• Poetry Friday February 10, 2023

      Carol at Beyond Literacy Link is hosting our Poetry Friday roundup today.     Haiku of the Week oak leaf imprints his form on the ice– remembers fall   Photo Taken: December 30, 2022 at a park in my neighborhood Haiku Written: January 3, 2023   Haiku Moments…

  • Poetry Friday: Noticing Nature

      Laura Shovan is our host for Poetry Friday today. Hop on over to her post to read all of the Poetry Friday posts.   Haiku of the Week air bubbles baubles in the ice glitter the pond   Haiku & Photo © 2023 Marcie Flinchum Atkins  Photo Taken:…

  • Poetry Friday January 27, 2023

    Jan at Bookseedstudio is our host today. Jan and I went to Hollins together. In fact, you can see a mentor text lesson plan I made for her book SHE SANG PROMISE.      If you’re interested in more mentor text lesson plans for teachers, you can see those…

  • Poetry Friday Hosting & Wait, Rest, Pause Companion Books

      Welcome Poetry Friday friends! I’m hosting this week. I hope you’ll enjoy reading everyone’s posts. Drop your link in the roundup at the end.    Wait, Rest, Pause Companion Books Way back in pre-COVID times, my book WAIT, REST, PAUSE: DORMANCY IN NATURE came out in the fall…

  • Poetry Friday: More in 2023

      Join us for the Poetry Friday Roundup where Susan at Chicken Spaghetti is hosting.      More in 2023   Every quarter I do a reflection about my writing life. I think of what I want to NOT do anymore. I also think of what I’d like to…

  • Poetry Friday January 6, 2023: Word of the Year

      Catherine at Reading to the Core has our roundup this week.   Word for 2022 Last year my words of the year were NATURE AND NURTURE (not versus). I knew I needed to spend more time out in nature and nurturing myself after a long time of teaching…

  • Poetry Friday: 2022 Year in Review

    This week, Patricia ends Poetry Friday for 2022 with the Poetry Friday roundup.      Top Posts of 2022 I wrote 42 Poetry Friday posts this year. These were my top 5 posts, as determined by total views.  The Sealey Challenge 5 for 30 Jumping Back into Poetry Friday…

  • Poetry Friday: Near Misses and Goodbye Rituals

      This week’s Poetry Friday roundup is at Michelle Kogan’s blog. Head on over there to see all of the posts.      Near Misses and Goodbye Rituals   What do you do with the those near miss books?   I write a lot of nonfiction picture books. I…

  • Poetry Friday December 2, 2022

    This week’s Poetry Friday roundup is at Reading to the Core. Hop on over there to read everyone’s posts.      Haiku of the Week   summer’s chlorophyll slips away leaving behind flames in the trees   Photo & Haiku © 2022 Marcie Flinchum Atkins    Haiku Moments Playlist…

  • Poetry Friday November 25, 2022

      Today’s Poetry Friday host is “There’s No Such Thing as a God-Forsaken Town.” Hop on over there for the roundup.    Haiku of the Week   leaves’ colors muted under a later of silt— farewell to fall  Haiku & Photo © 2022 Marcie Flinchum Atkins    Haiku Moments…