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Why Ms. Rob Is Awesome and Some Gratitude [Poetry Friday]

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Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) If you stopped by for just the poem, here it is:>) I shared this (just the text) MORE THAN 10 YEARS AGO on my blog. Wow. Double-click on the image to see it larger and/or download a printable .pdf. I also have felt so much […]

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Still Shining (a gratitude sonnet) and a Poetry Gathering at NCTE [Poetry Friday]

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Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) At NCTE, Laura Shovan organized a lovely dinner for kidlit poetry people. It was a huge gathering featuring lots of seafood (or, you know, creme brulee if you’re a seafood hater like me)! Here’s a photo of the Poetry Friday folks who were there. Wow! […]

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The Dot and NCTE [Poetry Friday]

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Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) Here’s a poem I shared recently, but I’m sharing it again, since it’s on the postcard I’ll be handing out to everyone I meet at NCTE next week in Baltimore. Here’s my schedule — hope to see you there! And I’m including a tidbit from […]

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Snakes with the Poetry Princesses [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, apparently, my choice. Last week, Sara emailed the group to say, “Are we still doing Laura’s challenge? September – Laura – A poem comparing something with a snake — some snake pairing you think has […]

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World Tour (After a Lucia Micarelli Concert) [Poetry Friday]

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Happy Poetry Friday! Welcome, everyone! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) This month, our Poetry Princess challenge was to write a poem with an anaphora–a repeated, open-ended phrase.  Recently, Randy and I attended a concert by Lucia Micarelli, a wonderful violinist. (We saw her years ago performing with Jethro Tull.) Although I played violin […]

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Recipe for a Poetry Book–Happy Birthday, Lee Bennett Hopkins! [Poetry Friday]

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Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) Without Lee Bennett Hopkins and his books, I don’t think I’d be writing poetry for children today. When I first got the tiniest of inklings that I might like to dip a toe into the waters of poetry, Lee’s beautiful anthologies were some of the […]

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Visiting Kirby Larson and Ekphrastic Poetry with Princesses [Poetry Friday]

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Happy Poetry Friday! Welcome, everyone! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) I have two things today. First, Meet My Family published yesterday! I’m honored to be over at Kirby Larson’s Friend Friday, discussing how my own unusual family (ok, let’s be honest–my own weird family when I was a child) led to Meet My […]

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Dandelion Poem [Poetry Friday]

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Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) I’m sharing another calendar poem this week. (Read what these are and suggest a word here.) This week’s calendar poem was written before last week’s–which I really struggled with! This one came a little more easily (whew!). Thank you to katmaz@mac.com for “dandelion,” Margaret Simon […]

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After #Poemsketch

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I have decided I really prefer the idea of typed text rather than hand-lettered. The watercolors are already very fluid and, uh, imperfect, and when I try to hand-letter, the whole thing just feels sloppy to me. Also, I’ve tried a few of these watercolor background with black silhouette simple drawings on them, and they […]

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