Laura Purdie Salas

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Digital Review Copies of LION OF THE SKY

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If you’re an educator who shares and reviews books online or in person, Lerner is offering a digital peek at my next picture book, LION OF THE SKY: HAIKU FOR ALL SEASONS. Haiku meet riddles in these 24 poems. From baseball to apple, snow angel to kite, seasonal hallmarks speak in haiku to give clues […]

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Mosaic Sky [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 really have a thing for airport art. Here’s a close-up of a piece of a mosaic: This image makes me think of several things:

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Roundup of My Poetry Month Haiku [Poetry Friday]

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Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) Well, my Poetry Month efforts fell a little short this year. I am feeling kind of glum about that, but trying to just celebrate the effort, the process (more about my writing fail here). In that vein, I’m sharing a roundup of the haiku I […]

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Day 29: Haiku: waves roll in and out

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Day 28: Haiku: wooden bus stop bench

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Forget charts and rules [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’m largely off the grid this week and next, so I won’t be able to comment on your poems. I hope you’ll still participate and offer support and […]

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Day 25: Haiku: a plane of strangers

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Day 24: Haiku: patio seats, treats

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Girls’ day out with my daughter, Annabelle. Last day I’ll see her before her move to La Crosse…

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Day 20: Haiku: egg nog jellybeans

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Score!

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In a Salt Shaker Far, Far Away [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 older daughter Annabelle is moving to Wisconsin. I am going to miss her funny, loud, energetic, dramatic self SO much! One thing she wanted to do before […]

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