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! Thanks for all […] The post One-Sentence Excerpt from Flurry, Float, and Fly! appeared first on Laura Purdie Salas.| Laura Purdie Salas
Happy Poetry Friday! Welcome, everyone! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) A few good news items: I’m presenting at the Iowa SCBWI Conference over Halloween weekend! And I’m presenting with Dr. Sophie Ladd and some amazing nonfiction authors about mentor texts at NCTE this year? Anybody going? And, finally, I signed a contract for […]| 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! My wonderful mom-in-law […] The post Poems Inspired by My Mom-in-Law and Her Dementia 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! [Note: a longtime […]| 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’ve been away […]| 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! Happy news from […]| Laura Purdie Salas
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
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
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! Hey, if you’re […]| Laura Purdie Salas
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
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 […]| Laura Purdie Salas
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 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
