• Poetry Friday May 20, 2022: Bat Walk

      The Poetry Friday roundup is with Carmela at Teaching Authors.   A few weeks ago, I attended a bat walk at a local park. This is honestly my busiest season. Things are busy with my writing life. Things are busy with my job. And my teen is keeping…

  • Poetry Friday May 13, 2022: Community

        This week’s host for Poetry Friday is Rose Capelli. Hop over to her blog to see the Poetry Friday roundup. More on Rose (and some other poetic friends) below.   Community When I picked out my words for the year, I chose NATURE AND NURTURE. It was…

  • Poetry Friday: May 6, 2022

    Jama is our host for Poetry Friday this week. Hop on over there to see this week’s post.  Haiku of the Week salamander eggs jellied and gelled together in the vernal pond –Photo and haiku by Marcie Flinchum Atkins  Progressive Poem  For Poetry Month in April, I joined the…

  • Poetry Friday: April 29

    This week’s Poetry Friday host is Jone Rush MacCulloch. Hop on over to Jone’s blog to see the roundup.  Haiku of the Week   warmth of evening sun sweetgum pod’s mouth cracks open gulps spring’s air –Photo and Haiku by Marcie Flinchum Atkins What I’m Reading The Poetry Home…

  • Progressive Poem 2022

    I’m the next person in the Progressive Poem journey this month. Each day someone else adds a line to the poem. This year’s poem consists of lines from other books and songs. I had another line picked out, and then I did some later reading yesterday and changed my…

  • Poetry Friday: April 22

    This week’s Poetry Friday host is at Reflections on the Teche.  Haiku of the Week spring winds catch blossoms peel back their pale pink petals unveil hidden stars –Photo and Haiku by Marcie Flinchum Atkins   What I’m Reading The Lost Language by Claudia Mills (Margaret Ferguson/Holiday House, 2021)…

  • Poetry Friday: An Invitation to Learn about Collaboration

      Matt at Radio, Rhythm and Rhyme is hosting Poetry Friday this week. Check his site for all of the links!  Haiku of the Week Chinese paperbush stars in the sun-drenched garden yellow bursts of spring –Haiku and photo by Marcie Flinchum Atkins Photo taken at Enid A. Haupt…

  • Poetry Friday: Macrophotography

    Today’s Poetry Friday round up host is Janice at Salt City Verse. Macrophotography I’ve been trying to do more creative endeavors that don’t involve writing. I used YouTube to teach my left-handed self how to knit during the lockdown of the pandemic. I also started taking workshops on how…

  • Poetry Friday: Pack a Bag

    Pack a Bag As a writer with an outside full-time job and two kids, I have always had to carve out bit and pieces of time to write. I do have a dedicated time in the morning to write before I go to work. Now that my kids are…

  • Poetry Friday: Analog Desk

    This week’s Poetry Friday posts are hosted by Amy at The Poem Farm. Hop on over there to view all of the week’s posts.  Analog Desk In December of 2020, I was still working from home. My school stuff had taken over my writing space. I needed a sacred…