• Poetry Friday June 2, 2023

    June 2, 2023 /

      Tricia at The Miss Rumphius Effect is hosting today. Hop on over there to see the roundup.      Haiku of the Week   twilight shore seaweed’s arms drink salty water living sculpture   Haiku & Photo © 2023 Marcie Flinchum Atkins   Photo Taken: North Topsail Beach…

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  • Poetry Friday: When Everything Converges

    May 26, 2023 /

    Patricia Franz is hosting our Poetry Friday roundup today.      When Everything Converges I’ve reached that time in the year when all things are happening at once. My novel-in-verse revision is due next week. I just started taking a college class on local history. I have book fair…

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  • Poetry Friday May 19, 2023

    May 19, 2023 /

    Janice at Salt City Verse has the Poetry Friday roundup today.     Haiku of the Week     swallowtail’s patience— open-close-open-close until first flight   Photo and Haiku © 2023 Marcie Flinchum Atkins   Photo Taken: April 14, 2023 at my sit spot Haiku Written: April 14, 2023…

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  • Poetry Friday: A Double Book Announcement

    May 12, 2023 /

      Robyn at Life on the Deckle Edge is hosting today. Hop on over there for the roundup.    Book News! Book News! Book News!   I haven’t had a book to announce in a few years, but I’ve been diligently working on several things.   I’m excited to…

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  • Picture of a blue notebook with a Mary Oliver quote that says, "The flowers were dressed in nothing but light." The notebook is next to a copy of the Mary Oliver poetry collection, WHY I WAKE EARLY.

    Poetry Friday: My Mary Oliver Plunge

    April 14, 2023 /

    Newsletter! I have a teacher & librarian useletter that I send out on the 15th of every month. If you don’t subscribe and would like to, please click here to sign up. It goes out tomorrow.      This week’s Poetry Friday host is Jone Rush MacCullough. Click here…

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  • Poetry Friday: Poetry News from Vacation

    April 7, 2023 /

    Margaret at Reflections on the Teche is our host this week for Poetry Friday.    I always joke that things happen when I’m on vacation. Once, I left my laptop at home when we went on vacation and I had a bunch of things to respond to writing-wise.  …

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  • Poetry Friday March 31, 2023

    March 31, 2023 /

      Mary Lee at A(nother) Year of Reading is our host this week.     Haiku of the Week     winter-aged bloom bobs in afternoon’s breeze— golden girl     Photo Taken: January 28 at Green Spring Gardens Haiku Written: February 3   Haiku Moments Playlist Poetry Printables…

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

    January 19, 2023 /

      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…

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  • Poetry Friday: More in 2023

    January 13, 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…

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  • Poetry Friday: Near Misses and Goodbye Rituals

    December 9, 2022 /

      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…

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