The Miss Rumphius Effect

The blog of a teacher educator discussing math, science, poetry, children's literature, and issues related to teaching children and their future teachers.

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Thursday, August 28, 2025

Poetry Sisters Talk Back to a Poem

This month, our challenge was to talk back to a poem, specifically the poem "Talk to Me Poem, I Think I Got the Blues" by Nikki ...

Friday, August 15, 2025

Poetry Friday - Box Triolets

It's been a long time since I've written a poem for David Harrison's Word of the Month Poetry Challenge . The word for August is...

Friday, July 25, 2025

Poetry Sisters Write Sedoka

The challenge this month was to write sedoka. The sedoka is a Japanese poetic form that is an unrhymed poem made from a pair of katuata. A ...

Friday, July 04, 2025

Poetry Friday - Protest Triolet

This week, the Inklings are writing poems of protest for our nation’s birthday. The challenge was to"write in praise of democracy and p...

Friday, June 27, 2025

Poetry Sisters Write Raccontinos

This month the challenge was to write a raccontino. The first time I saw this form was in the Helen Frost verse novel Spinning Through the U...

Friday, May 30, 2025

Poetry Sisters Writen Golden Shovels

Hello Poetry Friday friends! I took the month of May off (mostly) after posting daily for National Poetry Month. If you didn't see my po...

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

NPM 2025 - Poem 30

For National Poetry Month this year, I am writing poems in uncommon, unusual, or inventive poetic forms. The only rule I have set for myself...

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