• Poetry Friday August 26, 2022

      This week’s Poetry Friday’s host is Tanita Davis. Hop on over there to see the Poetry Friday roundup.     Haiku of the Week leaf miners tunnel a roadway create a map   Photo & Haiku © 2022 Marcie Flinchum Atkins        Playlist for Haiku Moment Poetry…

  • 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 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…

  • 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…

  • 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)…