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 and then commuter rides in big
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 more open to interpretation. But this
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 image makes me think of several
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 couple weeks ago, I found myself
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 at once. Instead, one day while
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, appropriately, my daughter Maddie’s birthday,
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 lovely days in Daytona Beach. (After
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 to the filter I put on
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 on piano or guitar with string
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. But I had no silly photos
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