Happy Poetry Friday! Welcome, everyone! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) Y’all, I honestly just cannot get my online act together this year. Sigh. This month, the Poetry Sisters wrote haiku sonnets. I didn’t make it to the live write, and it was a scramble to have anything to
Happy Poetry Friday! Welcome, everyone! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) Long time, no see! Life this spring/summer has been full of ups and downs, and I haven’t posted in a couple of months. And even this post is kind of a drive-by! This month, the Poetry Sisters and
Happy Poetry Friday! Welcome, everyone! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) Short and sweet this week, as I’m immersed (doesn’t that sound better than drowning?) in family medical care. This month, the Poetry Sisters (and you!) wrote ekphrastic poems–poems inspired by art. I decided to be inspired by this
Happy Poetry Friday! Welcome, everyone! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) Two things before moving onto poetry: 1: I’ve been having a lot of trouble commenting on posts lately. Mary Lee and Tanita gave me some tips on Inlinkz work arounds, so if the Roundup this week is through
Happy Poetry Friday! Welcome, everyone! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) Y’all, thank you so much for all your kind words and wishes this past month. I can’t tell you what they’ve meant as I’ve dipped into comments when feeling overwhelmed and had a lovely few minutes of respite
Happy Poetry Friday! Welcome, everyone! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) Well, friends, I feel like 2025 is kind of limping to a close here. Covid and various bugs have been spreading around my family the past couple of weeks, and I’m exhausted. We’re supposed to have our Christmas
Happy Poetry Friday, and Happy Thanksgiving! Welcome, everyone! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) Well, last weekend was NCTE! And I’m barely upright right now with mop-up and Thanksgiving, so I’ll share more about that next week. Meanwhile, this month our poetry group wrote eavesdropping/overheard poems a la Susan
Happy Poetry Friday! Welcome, everyone! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) I confess, this is a fly-by post. I’m in Des Moines, IA, presenting at an SCBWI conference this weekend, and life lately has been all about doctors’ appointments, financial stuff, chronic pain, gorgeous (but worrying) October weather, gratitude
Happy Poetry Friday! Welcome, everyone! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) A few good news items: I’m presenting at the Iowa SCBWI Conference over Halloween weekend! And I’m presenting with Dr. Sophie Ladd and some amazing nonfiction authors about mentor texts at NCTE this year? Anybody going? And, finally,
Happy Poetry Friday! Welcome, everyone! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) I’ve missed you! Last week, I was in Chicago for the NCTE-NCTM Joint Conference. A couple of poetry-related highlights: hearing Irene Latham and Charles Waters’ wonderful keynote and then getting to talk poetry, mistakes, publishing, and life with
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