• Poetry Friday: My Favorite Writing Things

    Patricia Franz, my Nevermores poetry buddy, is our host for today. The Nevermores is a group on Inked Voices that gives each other prompts each week. Since we’ve been in the group together, we’ve written to 102 prompts! I’m so proud of us!   My Favorite Writing Things  …

  • Poetry Friday: A Tale of Sunflowers

    Matt at Radio, Rhythm, and Rhyme is our host today. Hop on over there for the roundup.    A Tale of Sunflowers   I’ve been trying to grow sunflowers all summer long. We started them outside from seed, and the birds ate all of the seeds. We bought a…

  • Poetry Friday: More Summer Parks and Libraries

      The Poetry Friday host this week is Linda at A Word Edgewise. Hop on over there for the roundup.    More Summer Parks and Libraries   My husband and youngest child were away for 10 days for big canoeing trip out of the country, so I was able…

  • Poetry Friday Roundup and The Sealey Challenge

    I’m the host for this week’s Poetry Friday roundup, so feel free to leave your link below.   I’m excited to read everyone’s posts. I’ll be busy researching on Friday, so I hope to catch the posts in small bits over the weekend.   The Sealey Challenge   Last…

  • Poetry Friday: Summer of Parks and Books

      Linda Mitchell is hosting Poetry Friday over at A Word Edgewise. Did you know Linda and I are both librarians, but we met over poetry? True story. Renee LaTulippe introduced us virtually from Italy, even though Linda and I live not too far from each other.     …

  • Poetry Friday: When Everything Converges

    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…

  • Poetry Friday: Highlights of Highlights

      Linda at the Teacher Dance is our Poetry Friday host for the week. Hop on over there for the roundup.      Highlights of Highlights   At the beginning of April, I had such a great opportunity to go to Highlights for Charles Waters’ and Irene Latham’s fabulous…

  • Poetry Friday March 17, 2023

      Laura Purdie Salas is hosting Poetry Friday today.     Haiku of the Week   cold rain bejewels a caterpillar far from home     Photo Taken: January 31, 2023 at my school’s courtyard Haiku Written: February 2, 2023   Haiku Moments Playlist Poetry Printables Page Sign up…

  • Poetry Friday: Newly Published Poems

      Heidi at my juicy little universe is hosting today.   Newly Published Poems The Dirigible Balloon is a UK based poetry repository perfect for sharing with students. I have three new poems published on the site. Bee Convention: A Nonet  Tadpole Twist  Under the Rock    Teacher Useletter…

  • Poetry Friday: Blooms, Blooms, and More Blooms

      Tanita S. Davis at {fiction, instead of lies} is our host today. Check out the roundup here.     Haiku of the Week   winter morning— swarms on apricot blooms bee symphony   Photo and Haiku © 2023 Marcie Flinchum Atkins     Photo Taken: January 28, 2023…