• Poetry Friday: New Places for Poetry

      Heidi at my juicy little universe is our host today. Hop on over there for the roundup.   New Poetry Anthology   Fellow Poetry Friday friend, Carol Labuzzetta, has edited a new ekphrastic poetry anthology called Picture Perfect Poetry.     I have three ekphrastic poems and three…

  • Progressive Poem is Here!

    I’m excited to be a part of the Poetry Friday Progressive Poem, where each day in April, someone new adds a new line—or in this year’s case, a new couplet.    cradled in stars, our planet sleeps,clinging to tender dreams of peacesister moon watches from afar,    singing lunar lullabies…

  • March’s Books and Bookstore Roundup

    This week’s host is Tricia at The Miss Rumphius Effect. Go visit the roundup there.    24 Bookstores in 2024: March Report This year I made a goal to visit 24 independent or used bookstores in 2024.    January Roundup  February Roundup    It’s been an incredibly busy month…

  • Poetry Friday: An Update on ONE STEP FORWARD

    Our Poetry Friday host this week is Rose! Hop on over to my poetry pal’s website for the roundup.    One Step Forward Update   I have some news on One Step Forward. The pub date has been moved to March 4, 2025, just in time to celebrate Women’s…

  • Poetry Friday: Poetry + Research

      Tanita S. Davis is our host for this week. Hop on over there for the roundup.    Poetry + Research   Last weekend, I got to do two different writerly events. On Friday night, I was a guest reader at a “Reading Under the Stars” event at a…

  • Poetry Friday: Ups and Downs of the Writing Life

    Laura Purdie Salas is our host this week! Hop on over there for the roundup.    Growing from the Ups and Downs of the Writing Life   This week has been full of ups and downs in my writing life.   Ups 3 writing things completed and turned in…

  • Poetry Friday March 1, 2024

      Linda at Teacher Dance is our host of the week. Hop on over there for the full roundup.    Haiku of the Week     through the snow and warmth rosy hellebores color bland winter garden   Photo Taken: February 21, 2024 in our yard Haiku Written: February…

  • Poetry Friday: February’s Books and Bookstore Roundup

    This week’s host for Poetry Friday is Tabatha Yeatts at “The Opposite of Indifference.” Hop on over there for the roundup.    Trip to New York Last week, I didn’t want to clutter my cover reveal post with lots of other news, so you will get your news dump…