Crisis, a Skinny Poem
April has been a chaotic month. Today’s skinny poem is a reminder to myself! Thanks for reading, and if you want to see more of my National Poetry Month poems, click here.
April has been a chaotic month. Today’s skinny poem is a reminder to myself! Thanks for reading, and if you want to see more of my National Poetry Month poems, click here.
Fun news today! Finding Family was selected as an Honor Book for the Minnesota Youth Reading Awards–the Star of the North (picture book) category! It’s so exciting that a fairly quiet book got enough votes from elementary school kids to be named one of two Honor Books. You can see
Welcome, and happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) I’m so happy you’ve dropped by. Whether you’re a regular participant in the Poetry Friday world, or you ended up here from a search or a link, please know that we’re a welcoming community! Read, comment, think, share,
Wind turbines are so cool. Our old suburb had one that I drove by almost daily. I don’t have one that close anymore, but I still see them regularly, and there are several close in to the actual cities. Once you’re out in farmlands, you see fields of them occasionally.
I love the moon, and I always feel a sense of peace, a feeling of everything will be all right-ness when I look at it. Here’s today’s skinny poem. Thanks for reading, and if you want to see more of my National Poetry Month poems, click here.
Happy Easter! I’m trying to get back home to Minnesota, but my flight last night was canceled. At the airport now. And next up, Rylee. She had a lovely career as a therapy dog, mostly visiting kids at the children’s hospital. Thanks for reading, and if you want to see
There hasn’t been a lot of downtime, but here’s some joy–my sister’s two dogs. Today, I give you Pepper! Thanks for reading, and if you want to see more of my National Poetry Month poems, click here.
Welcome, and happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) I’m so happy you’ve dropped by. Whether you’re a regular participant in the Poetry Friday world, or you ended up here from a search or a link, please know that we’re a welcoming community! Read, comment, think, share,
Yesterday’s poem about stitches made me think of my mom. She was a passionate quilter. Lots of rustic ones, occasional fancy ones, a few tied ones. We have about 20. After retirement, her Quilt Guild (I didn’t even know there was such a thing) was such a joy for her.
Today’s skinny poem topic is stitches–for no particular reason! But I thought of my mom, quilting, and also of a doctor stitching up a cut. And more ways stitches join things together. So… here’s today’s poem. Thanks for reading, and if you want to see more of my National Poetry
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