• Poetry Friday August 12, 2022: Magazine Poetry

      Margaret at Reflections on the Teche is hosting Poetry Friday this week. Hop on over there to see the roundup.      Magazine Poetry I always have a big stack of unread magazines–The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Scientific American, and more. They all have poetry in them. And…

  • Poetry Friday Roundup & The Sealey Challenge

    I’m hosting Poetry Friday! If you are sharing your post, you can add your link below. The Sealey Challenge   As you may have guessed by now, I love a good challenge. I often create challenges for myself in writing and in reading. When I recently read about The…

  • Poetry Friday July 22, 2022: Poetry Printables

    Poetry Friday roundup this week is at Another Year of Reading with Mary Lee Hahn.    Poetry Printables I attended a phenomenal poetry keynote by Janet Wong through the Poetry Foundation Teacher Institute. I’m already a big fan of Janet. My favorite poetry collection of all time is A…

  • Poetry Friday July 15, 2022: Organizing Poems in Scrivener

    Elisabeth at Unexpected Intersections is hosting this week’s Poetry Friday. Hop on over there to see the roundup.      Organizing Poems in Scrivener Last week, I mentioned that I used Scrivener to type up my poems and tag them. I think you could do the same thing in…

  • Poetry Friday July 8, 2022: Haiku Journal Sneak Peek

    Happy Poetry Friday! This week’s host is Jan at Book Seed Studio. Hop on over there for the roundup.      Haiku Journal Sneak Peek   My goal this year is to write a haiku every weekday. I’ve been experimenting with macrophotography. So I combined my daily haiku with…

  • Poetry Friday June 24, 2022: My Deep Dive into Plath Poetry

    This week’s Poetry Friday host is Reading to the Core. Hop on over there for the roundup.    Deep Dive into Plath Poetry I mentioned the fact that I was reading Sylvia Plath’s poems when I wrote about the “Spring Break of Sylvia Plath,” but I wanted to add…

  • Poetry Friday June 17, 2022: 5 for 30

    This week Michelle Kogan is hosting Poetry Friday. Hop over there for the roundup.    5 for 30   I’m a big fan of learning about yourself and how you write best. I’ve taken a few classes about using Clifton StrengthsFinders for Writers at Becca Syme’s Write Better Faster…

  • Poetry Friday June 10, 2022: The Spring Break of Sylvia Plath

    Today’s Poetry Friday host is Buffy Silverman. Check out the roundup there.   Spring Break of Sylvia Plath + What I’m Reading I had big dreams for Spring Break 2022. I knew I couldn’t go out of town because of my daughter’s spring sports schedule. So I decided to…

  • Poetry Friday May 27, 2022

    Today’s Poetry Friday roundup is at my friend Linda’s blog!  It’s been a tough couple of weeks. There is some medical stuff happening with our extended family. An old friend (not old–he was my age–but from long ago) died this week unexpectedly. And my oldest is graduating from high…