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Who Will You Be Today? [15 Words or Less]

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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 poetry residency tomorrow) and couldn’t respond, I did read them […]

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Ladybug, Ladybug [15 Words or Less]

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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 I won’t be able to comment on poems. This spring […]

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My Poems at the TLA Poetry Round Up #PoetryFriday

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Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to attend the Texas Library Association conference in Austin to take part in Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong’s awesome Poetry Round Up. What a great event! I’m sharing the clip of the poems I read here: And […]

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Mask [15 Words or Less]

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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:

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Floor Bunny [15 Words or Less]

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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 the mall. I love this bunny version of hopscotch! This […]

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Writing Rhyming Nonfiction Books #PoetryFriday

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Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) Today, I’m over at the Teaching Authors blog, linking back to my favorite lesson/activity from my time there and pondering whether I still write rhyming nonfiction the same way. I’m also sharing that I have a Patreon community where my Patrons are supporting me (generally […]

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Korean War Veterans Memorial [15 Words or Less]

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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 things:

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The Poetry of Puppetry 2: A St. Paul, MN Puppet Show!

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On Friday, I went to the George Latimer Central Library in St Paul Minnesota (my library) to watch a puppet show created by my friend, librarian Kim Faurot. I have heard from writer friends about Kim’s awesome puppet shows, but I have never been to one. Wow! In this one, the overarching story is about […]

What Am I Up To This National Poetry Month? You! #PoetryFriday

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Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) This year, for the first time in many years, I’m not writing a poem a day for Poetry Month. This makes me sad, but with school visits, a writing retreat, a book launch party, and a conference in Texas, I knew I just couldn’t do […]

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DC Trees [15 Words or Less]

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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, a mini writing retreat last week, and now I’ve just […]

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