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Friday, December 31, 2021

Poetry Sisters Write About Bells

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The last challenge of the year was to write about bells. I had a lot of grand ideas, many fits and starts, but kept coming back to one topic...
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Friday, November 26, 2021

Poetry Sisters Write Odes to Autumn

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This month's challenge was to write an ode to autumn. Fall is my favorite season, but I had a hard time thinking of topics, especially s...
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Friday, October 29, 2021

Poetry Sisters Write Wordplay Poems

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The challenge this month was to write a wordplay poem. Laura set this challenge based on one offered up by Nikki Grimes in May 2015 at Today...
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Friday, September 24, 2021

Poetry Sisters Write Tanka

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This month's challenge was to revisit poems written by other members of the group and write tanka in inspired by or in conversation with...
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Thursday, September 09, 2021

Poetry Friday is Here!

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Hello all. I've been away for a while, so I'm happy to be back and hosting this week. I lost my mother on June 30th and am still mou...
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Friday, June 25, 2021

Poetry Sisters Tackle the Zentangle

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This month's challenge was to compose a zentangle poem.  Kat Apel does a really nice job describing them on her site. This is similar t...
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Friday, May 28, 2021

Poetry Sisters Write Ekphrastic Poems

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This month's Poetry Sisters challenge was to write a poem in response to an image. We had a few to choose from, but I decided to write t...
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Friday, May 21, 2021

Poetry Friday - Celebrating Mary Lee

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When I started my blog late in 2006, I quickly found my way to kidlit blogs, Poetry Friday and an amazing community. A Year of Reading , so ...
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Friday, April 30, 2021

NPM 2021 - Poetry Friday, Found Poem 30, and Writing With My Poetry Sisters

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Welcome Poetry Friday friends! This year for National Poetry Month I wrote and shared found poems, most of which were science- or nature-the...
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Thursday, April 29, 2021

NPM 2021 - Found Poem 29

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Today's found poem comes from Out of School and Into Nature: The Anna Comstock Story , written by Suzanne Slade and illustrated by Jessi...
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Wednesday, April 28, 2021

NPM 2021 - Found Poem 28

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Today's found poem comes from The Sky's the Limit: Stories of Discovery by Women and Girls , written by Catherine Thimmesh and illus...
Tuesday, April 27, 2021

NPM 2021 - Found Poem 27

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Today's found poem comes from The Secret Life of a Snowflake: An Up-Close Look at the Art & Science of Snowflakes , by Kenneth Libbr...
Monday, April 26, 2021

NPM 2021 - Found Poem 26

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Today's found poem comes from the New York Times article Some Male Birds Fly Under False Colors to Attract Mates, Study Suggests , writt...
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Sunday, April 25, 2021

NPM 2021 - Found Poem 25

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Today's found poem comes from the New York Times article What Do You Call a Bunch of Black Holes: A Crush? A Scream? written by Dennis ...
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Saturday, April 24, 2021

NPM 2021 - Found Poem 24

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Today's found poem comes from the New York Times article One of the World’s Oldest Science Experiments Comes Up From the Dirt , written ...
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Friday, April 23, 2021

Poetry Friday and NPM 2021 - Found Poem 23

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Welcome Poetry Friday friends! This year for National Poetry Month I'm writing and sharing found poems, most of which are science- or na...
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Thursday, April 22, 2021

NPM 2021 - Found Poem 22

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Today's found poem is another zentangle poem. Kat Apel does a  really nice job describing them  on her site. This is similar to blackout...
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