Small Reads for Brighters Days
Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) Y’all, I am exhausted! But in a good way. I was out of town last week on school visits, and this week, I had my We Belong virtual book launch party and two virtual school visits. Whee! And whew! I can’t tell you how much […]
Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) Today is my birthday–whee! I’m feeling extra grateful for friends and decent health and poetry this year. I want to share that two friends of mine, Steve and Vicki Palmquist, are going through tough times. You may not know them, but they are enormous advocates […]
Did you know the first Sunday in June is National Cancer Survivors Day? I didn’t, either. But it is. Like just about everyone, my life has been touched by cancer, and an editor friend who is smart and wonderful and compassionate is going through treatment right now. I’m re-sharing this poem from quite a few […]
Happy Poetry Friday, friends! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) I haven’t been writing much new poetry recently. My days are filled with copyediting and passage writing, and I’m grateful for the work. I also have some internal plans for poetry “continuing education” in the new year:>) For now, though, I’ll probably be resharing […]
Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) Did you see the poetry and other writing done by second graders here at Blog Tour Stop #7? If not, I hope you’ll hop over to comment. It was wonderful to hear kids sharing their families! Today, I’m sharing another calendar poem. I know–it’s been […]
Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) This week, I’m sharing another calendar poem. My life at home has gone kinda crazy these past few weeks, and I’m not sharing these every week, so this one is from a couple of weeks ago. My words that week were “camera” (Linda Mitchell), “bread” […]
Here’s my calendar poem this week–thank you to Jan Goodwin Annino for “jar,” Martha O’Quinn for “parasol,” and Leslie Leibhardt Goodman in Illinois for “airy.” (Would you like to suggest a word for me? Just go here!) I was thinking about all the ways books help kids–and me–fly! Save Save Save Save Save
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 […]
Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) I wanted to give myself a new poetry challenge for 2018, and here’s what I decided to do. I had bought a Sierra Club desk calendar on clearance. Something about the empty spaces in their orderly 7 spots for each week made me want to […]
Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) So, last week, I shared a lai, which the Poetry Princesses tackled for December. I liked it and wanted to try another, so here’s a #poemsketch with another lai. I had one with a font I liked a little better, but it was a […]
