]
![Rescued Owl [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/PicsArt_10-02-10.04.18.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Making Art [15 Words or Less]
![Making Art [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/PicsArt_09-23-03.25.46.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Burning Maple [15 Words or Less]
![Burning Maple [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/PicsArt_09-23-08.54.20.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Safety Pin [15 Words or Less]
![Safety Pin [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/PicsArt_09-15-06.42.30.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Moray Eel [15 Words or Less]
![Moray Eel [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/PicsArt_09-13-02.56.43.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Trinity College Library [15 Words or Less]
![Trinity College Library [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/PicsArt_07-19-08.49.45.jpg?fit=169%2C300&ssl=1)
Leopard [15 Words or Less]
![Leopard [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/PicsArt_08-26-07.33.24.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Beetle [15 Words or Less]
![Beetle [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/PicsArt_07-19-08.45.00.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Life Preserver [15 Words or Less]
![Life Preserver [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/PicsArt_07-29-12.39.48-1.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Maze [15 Words or Less]
![Maze [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/PicsArt_06-16-08.28.48.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1)
Sail On! [15 Words or Less]
![Sail On! [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/PicsArt_07-29-12.40.43.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
City Hall [15 Words or Less]
![City Hall [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/PicsArt_06-23-12.17.34.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Balcony Cat [15 Words or Less]
![Balcony Cat [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/PicsArt_06-16-08.40.19.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Globe [15 Words or Less]
![Globe [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/PicsArt_07-08-08.53.33.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Egg [15 Words or Less]
![Egg [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/PicsArt_06-29-04.23.39.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Eyebrows [15 Words or Less]
![Eyebrows [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/PicsArt_06-16-08.51.12.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Mary Poppins [15 Words or Less]
![Mary Poppins [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/PicsArt_06-16-08.46.39.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Bee Cookie [15 Words or Less]
![Bee Cookie [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/20170610_065022.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Freeway Treeway [15 Words or Less]
![Freeway Treeway [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/PicsArt_06-01-08.35.10.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Catacombs [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Catacombs [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/wp-1488806939826.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Sculpture of…? [15 Words or Less]
![Sculpture of...? [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/wp-1488807095139.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Arc De Triomphe Stairway [15 Words or Less]
![Arc De Triomphe Stairway [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/wp-1488806928952.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Pink Cow [15 Words or Less]
![Pink Cow [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/wp-1488806947462.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Mont Saint Michel [15 Words or Less]
![Mont Saint Michel [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/wp-1488807221445.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1)
Moon and Sunbound
3 Poems and an Icelandic Horse [15 Words or Less]
![3 Poems and an Icelandic Horse [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/wp-1488807078496.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Icelandic Bicycle [15 Words or Less]
![Icelandic Bicycle [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/wp-1488806985586.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Northern Lights [15 Words or Less]
![Northern Lights [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/wp-1488807023086.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1)
Tectonic Rift [15 Words or Less]
![Tectonic Rift [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/wp-1488807036401.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Eiffel Tower [15 Words or Less]
![Eiffel Tower [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Eiffel-Tower.jpg?fit=168%2C300&ssl=1)
Moonglow [15 Words or Less]
![Moonglow [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/wp-1489185526687.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Lava Cave [15 Words or Less]
![Lava Cave [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/wp-1488806977519.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
The Bumble Ball [15 Words or Less]
![The Bumble Ball [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/picsart_02-11-09.32.31.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Last Leaf [15 Words or Less]
![Last Leaf [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/picsart_02-11-09.33.26.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Whale Postcard [15 Words or Less]
![Whale Postcard [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/picsart_02-11-09.38.33.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Barely the Moon [15 Words or Less]
![Barely the Moon [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/picsart_02-03-10.41.32.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Party Boar [15 Words or Less]
![Party Boar [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/picsart_01-27-07.11.41.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Ice Carving [15 Words or Less]
![Ice Carving [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/20170119_091035.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Pawprint [15 Words or Less]
![Pawprint [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/picsart_01-14-12.39.51.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Tower [15 Words or Less]
![Tower [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/picsart_12-11-12.40.00.jpg?fit=168%2C300&ssl=1)
Dolphin Lady [15 Words or Less]
![Dolphin Lady [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/picsart_12-11-12.38.26.jpg?fit=168%2C300&ssl=1)
Losing Perspective [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Losing Perspective [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/picsart_12-11-12.37.17.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Airport Gorilla [15 Words or Less]
![Airport Gorilla [15 Words or Less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/picsart_12-11-12.35.39.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Jigsaw [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Jigsaw [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/20161117_090342.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Cookie Monster! [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Cookie Monster! [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/1478571072648-e1480797283881.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Grid [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Grid [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/20161107_201801.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
[Crow Balance] 15 Words or Less Poems
![[Crow Balance] 15 Words or Less Poems](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/20161107_201727.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Umbrella Chandelier [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Umbrella Chandelier [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/20161107_201815.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Storm [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Storm [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/20161018_103051.jpg?fit=169%2C300&ssl=1)
Locks [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Locks [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/wp-1477082755862.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Viking Ship [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Viking Ship [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1476037563413-e1477081102769.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Window [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Window [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2016-07-30-23.00.46.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Mushroom [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Mushroom [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mushroom-2_thumb.png?fit=200%2C200&ssl=1)
Horse [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Horse [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/steel-horse.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Tennis [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Tennis [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2016-07-30-22.57.30.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Tower [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Tower [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2016-07-30-22.45.22.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Hello [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Hello [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/wpid-20160912_132355-e1473801996605.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Subway Map [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Subway Map [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2016-07-30-23.04.32.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Volcano [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Volcano [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/wpid-wp-1472636869778.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Quilt [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Quilt [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2016-07-30-22.32.54.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Airport Piano Man [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Airport Piano Man [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2016-07-30-22.30.52.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Tyger [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Tyger [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2016-07-30-22.23.30.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Spark [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Spark [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2016-08-03-08.12.27.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Splash [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Splash [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/leaf-web-rain.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Fluff [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Fluff [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/wpid-picsart_05-18-12.58.07.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Tractor [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Tractor [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wpid-2016-06-16-13.52.16.jpg.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Disappearing [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Disappearing [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/wpid-picsart_05-29-05.05.31.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Tracks [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Tracks [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wpid-20160610_182957-e1466256217418.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Ducks on a Log [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Ducks on a Log [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/wpid-picsart_05-29-05.04.54.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Umbrella, Inside [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Umbrella, Inside [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/wpid-picsart_05-31-07.41.00.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Bird [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Bird [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/wpid-picsart_05-18-12.54.43.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Jailed [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Jailed [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/wpid-picsart_05-17-03.41.52.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Boxed In [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Boxed In [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/wpid-picsart_05-14-08.38.06.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Open Wide [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Open Wide [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/wpid-picsart_03-30-08.45.58.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Branches [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Branches [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/wpid-2016-04-24-08.37.22.jpg.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Play(ne)ground [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Play(ne)ground [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/wpid-picsart_03-15-04.09.00.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Neon Sky [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Neon Sky [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/wpid-picsart_03-15-04.14.25.jpg?fit=225%2C300&ssl=1)
Sunroof [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Sunroof [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/wpid-picsart_03-15-04.13.49.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Who, Me? [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Who, Me? [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/wpid-picsart_03-15-04.01.25.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Eggshell [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Eggshell [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/wpid-picsart_03-15-04.06.34.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Tangled [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Tangled [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/wpid-picsart_03-15-04.10.18.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Late Snow [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Late Snow [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/wpid-picsart_03-15-04.07.38.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Landing [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Landing [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/wpid-20160211_205327.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Snowplowasaurus [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Snowplowasaurus [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/wpid-20160212_070604.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Leaf Necklace [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Leaf Necklace [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/wpid-20160212_084428.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Sort of Ceiling [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Sort of Ceiling [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/wpid-20160211_202026.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Garden Snake? [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Garden Snake? [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Vida_tree_root_15wol.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Froggy? [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Froggy? [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/wpid-2016-01-23-06.44.36.jpg.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Pipe Cleaners [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Pipe Cleaners [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/pipe-cleaners.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Trunk [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Trunk [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_5410.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Antlers [15 Words or Less Poems] & Live Writing Video
![Antlers [15 Words or Less Poems] & Live Writing Video](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_5399.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Cougar [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Cougar [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_5412.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
A Pear-y Pretty Chandelier [15 Words or Less Poems]
![A Pear-y Pretty Chandelier [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/chandelier-e1450530359652.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Great Gourd! [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Great Gourd! [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/gourds-e1449927703799.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Ice on Fire [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Ice on Fire [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/suddenfrostpic.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Key Lime…Pie? [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Key Lime...Pie? [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/IMG_5053.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Jungle Tile [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Jungle Tile [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/IMG_4874.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Inside Music [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Inside Music [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/violin.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
X Marks What? [15 Words or Less Poems]
![X Marks What? [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/photo51.jpg?fit=300%2C224&ssl=1)
Armor [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Armor [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/armor1.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Airplane Window [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Airplane Window [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/library-forecast.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Cows [15 Words or Less Poems]
![Cows [15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/photo201.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1)
Pipes [15 words or less poems]
![Pipes [15 words or less poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/photo4.jpg?fit=224%2C300&ssl=1)
Reaching Hands [15 words or less poems]
![Reaching Hands [15 words or less poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/photo101.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Flower Boot [15 words or less poems]
![Flower Boot [15 words or less poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/photo211.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Fossil [15 words or less poems]
![Fossil [15 words or less poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/photo61.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
The Giant Spider [15 words or less poems]
![The Giant Spider [15 words or less poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/maman.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1)
Pinata [15 words or less poems]
![Pinata [15 words or less poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/15WOLb1-e1439651802927.jpg?fit=300%2C160&ssl=1)
The Arch [15 words or less poems]
Bull vs. Bear [15 words or less poems]
Big Fish [15 words or less poems]
![Big Fish [15 words or less poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/15WOLb1-e1439651802927.jpg?fit=300%2C160&ssl=1)
Eros [15 words or less poems]
![Eros [15 words or less poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/15wols1.jpg?fit=120%2C64&ssl=1)
Weebles [15 words or less poems]
![Weebles [15 words or less poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/photo13.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Displaying Your Students’ Poems or Other Projects
Pit [15 words or less poems]
![Pit [15 words or less poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/15wols1.jpg?fit=120%2C64&ssl=1)
Umbrellas [15 words or less poems]
![Umbrellas [15 words or less poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/15wols11.jpg?fit=120%2C64&ssl=1)
Theater [15 words or less poems]
![Theater [15 words or less poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/15wols12.jpg?fit=120%2C64&ssl=1)
Belly of the Beast [15 words or less poems]
![Belly of the Beast [15 words or less poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/15wols13.jpg?fit=120%2C64&ssl=1)
Marie [15 words or less poems]
![Marie [15 words or less poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/photo4.jpg?fit=169%2C300&ssl=1)
A Jig and a Poem [15 words or less poems]
![A Jig and a Poem [15 words or less poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/photo231.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Iron Man [15 words or less poems]
![Iron Man [15 words or less poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/photo21.jpg?fit=225%2C300&ssl=1)
Dandelion [15 words or less poems]
![Dandelion [15 words or less poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/photo41.jpg?fit=293%2C300&ssl=1)
Window [15 words or less poems]
![Window [15 words or less poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/photo51.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Statue [15 words or less poems]
![Statue [15 words or less poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/photo6.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Concert [15 words or less poems]
![Concert [15 words or less poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/photo21.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Seagull [15 words or less poems]
![Seagull [15 words or less poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/photo11.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Straws [15 words or less poems]
![Straws [15 words or less poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/photo221.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Tip #22: Fess Up [and 15 Words or Less Poems]
![Tip #22: Fess Up [and 15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/crane-15wol1.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Tip #17: Give a Line Some Space [and 15 Words or Less Poems]
![Tip #17: Give a Line Some Space [and 15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/yard-arms-15wol1.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Tip #12: Use a Prop [and 15 Words or Less Poems]
![Tip #12: Use a Prop [and 15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/november-15wol1.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Tip #7: Walk and Stop [and 15 Words or Less Poems]
![Tip #7: Walk and Stop [and 15 Words or Less Poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/in-pyramids1.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Tip #2: Define It [and 15 Words or Less Poems]
Perfect [15 words or less poems]
![Perfect [15 words or less poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/photo25.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Cow? [15 words or less poems]
![Cow? [15 words or less poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/photo31.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Stay! [15 words or less poems]
![Stay! [15 words or less poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/photo26.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Spectacles [15 words or less poems]
![Spectacles [15 words or less poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/photo110.jpg?fit=300%2C292&ssl=1)
Yarn [15 words or less poems]
![Yarn [15 words or less poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/photo21.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Old Tree [15 words or less poems]
![Old Tree [15 words or less poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/photo5.jpg?fit=225%2C300&ssl=1)
Onion [15 words or less poems]
![Onion [15 words or less poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/photo3.jpg?fit=225%2C300&ssl=1)
Burr [15 words or less poems]
![Burr [15 words or less poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/photo5.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1)
Flowers [15 words or less poems]
![Flowers [15 words or less poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/photo41.jpg?fit=225%2C300&ssl=1)
Bell [15 words or less poems]
![Bell [15 words or less poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/photo11.jpg?fit=300%2C283&ssl=1)
Swirly Jack [15 words or less poems]
![Swirly Jack [15 words or less poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/photo31.jpg?fit=225%2C300&ssl=1)
Pineapple [15 words or less poems]
![Pineapple [15 words or less poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/photo21.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1)
Moss [15 words or less poems]
![Moss [15 words or less poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/photo21.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1)
Tights [15 words or less poems] and Merry Christmas!
![Tights [15 words or less poems] and Merry Christmas!](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/photo11.jpg?fit=225%2C300&ssl=1)
Charmed [15 words or less poems]
![Charmed [15 words or less poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/photo11.jpg?fit=225%2C300&ssl=1)
Crabby [15 words or less poems]
![Crabby [15 words or less poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/photo3.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1)
The View [15 words or less poems]
![The View [15 words or less poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/photo21.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1)
Silk [15 words or less poems]
![Silk [15 words or less poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/IMG_8319-e14161777176861.jpg?fit=225%2C300&ssl=1)
Bow-Wow Pirate [15 words or less poems]
![Bow-Wow Pirate [15 words or less poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/photo3.jpg?fit=225%2C300&ssl=1)
Enclosure [15 words or less poems]
![Enclosure [15 words or less poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/IMG_8370-e14151475959421.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1)
Leaping Hare [15 words or less poems]
![Leaping Hare [15 words or less poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/IMG_8346-e14151203842211.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1)
Scary Hands [15 words or less poems]
![Scary Hands [15 words or less poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Scary_Hands.jpeg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1)
Empty Liner [15 words or less poems]
![Empty Liner [15 words or less poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/photo31.jpg?fit=225%2C300&ssl=1)
Dino [15 words or less poems]
![Dino [15 words or less poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/photo11.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1)
Hidden [15 words or less poems]
![Hidden [15 words or less poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/photo-e14126036894741.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1)
Scroll [15 words or less poems]
![Scroll [15 words or less poems]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/photo71.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1)
Scarecookies [15 words or less]
![Scarecookies [15 words or less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/photo61.jpg?fit=248%2C300&ssl=1)
Beads [15 words or less]
![Beads [15 words or less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/photo31.jpg?fit=225%2C300&ssl=1)
Niagara Falls [15 words or less]
![Niagara Falls [15 words or less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/photo41.jpg?fit=225%2C300&ssl=1)
Big Wheels [15 words or less]
![Big Wheels [15 words or less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/photo13.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1)
Weeds [15 words or less]
![Weeds [15 words or less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo11.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1)
Lamp [15 words or less]
![Lamp [15 words or less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo3.jpg?fit=225%2C300&ssl=1)
Statue [15 words or less]
![Statue [15 words or less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo24.jpg?fit=224%2C300&ssl=1)
Shooting Star [15 words or less]
![Shooting Star [15 words or less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo121.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Hands [15 words or less]
![Hands [15 words or less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/photo112.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Fungus [15 words or less]
![Fungus [15 words or less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/photo42.jpg?fit=225%2C300&ssl=1)
Metal Woman [15 words or less]
![Metal Woman [15 words or less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/photo62.jpg?fit=129%2C300&ssl=1)
Hoofing It [15 words or less]
![Hoofing It [15 words or less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/photo32.jpg?fit=300%2C206&ssl=1)
Hallway Beacon [15 words or less]
![Hallway Beacon [15 words or less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/photo82.jpg?fit=225%2C300&ssl=1)
Tree Eyes [15 words or less]
![Tree Eyes [15 words or less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/519TZBPun5L._BO2204203200_PIsitb-sticker-v3-bigTopRight0-55_SX278_SY278_PIkin4BottomRight122_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Lichen [15 words or less]
![Lichen [15 words or less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/photo32.jpg?fit=225%2C300&ssl=1)
Turtle [15 words or less]
![Turtle [15 words or less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/photo22.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1)
Grassy [15 words or less]
![Grassy [15 words or less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/photo12.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Prickly [15 words or less]
![Prickly [15 words or less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/photo12.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1)
Can Top [15 words or less]
![Can Top [15 words or less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/photo3.jpg?fit=287%2C300&ssl=1)
Tree [15 words or less]
![Tree [15 words or less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/photo31.jpg?fit=225%2C300&ssl=1)
Globes [15 words or less]
![Globes [15 words or less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/photo21.jpg?fit=225%2C300&ssl=1)
Courage [15 words or less]
![Courage [15 words or less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/photo13.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Riddle-Ku! [drift down]
![Riddle-Ku! [drift down]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/riddle-ku1.jpg?fit=300%2C69&ssl=1)
Riddle-Ku! [merry-go-round]
Ribs [15 words or less]
![Ribs [15 words or less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/leaf-e13955838226911.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Slow Jets [15 words or less]
![Slow Jets [15 words or less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/photo4.jpg?fit=300%2C251&ssl=1)
Behind the Glass [15 words or less]
![Behind the Glass [15 words or less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/photo12.jpg?fit=206%2C300&ssl=1)
Cock-a-Doodle-Doo [15 words or less]
![Cock-a-Doodle-Doo [15 words or less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/photo41.jpg?fit=168%2C300&ssl=1)
Ghostly [15 words or less]
![Ghostly [15 words or less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/photo32.jpg?fit=272%2C300&ssl=1)
Lobster [15 words or less]
![Lobster [15 words or less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/photo6.jpg?fit=298%2C300&ssl=1)
Snow Cloud [15 words or less]
![Snow Cloud [15 words or less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/photo12.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1)
Mirror [15 words or less]
![Mirror [15 words or less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/photo7.jpg?fit=224%2C300&ssl=1)
Tracks [15 words or less]
![Tracks [15 words or less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/photo2.jpg?fit=225%2C300&ssl=1)
Look Up! [15 words or less]
![Look Up! [15 words or less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/photo15.jpg?fit=300%2C224&ssl=1)
Rope [15 words or less]
![Rope [15 words or less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/photo10.jpg?fit=224%2C300&ssl=1)
Bridge [15 words or less]
![Bridge [15 words or less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_92131.jpg?fit=300%2C224&ssl=1)
The View [15 words or less]
![The View [15 words or less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/15wols14.jpg?fit=120%2C64&ssl=1)
Tree Neighbor [15 words or less]
![Tree Neighbor [15 words or less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/15wols1.jpg?fit=120%2C64&ssl=1)
Starlight [15 words or less]
![Starlight [15 words or less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/15wols11.jpg?fit=120%2C64&ssl=1)
No bull! [15 words or less]
![No bull! [15 words or less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/15wols12.jpg?fit=120%2C64&ssl=1)
Man or Machine? [15 words or less]
![Man or Machine? [15 words or less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/15wols13.jpg?fit=120%2C64&ssl=1)
Thanksgiving [15 words or less]
![Thanksgiving [15 words or less]](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/15wols1.jpg?fit=120%2C64&ssl=1)
[15 words or less] Elmo in Trouble
![[15 words or less] Elmo in Trouble](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/15wols11.jpg?fit=120%2C64&ssl=1)
[15 words or less] Shadeless
![[15 words or less] Shadeless](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/15wols12.jpg?fit=120%2C64&ssl=1)
[15 words or less] Submerged
![[15 words or less] Submerged](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/15wols13.jpg?fit=120%2C64&ssl=1)
[15 words or less] Giselle
![[15 words or less] Giselle](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/15wols1.jpg?fit=120%2C64&ssl=1)
[15 words or less] Bacteria?
![[15 words or less] Bacteria?](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/15wols11.jpg?fit=120%2C64&ssl=1)
[15 words or less] Funnel
![[15 words or less] Funnel](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/15wols12.jpg?fit=120%2C64&ssl=1)
[15 words or less] Mermaid
![[15 words or less] Mermaid](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/15wols13.jpg?fit=120%2C64&ssl=1)
[15 words or less] Towel Dog
![[15 words or less] Towel Dog](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/15wols14.jpg?fit=120%2C64&ssl=1)
[15 words or less] Scissors
![[15 words or less] Scissors](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/15wols1.jpg?fit=120%2C64&ssl=1)
[15 words or less] Book Plate and PoetryMinute.org
![[15 words or less] Book Plate and PoetryMinute.org](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/15wols11.jpg?fit=120%2C64&ssl=1)
[15 words or less] Face
![[15 words or less] Face](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/15wols12.jpg?fit=120%2C64&ssl=1)
[15 words or less] Stubble
![[15 words or less] Stubble](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/15wols13.jpg?fit=120%2C64&ssl=1)
[15 words or less poems] Lifeboats
![[15 words or less poems] Lifeboats](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/15wols1.jpg?fit=120%2C64&ssl=1)
[15 words or less poems] To the Sky Light
![[15 words or less poems] To the Sky Light](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/15wols11.jpg?fit=120%2C64&ssl=1)
[15 words or less poems] Foamy
![[15 words or less poems] Foamy](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/15wols11.jpg?fit=120%2C64&ssl=1)
[15 words or less poems] Wispy
![[15 words or less poems] Wispy](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/15wols12.jpg?fit=120%2C64&ssl=1)
[15 words or less poems] Spidey?
![[15 words or less poems] Spidey?](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/photo11.jpg?fit=225%2C300&ssl=1)
[15 words or less poems] Blue Mood
![[15 words or less poems] Blue Mood](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/photo4.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1)
[15 words or less poems] Swan
![[15 words or less poems] Swan](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/photo32.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1)
[15 words or less poems] Hay there!
![[15 words or less poems] Hay there!](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/photo12.jpg?fit=300%2C224&ssl=1)
[15 words or less poems] Eeek!
![[15 words or less poems] Eeek!](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/photo111.jpg?fit=224%2C300&ssl=1)
[15 words or less poems] Hard-Headed
![[15 words or less poems] Hard-Headed](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/photo61.jpg?fit=224%2C300&ssl=1)
[15 words or less poems] Juliet?
![[15 words or less poems] Juliet?](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/photo101.jpg?fit=224%2C300&ssl=1)
[15 words or less poems] Who Knows?
![[15 words or less poems] Who Knows?](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/photo62.jpg?fit=300%2C224&ssl=1)
[15 words or less poems] Is That a #2 Pencil?
![[15 words or less poems] Is That a #2 Pencil?](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/photo15.jpg?fit=300%2C259&ssl=1)
[psvid] “Kisses” (Robert Weinstock)
![[psvid] "Kisses" (Robert Weinstock)](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/poem_starter_vid1.jpg?fit=300%2C144&ssl=1)
[psvid] “Moonlit Raccoon” (Deborah Ruddell)
[15 words or less poems] The Mystery of the Sphinx
![[15 words or less poems] The Mystery of the Sphinx](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/photo14.jpg?fit=300%2C224&ssl=1)
[15 words or less poems] Gnarled
![[15 words or less poems] Gnarled](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/photo7.jpg?fit=300%2C224&ssl=1)
[15 words or less poems] Where Would You Like This Camel Delivered?
![[15 words or less poems] Where Would You Like This Camel Delivered?](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/photo12.jpg?fit=300%2C224&ssl=1)
[15 words or less poems] Giant Snowman
![[15 words or less poems] Giant Snowman](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/photo22.jpg?fit=275%2C300&ssl=1)
[15 words or less poems] Petal
![[15 words or less poems] Petal](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/photo9.jpg?fit=224%2C300&ssl=1)
[15 words or less poems] Tickets!
![[15 words or less poems] Tickets!](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/photo91.jpg?fit=300%2C224&ssl=1)
[15 Words or Less Poems] Sparkle & Cybils!
![[15 Words or Less Poems] Sparkle & Cybils!](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/sparkle1.jpg?fit=169%2C300&ssl=1)
[15 Words or Less Poems] Seedhead
![[15 Words or Less Poems] Seedhead](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/photo8.jpg?fit=224%2C300&ssl=1)
[15 Words or Less Poems] Glass Ceiling
![[15 Words or Less Poems] Glass Ceiling](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/photo12.jpg?fit=224%2C300&ssl=1)
[15 Words or Less Poems] Roots
![[15 Words or Less Poems] Roots](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/photo42.jpg?fit=300%2C224&ssl=1)
[15 Words or Less Poems] Glasses
![[15 Words or Less Poems] Glasses](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/photo111.jpg?fit=224%2C300&ssl=1)
[15 Words or Less Poems] Sea Serpent
![[15 Words or Less Poems] Sea Serpent](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/photo22.jpg?fit=224%2C300&ssl=1)
[15 Words or Less Poems] Lion
![[15 Words or Less Poems] Lion](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/photo83.jpg?fit=224%2C300&ssl=1)
[15 Words or Less Poems] Webs
![[15 Words or Less Poems] Webs](https://i0.wp.com/laurasalas.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/photo13.jpg?fit=300%2C175&ssl=1)
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