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More Than Two Sides [Poetry Friday]

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Happy Poetry Friday! Welcome, everyone! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) Before moving on to my poem this week, I have a question for you. Do you know of one or a few kids ages 4-6 who would like to be in the book trailer for my first fiction picture book? The book comes […]

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More Than Two Sides, a Tanka About Truth [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 my choice, so it’s extra frustrating that I found it SO challenging. I chose tanka (non-rhyming form with a 5/7/5/7/7 syllable count) as our form, because I like short poems. But I also wanted our […]

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Another Breath from Breathe and Be by Kate Coombs [Poetry Friday]

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Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) Last month, I shared Kate Coombs’ gorgeous new picture book, Breathe and Be (Sounds True, 2017). I think a lot of you connected with that post and the book, and I’m happy to share a bit more from Kate. We both had other blogligations (yep, […]

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Breathe and Be by Kate Coombs [Poetry Friday]

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Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) Poet friend Kate Coombs sent me a copy of her new picture book, Breathe and Be (Sounds True, 2017). It came in the mail on a busy day (is there such a thing as an un-busy day?), and I was going to wait until the […]

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