• Poetry Friday: May 9, 2025

      Sarah Grace Tuttle is hosting our Poetry Friday today. Hop on over there for the roundup.   Haiku of the Week first peony takes two days to bloom gets all the applause   Photo Taken: May 3, 2025 in my front yard Haiku Written: May 7, 2025  …

  • Poetry Friday: Poetry Project Update

    Irene is hosting over at Live Your Poem. Check out the roundup there. Poetry Month Project Update I’m 11 days in to my April Poetry Project. This project is a collection of poems I started at Highlights last summer. When I was there, I mostly tried to figure out…

  • Poetry Friday Roundup is Here

    I’m the host for this week’s Poetry Friday. If you’d like to know more about Poetry Friday, read this post from Renee LaTulippe. The most important thing to note is that all are welcome. I’m glad you’re here! If you want to share your link, you can paste it…

  • Poetry Friday: Book Problems

    Rose is hosting Poetry Friday today at “Imagine the Possibilities.” Head on over there for the roundup.  I Have a Book Problem You may have guessed that when my 24 Bookstores in 2024 turned into 40 bookstores in 2024, that I might have a book problem. I work in…

  • Poetry Friday: February 21, 2025

    Laura Purdie Salas is our host for the week. Hop on over there for the roundup.   Wait, Rest, Pause in the Wild   I got my first Google Alert on Wait, Rest, Pause in a long time! It was great news that this book is a storybook trail…

  • Poetry Friday: Valentine for a Writer

    Linda at Teacher Dance is hosting this week. Hop on over there for the roundup.   One Step Forward I’m so grateful to Patricia Franz, my Nevermores poetry sister, who wrote a poem about my forthcoming book. If you missed it, you can check it out here.   I…

  • Poetry Friday: One Step Forward Updates

    Carol at Beyond Literacy Link is hosting this week. Hop on over there for the roundup.   One Step Forward News Pre-Orders for One Step Forward If you’d like a signed copy of One Step Forward, please order through my local indie, One More Page Books. I’ll sign books…

  • Poetry Friday: January 24, 2025

      Tabatha at The Opposite of Indifference is our host today. Hop on over there for the roundup.   New Year Postcards I’m enjoying the Lunar New Year postcards as they come in (thank you, Jone, for organizing). Mine are on the way! But as they come in, each…

  • 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  …

  • 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…