Today is June 1st! Time seems to be flying! Last month, I ran a contest to get some of the readers who bought my poetry chapbook, Life’s Inspiration and Reflection in a Few Words (2022), to write an Amazon review for the book. If you don’t know, book reviews greatly enhance the saleability of a…
I’m having a period of disillusionment with my writing. I think this is probably normal but to help myself put things in perspective, I’m taking a short break from posting. In the meantime, here are links to articles on my medium.com page, Carol Labuzzetta, that you might have missed. I hope you enjoy the articles….
Happy Poetry Friday! Ruth, at her blog, There is No Such Place as a God-forsaken Town, is hosting us today from Uganda! Thank you, Ruth! You seem to have a lot going on! I appreciate you taking the time to host Poetry Friday! Today is my 1900th post on this blog! I’ve been writing daily…
Today is Poetry Friday. The host this week is Margaret Simon at her blog Reflections on the Tech. Margaret is heavily involved in poetry and posts interesting work – her own creations as well as sometimes those of her students. Check it out. Thank you for hosting, Margaret! A Small Poem If you are looking…
This year, my one little word found me, instead of me finding it. I’ve not always participated in the choosing of one word to guide our year, but I found that I didn’t have a choice this year. My word is ENOUGH. If you look up that word in the dictionary, you’ll find it has…
When supposed nature lovers take every opportunity to cut someone down, it turns me off. Over the last few years, I’ve noticed a trend on social media. The trend is nastiness. And I’ve noticed it in the most unlikely of places: nature groups! I’m an environmental educator, formally trained with a master’s degree in natural…
Usually, on Friday, I write a poem and post it to the Poetry Friday group I participate in. Then, I cross-post it to my Medium.com page. The cross-posting is relatively new – six months or so,. The Poetry Friday post has been a routine for years. I have taken breaks from this group but not…
This is the second in a series of poems I’m writing on how trees wear snow in the winter. How a Cedar Wears Snow My branches called boughs Are bending low, in a frown Snow came, fast, wet, and heavy Making my boughs bow down Leaning over, I look sad Under the weight of the…
I’ve become increasingly frustrated with the way Medium works. Most of my views and reads are external to the site which means a couple of things. What do I do now? Firstly, I am not shutting down either blog. If, in the next year, Medium does not improve for me, I’ll get out. I have…
I have been posting to medium.com daily. Here are some of my more recent posts. Thank you! Today: https://carollabuzzetta.medium.com/making-an-effort-more-than-just-a-trip-to-trader-joes-c15005f4e4f0?sk=483b89d219c2ec4dfe5d72532ba288b9 Yesterday: https://carollabuzzetta.medium.com/the-poison-being-spewed-by-national-news-outlets-8b9026258002?sk=0a4e0514b5d10615741fa4a7f8354424 December 8th, 2022 https://carollabuzzetta.medium.com/the-beauty-of-white-sands-national-park-f5ad60632e91?sk=90c96bc6c15d7c706bb4ce4cdbf977ce December 7th, 2022 https://carollabuzzetta.medium.com/gardening-with-children-forcing-holiday-bulbs-c80f130d6f42?sk=65efd094a50332fe99cb70d7b0f5a3e0 December 6th, 2022 https://medium.com/the-bouncin-and-behavin-poetry-society/experimenting-with-forms-of-poetry-the-haibun-21876425a98b?sk=4b0381941c0657f4eccdd10c4aa5b1e5 December 5th, 2022 https://carollabuzzetta.medium.com/dentists-when-you-hate-them-but-need-them-95a1ed504fc?sk=1d82d5d2f7f51a1b161e13342e0d85a4 Thank you for following me on WordPress or Medium. I appreciate your support and loyalty.