June 2025 – Radio, Rhythm & Rhyme
3 posts published by Matt Forrest Esenwine during June 2025| Radio, Rhythm & Rhyme
3 posts published by Matt Forrest Esenwine during June 2025| Radio, Rhythm & Rhyme
We all had to start somewhere, right? . I’ve been trying to clean my office in preparation for our annual week-long familay vaca in York, Maine later this summer, and I happened upon more ancient artifacts relics issues of my college newspaper, The Spartan. It’s changed a lot since I was the managing editor back … Continue reading Poetry Friday: Looking to the past, and the future (and to my summer hiatus)| Radio, Rhythm & Rhyme
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
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
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
I mentioned last week that this has been a pretty busy school semester for me – my busiest ever, as a matter of fact – but apparently the semester isn’t the only thing that’…| Radio, Rhythm & Rhyme
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
Last month, I kicked off National Poetry Month with a Poetry Friday post about my new poetry anthology, A Universe of Rainbows: Multicolored Poems for a Multicolored World (Eerdmans Books for Young…| Radio, Rhythm & Rhyme
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
(Photo credit: Marchel Hill) Nikki Grimes and I have shared books, poems, and even Christmas cookies – and yet somehow, Nikki has never been properly interviewed here at the ol’ blog. W…| Radio, Rhythm & Rhyme
Welcome to the first Poetry Friday roundup of National Poetry Month! My debut poetry anthology, A Universe of Rainbows: Multicolored Poems for a Multicolored World (Eerdmans Books for Young Re…| Radio, Rhythm & Rhyme
