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Poetry Friday: Recreating Update
Tricia at The Miss Rumphius Effect is hosting today. Hop on over there for the roundup. Haiku of the Week slime molds jelly to the wet long sun lanterns Photo Taken: January 1, 2025 at Burke Lake Park Haiku Written: January 9, 2025 …
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Poetry Friday: Practices
Kat is our host for the week. Hop on over there for the roundup. Practices Georgia Heard’s email newsletter this week talked about intentions and practices. Goals are great, but they are endpoints. This really resonated with me. I love goal-making. It’s an important part of my…
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Poetry Friday: 2025 Challenges Revealed
Mary Lee is hosting the first Poetry Friday of the new year. Hop on over there for the roundup. I posted my 2024 year in review on New Year’s Eve—the good, the bad, the ugly. If you’d like to read it, hop on over there first. …
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2024 Year in Review
I love doing reflections. Sometimes, I get caught up in the next thing and if I don’t reflect, I miss paying attention to the good stuff. In the week between Christmas and New Year’s I always do my yearly reflections and make plans for the year ahead. …
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Poetry Friday: December Roundup of Bookstores and Books
On this last Friday of 2024, our host for the week is Michelle Kogan at MoreArt4All. Hop on over there for the roundup. 24 Bookstores in 2024 This year I made a goal to visit 24 independent or used bookstores in 2024. January Roundup February Roundup March…
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Poetry Friday: Remembering Nikki Giovanni
Linda at A Word in Edgewise is our host for today. Hop on over there for the roundup. Remember Nikki Giovanni This week my social media feed has been filled with Nikki Giovanni posts and memories. What a poet Nikki was. Virginia Tech, where she was a professor,…
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Poetry Friday: November Roundup of Bookstores and Books
Carol at The Apples in My Orchard is hosting this week. Hop on over there for the Poetry Friday roundup. 24 Bookstores in 2024 This year I made a goal to visit 24 independent or used bookstores in 2024. January Roundup February Roundup March Roundup April…
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Poetry Friday: Back from NCTE
Tanita at {fiction, instead of lies} is our host for this week. Hop on over there for the roundup. One Step Forward Receives a Star One of the hardest parts for me is that in between time when everything is set for a book and you don’t…
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Poetry Friday: Haiku for Healing
Karen Edmisten is our host of the week. Hop on over there for the roundup. Haiku of the Week This week, I was inspired by Mary Lee Hahn’s call for Haiku for Healing. I’ve been thinking about that a lot as I write my daily haiku. You’ll…
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Poetry Friday: NCTE Bound
Cathy at Merely Day by Day is our host this week. Hop on over there for the Poetry Friday roundup. Good News & Tough News Let’s start with the good news. I think this was announced a week or so ago: Carole Boston Weatherford is the new…
