In February I participated in Laura Shovan’s poetry challenge. I always enjoy this annual event–interesting daily prompts, excellent motivation to write each day, and a community that grows all month. One of the prompts I most enjoyed was from Lisa Vihos: “Write a eulogy for a person, (someone you know, someone from history, or a […]

Welcome to Poetry Friday. Mr. Linky and I are happy to host the roundup. Please leave your links at the end of this post. I have a sneak-peek to share with you today. Lucky me–this week I received an F&G of one of Laura Purdie Salas’ upcoming books. Finding Family comes out from Millbrook Press […]

I’m happy to host and participate in Poetry Friday today. We are enjoying the end of an unusually cool and wet spring, with lots of time spent looking at and photographing wildflowers. One of my favorite late spring flowers is Pink Lady Slippers. I first fell in love with lady slippers when I worked at […]

I’m happy to host the progressive poem today, a Poetry Friday tradition that moves line-by-line among poets in the Poetry Friday community during April as a celebration of National Poetry Month. Thanks to Margaret Simon for organizing this year’s effort. The first four lines of the poem to-date are composed of quotations from other sources. […]

I’ve been having a lot of fun writing daily poems for Laura Shovan’s February Poetry challenge. The theme for the month is time, and yesterday’s prompt was the Chicago song, Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? I wrote my response while warming my hands after a very cold walk with the spouse and […]

I’m participating in Laura Shovan‘s February poetry challenge again this month, and am really enjoying the daily challenge of writing to a prompt, without having any expectations other than to get some words on the screen. The theme for the month is time–and since time has felt like a slog for some of the past […]

I’m happy to host Poetry Friday today. Please leave your links at the end of the post, and see what goodness others are sharing this week. When I was a kid I remember reading a newspaper article about Jewish policemen in NYC who always took the Christmas shift. And the other day I read about […]

This week my big stack of library books includes NIGHT BECOMES DAY: Changes in Nature by Cynthia Argentine (Millbrook Press, 2022.) The book draws connections between seemingly disparate agents of change in nature–waves washing away footprints in sand is compared to rivers wearing away canyons; the speed of pumpkin tendrils wrapping around a rope compared […]

I’m happy to host Poetry Friday today. Mr. Linky is gathering the links at the end of this post–please add yours, and follow the links to other Poetry Friday blogs. I’ve been enjoying spring’s progress and noticing the changes around me. This week I’ve watched dragonflies and damselflies mating by the lake, a new fawn […]

Today the Poetry Friday community is celebrating Mary Lee Hahn’s retirement from teaching, after 37 years! I have never had the pleasure of meeting Mary Lee in person, but after interacting with her online I know that she’s the kind of caring, thoughtful, and talented teacher we wish for all of our kiddos. I love […]