Laura Purdie Salas

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Toilet Gets Bummed Out and Dreamy from In the Middle of the Night [#PoetryFriday]

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Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) This is Week 3 (Week 1 here and Week 2 here) of my sharing a few bits from my three books on the 2020 NCTE Poetry Notables list! So honored about this!   And more big news to be very grateful for: Lion of the […]

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3 Equations from Snowman-Cold=Puddle [#PoetryFriday]

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Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) This is Week 2 (Week 1 here) of my sharing a few bits from my three books on the 2020 NCTE Poetry Notables list! So honored about this!   Before I share tidbits, I have to show you this. You might know how my very […]

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Winter Haiku from Lion of the Sky [Poetry Friday]

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Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) I am gob-smacked to share that I have THREE books on the 2020 NCTE Poetry Notables list!   I am so happy! The committee is made up of teacher educators, poets, and poetry lovers, and I know they spent much time and discussion on creating […]

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Come In? [Poetry Friday]

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Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) I do not feel ready for 2020–in so many ways. But time doesn’t pause just because we need time to catch up (wouldn’t it be cool if it did?!), so here’s my poem from my poetry diary earlier this week. And for lots of wonderful […]

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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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The Voice of Winter–a Villanelle [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 Tanita’s choice: A villanelle on a wintry topic, including a pair of words (or homonyms thereof) from the following eleven: bleak, draft, gutter, chill, chime, glitter, gust, harsh, rime, nip, thaw. I always find the […]

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From a City Dweller to Her Love [Poetry Friday]

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Happy Poetry Friday! Welcome, everyone! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) Sara’s daughter, Rebecca, who’s been joining us recently (yay!), posed our challenge this month: a pastoral. She wrote: Some inspiration from The Making of a Poem: A Norton Anthology of Poetic Forms: “The pastoral is central to poetry. In a simplified definition, it […]

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The Opening of Snack, Snooze, Skedaddle + a Giveaway! [Poetry Friday]

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Happy Poetry Friday! Welcome, everyone! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) Last week, my final picture book of 2019 published (I blogged about it here), and it’s a rhyming nonfiction book. I thought I’d share the opening two quatrains as my poem this week and invite you to enter a giveaway that ends Sunday […]

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