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Friday, January 27, 2023

Poetry Sisters Write Cascade Poems

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Happy 2023. I'm thrilled to kick off another year of writing with my poetry sisters. We met at the beginning of January to plan our chal...
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Friday, December 30, 2022

Poetry Sisters Write "Box"-Inspired Poems

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For our last challenge of 2022, we let the word box inspire our poems. I made a long list of phrases that included the word box and hoped I ...
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Friday, December 16, 2022

Poetry Friday - Poetry Swap Joy

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It's been a while since I participated in a poetry swap, so I was determined to get involved this year. Tabatha Yeatts at The Opposite o...
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Friday, November 25, 2022

Poetry Sisters Write Recipe Poems

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The challenge we undertook this month was to write recipe poems. I had a lot of starts and stops on our Zoom call Sunday. I wasn't reall...
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Friday, October 28, 2022

Poetry Sisters Write Dansas

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The challenge this month was to write in the form of the dansa. We took our cues about the form at  Writer's Digest . I had trouble star...
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Friday, September 30, 2022

Poetry Sisters Write Definitos

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The challenge this month was to write in the form of the definito . Head on over to Heidi Mordhorst's place,  my juicy little universe ,...
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Friday, August 26, 2022

Poetry Sisters Write Bop Poems

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This month's challenge was to write a Bop poem. This form requires 3 stanzas, each followed by a refrain. The first and third stanzas ea...
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Friday, July 29, 2022

Poetry Sisters Write Phrase Acrostics to Maya Angelou

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This month's challenge was to write a phrase acrostic. Is that even a thing? We chose our phrases from the poem Still I Rise by Maya Ang...
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Friday, June 24, 2022

Poetry Sisters Write Byr a Thoddaid

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This month's challenge was to write in the form of Byr a Thoddaid. You can learn more about this form at  Writer's Digest . It has a...
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Friday, May 27, 2022

Poetry Sisters Write to the Theme of String/Thread/Rope/Chain

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This month's challenge was to write a poem using the words or theme of string, thread, rope, and/or chain. I thought a lot about kites a...
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Friday, May 06, 2022

Poetry Friday - More Primary Source Poems

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I'm still working my way through family documents and still writing every day, though not strictly in Japanese poetic forms as I did for...
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Saturday, April 30, 2022

NPM 2022 - April 30

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I can't believe it's the last day of April. Where has the month gone? I feel like I have so many more primary sources to share. Toda...
Friday, April 29, 2022

Poetry Friday - Poetry Sisters Write In the Style of Taylor Mali

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This month the challenge was to write in the style of Taylor Mali. If you've ever seen the video What Do Teacher's Make , you know w...
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Poetry Friday: NPM 2022 - Day 29

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Today's poem is written to a photo of my grandparents, great grandmother, and great aunt and uncle. The back of the photo is stamped Jun...
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Thursday, April 28, 2022

NPM 2022 - Day 28

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Today's poem is written to my father's navy photo. I didn't often see him write his full name, so it makes we wonder if my grand...
Wednesday, April 27, 2022

NPM 2022 - Day 27

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Today's poem is written to a photo of my grandfather and his twin sister. Born in 1899, my guess is that this photo was taken when they ...
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Tuesday, April 26, 2022

NPM 2022 - Day 26

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Today's poem is written to an envelope with buttons inside. That is my mother's handwriting on the outside. She would have been 20 w...
Monday, April 25, 2022

NPM 2022 - Day 25

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Today's poem is written to a letter my Aunt Lois sent my father when we was stationed in Hawaii during the war. Her letters are filled w...