Read Write Believe: Poetry Friday: Love Letters to February
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“Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher.” ~ Japanese proverb Hooray for September and a brand new school year! As a grade school student, I loved having new clothes, fresh school supplies, putting covers on assigned textbooks, making sure my quarter for lunch was safely stashed in … Continue reading in honor of teachers| Jama's Alphabet Soup
This month, our challenge was to talk back to a poem, specifically the poem "Talk to Me Poem, I Think I Got the Blues" by Nikki Giovanni. ...| missrumphiuseffect.blogspot.com
Poetry Friday is hosted today by Carol at Beyond Literacy Link. Are you enjoying retirement?Isn’t retirement fun? Questions I’ve heard nearly every day since retiring, but I haven’t settled into it…| Reflections on the Teche
Isn’t a poem a kind of soup dumpling? Deceptively small, seemingly simple. Containing a juicy secret about existence. ~Chen Chen Happy Poetry Friday! How is everybody doing? Today’s post is going to be a catch-all. We live near D.C. and my younger daughter was feeling anxious this morning about what might happen to unhoused people […]| The Opposite of Indifference
It's been a long time since I've written a poem for David Harrison's Word of the Month Poetry Challenge . The word for August is box . I'm q...| missrumphiuseffect.blogspot.com
Welcome, and happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) I’m so happy you’ve dropped by. Whether you’re a regular participant in the Poetry Friday world, or you ended up here from a search or a link, please know that we’re a welcoming community! Read, comment, think, share, and enjoy! I’ve been away […]| Laura Purdie Salas
Happy Poetry Friday & Happy August! IN AUGUST All natureUnder skyGregariously blooms andUndresses before yourSenses creatingTitillating sensations… © Michelle Kogan, draft As the bones of the world feel like they are being picked apart, especially here in the US, I … Continue reading →| Michelle Kogan Illustration, Painting, & Writing
After Packing my Suitcase for the Funeral Then I turn to a portraitof you at the piano (Were you 12 or 13?),your smile the same one I sawin the last days when moving was hard. Your long fingerslike a metronome holding rhythmon the bedding. At the funeral,we will cry. We will let you go, ashes […]| Reflections on the Teche
Leigh Anne asked us to write about family this month. Family is my priority always, but since retiring, I find myself dedicating more time to my children and grandchildren. This week as my husband and I celebrate 43 years of marriage, I am caring for my grandchildren in New Orleans. My colleagues are going back […]| Reflections on the Teche
Molly at Nix the Comfort Zone is our host for the week. Hop on over there for the roundup. July Museum Roundup My goal this year is to visit 25 museums in 2025. I don’t have to visit the entire museum (something that can be very overwhelming in the DC area). I am committing to doing as little as one exhibit in each museum. Even though I traveled a LOT this month, I was only able to squeeze in one visit to a museum. 14. Biltmore, Asheville, NC Visited on July 30, 2025 This was my first...| Marcie Flinchum Atkins
Jane at Rain City Librarian is hosting this week. Hop on over there for the roundup. Hollins Recap Last week, just after getting off a red-eye from the Nevermores’ retreat on the West Coast, I drove to Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia. I lived in Roanoke for more than 20 years. I also went to graduate school at Hollins. It was a joy to be back on campus for some of that Hollins magic. I gave a “Lunch and Learn” talk about my process about One Step Forward. In a full circle mo...| Marcie Flinchum Atkins
We always look forward to the hummingbirds’ arrival in the spring. Some years they arrive, and then are scarcely seen as summer commences and flowers bloom, offering plenty of food in the wil…| Nix the comfort zone
This month Catherine set the challenge for our group. Inspired by Irene Latham’s recent post, she asked us to try a triptych. I did a little research to make sure I fully understood the form. Apparently, there’s room for some interpretation 🙂 According to AI, “A triptych poem is a poetic form consisting of three distinct, […]| Nix the comfort zone
I thought my summer hadn’t fallen into any sort of rhythm yet. Then, I realized that it’s actually been an unexpected rhythm, mostly consisting of a sedentary pattern of sleeping, eating and drinking, reading, napping. Rinse. Repeat. Other than the reading, I’m apparently emulating a newborn! As the days of July are now more than […]| Nix the comfort zone
If it turns out that there are emotions and values that are more numerous and more vibrant than indifference and hatred, things are going to be okay. That depends on us. ~Timothy D. Snyder Happy Poetry Friday! Sorry, folks, back to politics with your poems today. This morning I woke up thinking about how the […]| The Opposite of Indifference
The challenge this month was to write sedoka. The sedoka is a Japanese poetic form that is an unrhymed poem made from a pair of katuata. A katuata is a three-line poem with the syllable count of 5 / 7 / 7. Generally, a sedoka addresses the same subject from different perspectives. Sometimes the first stanza asks a question, and the second stanza answers it. Given our theme of "in conversation," this form was a good choice for this year. | The Miss Rumphius Effect
This week, the Inklings are writing poems of protest for our nation’s birthday. The challenge was to"write in praise of democracy and patriotism if you’re so moved, or write in frustration and befuddlement over the “leadership” in the White House and/or Congress and/or the courts and/or and/or and/or." | The Miss Rumphius Effect
This month the challenge was to write a raccontino. The first time I saw this form was in the Helen Frost verse novel Spinning Through the Universe: A Novel in Poems from Room 214 (2004). This was released in an updated form in 2016 as Room 214: A Year in Poems.| The Miss Rumphius Effect
Hello Poetry Friday friends! I took the month of May off (mostly) after posting daily for National Poetry Month. If you didn't see my poems, I spent April writing poems in "different" or uncommon poetic forms on a variety of topics.. You can find all the poems written this month on the page NPM 2025 - Uncommon and Unusual Forms. | The Miss Rumphius Effect
For National Poetry Month this year, I am writing poems in uncommon, unusual, or inventive poetic forms. I'm deviating a bit from that today as I join my poetry sisters in writing a poem to a vintage photograph. | The Miss Rumphius Effect
For National Poetry Month this year, I am writing poems in uncommon, unusual, or inventive poetic forms. The only rule I have set for myself is that I choose forms I am unfamiliar with. Here are some of the resources I am referencing. | The Miss Rumphius Effect
I’m so happy to host Poetry Friday this week! If you are new to Poetry Friday, welcome! Drop your link below. If you don’t have something to share, I hope you’ll still swing by to visit the posts. Apologies in advance. I know my blog is slow to post comments. I’m trying to fix it, but it’s been tricky to get it exactly right. It should work, but there still seems to be a lag. You are invited to the Inlinkz link party! Click here to enter Sealey Challenge Plan The Sealey Ch...| Marcie Flinchum Atkins
A day without sunshine is like, you know, night. ~Steve Martin Svalbard Sunset by Baratipour Hi folks! Happy Poetry Friday! I’m back from my trip and trying to get caught up. Denise has gener…| The Opposite of Indifference
Welcome, and happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) I’m so happy you’ve dropped by. Whether you’re a regular participant in the Poetry Friday world, or you ended up here from a search or a link, please know that we’re a welcoming community! Read, comment, think, share, and enjoy! Happy news from […]| Laura Purdie Salas
Tabatha at the Opposite of Indifference is our host today. Hop on over there for the roundup. Books News and Links Hollins Events On Wednesday, July 23, I’ll be speaking at Hollins University. I got my M.A. and M.F.A. there in Children’s Literature. I spent almost a decade of summers getting these two degrees, and I had two children in the midst of that. I’m excited to go back and talk about One Step Forward. 12:30 “Lunch and Learn” in Moody Basement (“The Rat”) I’ll...| Marcie Flinchum Atkins
Mary Lee is hosting us for this Poetry Friday. Hop on over there for the roundup. Poetry Society of Virginia Event I’m doing an online event with the Poetry Society of Virginia next week. It’s July 9 at 5:30pm ET. You can register here. June Museums Roundup My goal this year is to visit 25 museums in 2025. I don’t have to visit the entire museum (something that can be very overwhelming in the DC area). I am committing to doing as little as one exhibit in each museum. ...| Marcie Flinchum Atkins
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Happy Poetry Friday! Welcome, everyone! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) I’ve missed you! Last week, I was in Chicago for the NCTE-NCTM Joint Conference. A couple of poetry-related highlights: hearing Irene Latham and Charles Waters’ wonderful keynote and then getting to talk poetry, mistakes, publishing, and life with them at lunch; meeting Keila […]| Laura Purdie Salas
This post was originally published 9 years ago, in June 2016; considering everything going on in the world these days, especially the turmoil here in the States, I felt it was important to pull it …| Radio, Rhythm & Rhyme
Tanita at {fiction, instead of lies} is our host this week. Hop on over there for the roundup. Haiku of the Week DC rush hour— Rock Creek pushes over stone spring rains Photo Taken: May 18, 2025 at Rock Creek Park Haiku Written: June 9, 2025 25 New-to-Me Poets in 2025 In her essay “Ten Things About Poetry,” Patricia Smith challenges the reader to “discover one new poet every week.” (in The Practicing Poet: Writing Beyond the Basics edited by Diane Lockward). I’m setting ou...| Marcie Flinchum Atkins
Carol at The Apples in My Orchard is the host for this week. Hop on over there for the roundup. Cover Reveal I’m thrilled to share the cover of my next book, WHEN TWILIGHT COMES. It’s beautifully illustrated by Michelle Morin and coming out from Chronicle on March 31, 2026. It’s a lyrical celebration of the plants and animals that are active at twilight and is set in Virginia in the summer. Michelle Morin’s art is just gorgeous and I can’t wait for you to see the whole thing. ...| Marcie Flinchum Atkins
Ruth is our host this week. Hop on over to her blog for the roundup. The Art of Summering Last week I was really struck by Carol Varsalona’s post about “The Art of Summering.” With my summer starting on Friday afternoon, I have been making a list of what I’d consider “The Art of Summering.” I’m sure everyone has their own ideas. Gretchen Rubin often talks about “Designing Your Summer.” If you are a list maker, she has a great list for designing your summer. Summer is ...| Marcie Flinchum Atkins
Welcome, and happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) I’m so happy you’ve dropped by. Whether you’re a regular participant in the Poetry Friday world, or you ended up here from a search or a link, please know that we’re a welcoming community! Read, comment, think, share, and enjoy! I’m in a […]| Laura Purdie Salas
I’m a longtime fan of Illinois poet, editor and English Professor Richard Jones, having shared several of his poems here over the years, including “Blue Stars,” “The Nomenclature of Color,” and “The Diner.” Prose-like, lyrical, elegant, and accessible, his poems — often about his day-to-day life, are truly a joy to read. Love how he … Continue reading Richard Jones: of madeleines and a milk mustache (+ a summer blog break)| Jama's Alphabet Soup
“Where thou art, that is home.” ~ Emily Dickinson They say you can’t go home again. I’m not so sure. Hope you brought your umbrella. 🙂 HOMEby Natalie GoldbergI am thinking of the rain in New Yorkthe driving rain over the Metropolitan Museumand the Guggenheim and the small delicatessendown in the Village that sells flankenI … Continue reading new york state of mind| Jama's Alphabet Soup
“It is not by the gray of the hair that one knows the age of the heart.” ~ Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton Here’s a little something to lighten the mood. :) “Acropolis” by Maw…| Jama's Alphabet Soup
You are in for a treat, today. And no, I don’t mean I’m sharing someone else’s poetry – you’re still stuck with mine. I am, however, keeping today’s post brief! The last couple of weeks, I’ve been sharing poetry I wrote was I was in high school and college – but today I’m giving you … Continue reading Poetry Friday: “Summer Frost,” from the Poetry Society of NH’s Spring 2025 literary journal| Radio, Rhythm & Rhyme
If you were here last week, you will likely never forget (nor forgive) the pain and misery I made you endure with my high school poetry. I won’t do it again, I promise. But my college poetry?…| Radio, Rhythm & Rhyme
Buffy Silverman is our host this week. Hop on over to her place for the roundup. It’s been such a busy few weeks. I’ve posted very little. Nearly every evening for the past three weeks, I’ve had something going on. I don’t like to live with little margin, but that’s what has happened lately. I’m happy to report there are only three more days left of school plus two teacher workdays, so some margin is in sight. New Agent As some of you might know, my literary agent left t...| Marcie Flinchum Atkins
Happy Poetry Friday! Welcome, everyone! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) I’m writing this post while waiting for kids to arrive for today’s Young Authors Conference, so this will be short and sweet :>) This month, the Poetry Sisters wrote golden shovel poems, choosing a strike line from Elizabeth Bishop’s poem, “Letter to N.Y.” […]| Laura Purdie Salas
NEXT LIFEby Alice N. PersonsI will be a lovely slim Asian womanwith a great metabolismwho tansI will never get up at 5 AM to shovel snowI will live in some place like Italy or Francewhere having all of August off is normaland older women are still sexyI will wear a bikini whenever possibledefinitely pose for … Continue reading Alice N. Persons: dipping into the future| Jama's Alphabet Soup
A few years ago, I tormented you with some of the poems I discovered from my old writing journals that I kept when I was in high school. You remember, don’t you? Of course, you do! How could anyone forget the classic “Ode to a Dishrag“? Well, there’s more. Sorry. You see, we recently remodelled … Continue reading Poetry Friday: Taking a leap back in time to discover some of the worst poetry ever written and subsequently shared with the public oh my God I’m so sorry| Radio, Rhythm & Rhyme
Sarah Grace Tuttle is hosting our Poetry Friday today. Hop on over there for the roundup. Haiku of the Week first peony takes two days to bloom gets all the applause Photo Taken: May 3, 2025 in my front yard Haiku Written: May 7, 2025 25 New-to-Me Poets in 2025 In her essay “Ten Things About Poetry,” Patricia Smith challenges the reader to “discover one new poet every week.” (in The Practicing Poet: Writing Beyond the Basics edited by Diane Lockward). I’m setting out to dis...| Marcie Flinchum Atkins
Welcome, and happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) I’m so happy you’ve dropped by. Whether you’re a regular participant in the Poetry Friday world, or you ended up here from a search or a link, please know that we’re a welcoming community! Read, comment, think, share, and enjoy! Just a quickie […]| Laura Purdie Salas
Welcome, and happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) I’m so happy you’ve dropped by. Whether you’re a regular participant in the Poetry Friday world, or you ended up here from a search or a link, please know that we’re a welcoming community! Read, comment, think, share, and enjoy! [ETA: I’m taking […] The post “Rainbowfish” and “What Does the Rainbowfish Know About Love?” appeared first on Laura Purdie Salas.| Laura Purdie Salas
Welcome, and happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) I’m so happy you’ve dropped by. Whether you’re a regular participant in the Poetry Friday world, or you ended up here from a search or a link, please know that we’re a welcoming community! Read, comment, think, share, and enjoy! I finally got […]| Laura Purdie Salas
This spring school semester has been a busy one for me! By the time June rolls around, I will have visited in person nearly 20 schools across New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine – and virtually…| Radio, Rhythm & Rhyme
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Welcome, and happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) I’m so happy you’ve dropped by. Whether you’re a regular participant in the Poetry Friday world, or you ended up here from a search or a link, please know that we’re a welcoming community! Read, comment, think, share, and enjoy! Lovely news! Finding […] The post National Poetry Month Roundup Plus More! appeared first on Laura Purdie Salas.| Laura Purdie Salas
It’s the last Poetry Friday of National Poetry Month 2025 and the end of a week that included both Earth Day and the launch of The Clock and the Boulder, my time-travel novel for ages 9-12—a book that takes place … Continue reading →| Karin Fisher-Golton
If you’ve been following this blog for any amount of time, you know I love doing school & library visits, sharing my love of reading, writing, and book creation with students of all ages.…| Radio, Rhythm & Rhyme
November's challenge was to take a line or theme from Jane Hirshfield's lovely poem, "Two Versions," and create a new poem with it. I can't link to the poem online, but it can be found in her latest collection, The Asking. | Read Write Believe
September's challenge was to write a poem in the vein of Wallace Stevens' Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird---except we were only going to attempt SEVEN ways of looking at something.| Read Write Believe
My flowerpots,| Read Write Believe
It was an easy choice to kick off 2024 with an ekphrastic challenge. Writing about or in conversation with a piece of art automatically gives a poet several places to begin:What do you first notice? What lingers with you after you look away? Is there more to the story, things beneath the surface that you're curious about? What questions would you ask the art or the artist if you could? | Read Write Believe
One of my favorite small things: | Read Write Believe
Dead or not?| Read Write Believe
Of course we stopped | Read Write Believe
"The Weather" by Laurie Anderson, | Read Write Believe
The March challenge was the etheree, an expanding syllable-based form we've attempted before (back in 2015, and also in 2020, although it looks like I skipped that one.) The first line has one syllable, the second, two, and so on until you reach the tenth line with ten syllables. | Read Write Believe
Fairy rock, Iceland| Read Write Believe
In 2023, the Poetry Sisters are exploring transformation in all its forms: conversion, alteration, metamorphosis, mutation, growth, evolution, revision, modulation, change...| Read Write Believe
The challenge for November was to create a recipe poem---any form or subject---and "serve it forth." I fear mine is half-baked, but here it is:| Read Write Believe
Another Poetry Friday! The days are tumbling by fast, my friends. | Read Write Believe
At Planet Word's photo booth, | Read Write Believe
Quilt by Chawne Kimber*| Read Write Believe
The challenge for March stayed close to our 2025 theme of conversation: we were to be "in conversation" with a series of four poems written by Lucille Clifton, loosely known as Notes to Clark Kent. Here's an excerpt:| saralewisholmes.blogspot.com
February is a fancy word,| saralewisholmes.blogspot.com
First Line Index Poems Concerning School Life| alanjwrightpoetrypizzazz.blogspot.com
Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) Welcome, and I’m so pleased that you’re here! As I post this on Thursday afternoon, it’s the book birthday for my new picture book, Line Leads the Way. I love this little tale of perseverance, vulnerability, imperfection, and library love. The charming illustrations by Alice […]| Laura Purdie Salas
Ruins of a banquet hall,| saralewisholmes.blogspot.com
News: The Kindle edition of Clover Kitty Goes to Kittygarten is on sale for $2.49 through June 30 only. Just in case you’re looking for some back-to-school reads for later! Happy Poetry Friday! Are you a regular or a newbie? No matter…you are welcome! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) This month, the Poetry […]| Laura Purdie Salas
Happy Friday! Thank you for all the comments, well wishes (I'm feeling much better now, thank goodness!) and poems (it's so fun to see what other poets do with the same prompts!) in response to last week's post.| Unexpected Intersections
Two weeks into 2024, and I can say I've been sick for more than half of the year ... I hope your year is off to a healthier start!| Unexpected Intersections
There is so much happening in our world right now, it can be hard to take it all in.| Unexpected Intersections
We are surrounded by snails. We see snails of all sizes on the paths after the rain.| Unexpected Intersections
This week Monday (June 20th) was World Refugee Day, an international day designated by the United Nations to honour refugees around the globe. | Unexpected Intersections
It's been a busy couple of months, with several writing deadlines. Now, with deadlines met, I'm embracing the pause that follows the busyness of this spring. | Unexpected Intersections
Let's talk about turtles! Last month I was lucky enough to get an advance copy of the wonderful new middle-grade novel, Trouble at Turtle Pond, by Diana Renn, which is out in the world this month! | Unexpected Intersections
There's been a lot going on in my writing world lately, so today I thought I'd round up some of my latest news.| Unexpected Intersections
Spring is here!| Unexpected Intersections
My very first Poetry Friday poem was inspired by the fact that my mother taught English as a Foreign Language when I was growing up. Our church ran a free program which allowed my mother, whose dream of being a teacher had to be deferred when she left high school, to finally realize that dream. | Unexpected Intersections
This week my students will be taking a test that includes the present continuous verb form. We use the present continuous to talk about actions that have started, and are not yet finished. As I prepare my test for my students, I realize that I've been in a present continuous frame of mind all week.| Unexpected Intersections
I'm processing the events of the past few days in poetic fragments. | Unexpected Intersections
In our family, we do a lot of thinking about thinking, because we are all neurodiverse (autism and ADHD). We're often engaged in discussions about how our neurodiversity influences the way we experience the world. From how we socialize to how we organize ourselves to complete tasks, our neurodiversity is a factor in everything we do and every experience we have.| Unexpected Intersections
Welcome everyone to Poetry Friday! If you're new to Poetry Friday, you can read more about it here.| Unexpected Intersections
How can it be the end of January already? Yet here we are, on another Poetry Friday, with February standing the wings, waiting to claim center stage.| Unexpected Intersections
I hope everyone has had, as we say here, a good "slide" into the new year! | Unexpected Intersections
On a recent lunchtime walk, we were greeted by this wonderful figure, and I knew the moment I saw her that I would have to write a poem about her. | Unexpected Intersections
I'm continuing to have fun with my Spooktober project - writing poems for kids based on a series of Inktober illustrator prompts. You can see the prompt list and the first week of poems here, and the second batch of poems here. | Unexpected Intersections
I'm writing a poem for every day of October, playing with poems inspired by a list of Inktober prompts written in senryu, haiku, and tanka poetic forms. You can read the first week's worth of my Spooktober poems, and see my prompt list, in this post. | Unexpected Intersections
A poem about fall. Autumn poems. September poems.| unexpectedintersections.blogspot.com
Do tulips know how to kiss?| saralewisholmes.blogspot.com
The Poetry Friday Roundup is with Ruth at There is no such thing as a Godforsaken town. Rainbow photo by Molly Hogan This week is state testing week, so I did not pull my gifted students out from t…| Reflections on the Teche
Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) During National Poetry Month, I’m posting a magnipoem each day that I can. That’s a poem inspired by my simply looking at an object under a magnifying glass for 1 minute each day, and then jotting a poem. Feel free to try this with students […]| Laura Purdie Salas
