Poetry Friday: October Rain
Welcome to Poetry Friday. My poem today, October Rain, was inspired by the weird weather we experienced yesterday in West Central Wisconsin. Sunny, stormy, rainy, along with tiny hailstones, and…
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Poetry Friday: I Took a Grasshopper for a Ride and Other Seasonal Inspired Poems.
A Fondness for Bugs Come along with me on your golden carpet of petals. There you sit so still and full of pride evident you are ready for a ride.…
Poetry Friday: Chartreuse, Another Color Poem
I compiled all the color poems I’ve written over the last three years of blogging, as well as a few I wrote with my students before The Apples in My…
Poetry Friday: Pandemic Haiku
Today is Poetry Friday. Upon arising, I was not sure I was going to write poetry today. I just “wasn’t in the mood.” Instead, I headed out to the garden…
New Poetry: Life is Not Linear & Content at Home
Life is not Linear Are you now who you thought you’d be when you were eighteen? Probably not. Life is not Linear, a straight line where you travel…
A Dr. Seuss Style Poem
I don’t like to skip a day blogging but most of today passed without me writing. After dinner, we went for a short walk with the dog. During this time,…
An Alphabet Poem for a Solitary Walk, #SOL20: Day 21 / Year 3
This poem was inspired by a solitary walk I took this afternoon in my neighborhood. If you are feeling blah from being confined, get out for a walk – it…
Poetry Friday: Rhyme & Flow in Poetry & Song
If you’ve been reading my blog for a while now, you might remember that I led a third-grade writer’s circle for six years. Weekly, during those six years, I’d return…
