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Long Memory #PoetryFriday

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Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) My friend and critique group buddy Joyce Sidman has a gorgeous new poetry picture book, which I’m sharing here with you today! It’s called Hello, Earth! Poems to Our Planet (Eerdmans, 2021), and it’s just wonderful. Joyce wrote these poems to existing art by Miren […]

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Talent Is a Ticket [Poetry Friday]

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Happy Poetry Friday! Welcome, everyone! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) So, this month, our Poetry Princess challenge was from me: Roll a set of metaphor dice and write a poem inspired by your metaphor. If you don’t have metaphor dice, try an online metaphor generator, like this one: https://perchance.org/ve4axzbkx4  I feel kind of […]

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Riddle-ku by 2nd graders! #PoetryFriday

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Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) Quick announcement: Monday is the second Write Alone Together free event I’m hosting. Want to write individually, but in community? Check out the details here. The first one, earlier this week, was just lovely! Now, on to Poetry Friday! Y’all might know I love mentor […]

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This Poem Is a Nest #PoetryFriday

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Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) Hey, do you want to write alone together? I’m hosting two Zoom events this month! See more here. Finally, I have read This Poem Is a Nest, by Irene Latham (illus by Johanna Wright, Wordsong). For my birthday, BACK IN OCTOBER, I bought this book […]

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Write Alone Together–You’re Invited!

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Hi, teacher and writer friends. I got lots of lovely feedback and questions when I shared a poem draft last week inspired by my January experiences of writing alone together. Since my One Little Word this year is DARE, I’m trying something (to me) daring. I’m hosting two free Write Alone Together events on Zoom […]

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Writing Alone, Together #PoetryFriday

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Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) Well, I realized this morning I hadn’t done a Poetry Friday post for this week. With not setting it up last weekend as usual, and then  WRAD and many deadlines during the week, I totally forgot about it. Until 3 a.m. today. I went back […]

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Four Forever, and Help Needed with Names

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Happy Poetry Friday! Welcome, everyone! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) Two things first: Teachers, before I move on to my Poetry Friday post, I need your help! I’m revising a picture book and need to find names for several kid characters whose families come from different areas in the world. The kids are […]

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Snowmelt #PoetryFriday

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Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) If you follow me on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook (I’m @LauraPSalas on all of them), you might see my #OutsideEveryDay photos. I try to get outside most days and take a close-up photo of something that catches my eye. I don’t write poems to the […]

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An Audience of One #PoetryFriday

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Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) I’m trying to deepen my poetry practice in 2021, and one thing I’m doing is a book study of Mary Oliver’s A Poetry Handbook. In last week’s practice, I chose a poem to imitate. One way I want to stretch myself poetically is to imbue […]

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Winter Song #PoetryFriday

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Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) We had a white Christmas, and that filled my heart with joy. I don’t love winter without snow. I do love winter with snow. It’s pretty much that simple. Here’s a draft of a poem. I feel like it needs a third stanza to tie […]

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