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Poem-a-Day: #9 and (Gulp) a Poem Video

Beagle’s Easter treat: forbidden Gobstoppers. Dread resurrection. –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ———————————————————— One of my goals for 2012 was to put some videos online. Videos of me reading poems.?A few clips from school visits or public events. Bits with me and Lisa Bullard answering some writers’ questions on

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Poem-a-Day: #8

storm rises from ground… sand dispenses dust to sky… clouds tan leather sun –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ———————————————————— I almost wrote today’s haiku about our beagle getting into the Easter candy, but then I read this great interview with David Harrison about his?new collection, Cowboys. It’s at Sylvia

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Poem-a-Day: #7

new pen ink rushes like snowmelt from spring mountains– quenching winter’s dry throat –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved  

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Poetry Friday and Poem-a-Day: #6

she waves her red stick– goalie in matador pads– welcomes charging bull –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved Happy Poetry Friday! My daughter Maddie had lacrosse tryouts recently, and she’s going to be goalie for the varsity team. Yikes. It’s nerve-wracking watching her defend the goal–but she loves it. Robyn

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Poem-a-Day: #4

regal lion suns, soaks spring from weathered veldt: beagle on the deck –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved I love watching our beagle, Captain Jack Sparrow, sun on the deck right outside the window where I’m writing. He just soaks up the sun out of the planks of the deck.

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Poem-a-Day: #3

eyes–dry, sandy beach packed down by day’s heavy feet– welcome high tide’s sweep –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved —————————————————————————————————————- I know more and more poets (including me) are at least thinking about e‑publishing as print publishers buy fewer and fewer poetry collections and anthologies. Terrific poet David L. Harrison

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Poem-a-Day: #2

leafy whiskers sprout on beech’s smooth, pale bark chin– no shaving ’til fall –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved I’m also at Laura Shovan’s Author Amok blog today with a villanelle and a post about my poetry-writing rituals. Hope you’ll drop by and say hi!

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Poem-a-Day: #1

pond wears white swan gown velvet folds, feathers flutter– dragonfly pin shines –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved April is always a busy month for me, and this year that’s truer than ever. But I hate to see National Poetry Month just slide by without doing something particular to celebrate

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wholly to be a fool for Randy

My husband Randy and I have been married 24 years today, which is pretty hard for me to believe! I am not good at love poems to people (somehow it’s much easier to write a love poem to a cranberry bush or a snowman or a pencil), so I’m sharing

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It’s Like Billy Collins Read My Mind!

I mentioned recently that I had ordered Billy Collins’ Picnic, Lightning and a couple of other poetry books as my own Christmas gifts. And in a separate post, we chatted about writing in books and whether it’s a sign of love or a desecration (most, but not all, people vote

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