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Friday, March 02, 2018

Ekphrastic Poems With My Poetry Sisters

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This month Liz offered up a photo as fodder for our poems. She took this at the Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Photo...
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Saturday, February 10, 2018

#nf10for10 - Inspiring Future Scientists

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I've been away from blogging for a while, only checking in when I'm writing with my poetry sisters. Now that the spring semester i...
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Friday, February 02, 2018

Writing Tanka With My Poetry Sisters

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Last month we wrote sonnets on any subject. This month Laura challenged us to write in response to those sonnets in the form of a tanka.  Ta...
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Friday, January 05, 2018

Welcoming the New Year with My Poetry Sisters and Sonnets

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I'm so thrilled to be embarking on another year of writing with my poetry sisters. This month the challenge was to write a sonnet. I cho...
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Friday, December 01, 2017

Poetry Sisters Write Lai

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Another year of writing poetry with my sisters is coming to a close. The challenge this month was to write poems about hope, light or peace ...
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Friday, November 10, 2017

Poetry Friday - Marathon

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I've spent the last three months training for a half marathon. Imagine my dismay when I threw my back out two weeks ago, just 13 days b...
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Friday, November 03, 2017

Poetry Sisters Write Triolets

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This month Liz challenged us to write a triolet that included at least two of the following words: orange fall chill light change I ...
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Friday, October 06, 2017

Poetry Sisters Write Autumn Hymns

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Tanita served up this month's challenge, which was to write an autumn themed poem in hymn meter. Hymn meter is defined as "a lyrica...
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Friday, September 01, 2017

Poetry Sisters Write Ekphrastic Poems

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This month's challenge was to write a poem inspired by a photo Sara shared. She took it while staying at the Highlight Foundation retrea...
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Friday, August 04, 2017

Poetry Sisters Write About Statues in the Park

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The challenge the poetry sisters took up this month was to write a poem with the title "Statues in the Park." Beyond this simple d...
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Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Conference on Teaching Race in the Classroom - Part 2

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In Part 1 of this series of posts I provided an introduction to the  National Museum of African American History and Culture , the site of ...
Monday, July 17, 2017

Conference On Teaching Race in the Classroom - Part 1

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Last week I had the privilege of and honor of spending the entire week at the National Museum of African American History and Culture  for a...
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Friday, July 07, 2017

Poetry Sisters Emulate Lord Byron

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This month's challenge was set by Kelly and it was to write in the style of Byron’s poem, She Walks In Beauty, Like the Night . You can ...
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Friday, June 02, 2017

Poetry Sisters Write Golden Shovels

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The challenge we undertook this month was to write a Golden Shovel poem. This form was invented by Terrance Hayes. Most Golden Shovels are w...
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Monday, May 29, 2017

Monday Poetry Stretch - Rictameter

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Created in 1990 by two cousins,  rictameter  is a nine line poetry form in which the 1st and last lines are the same. The syllable count is...
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Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Monday Poetry Stretch On a Tuesday - Abhanga

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I don't think I've ever tried a poetic form from India, so I thought this would be a good week to try one. The abhanga is form that...
Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Monday Poetry Stretch on a Tuesday

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Exams have ended, graduation is over, and summer school has already begun. Apparently, there is no rest for the weary. I am heartbroken fo...
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Friday, May 05, 2017

Poetry Sisters Write "Things to Do" Poems

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The Poetry Sisters are back this month writing "Things to Do" poems. Laura chose this month and gave us the added task of writing ...
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Monday, April 24, 2017

NPM 2017 Day Twenty-Four: Dog Music

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For National Poetry Month this year I am sharing poetry that celebrates my late sister-in-law and what it means to be human. These daily pos...
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Monday Poetry Stretch - Shadorma

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The  shadorma  is a Spanish poetic form consisting of six lines (a sestet) written in syllabic form. The syllable count is 3/5/3/3/7/5. A s...
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