Reverie: Patricia’s Blog
A Gift of Words
No mouth or tongue. No voice. No eyes or ears. Yet Nature speaks to us, commanding in her silence. We respond...Gifts from Carol. Her untitled poem on the yellow card is below.(untitled) What's better than a Sunday morningSitting on our deck with coffee in hand? Birds...
Three Poems
What does silence look like?photo & poem ©2023 Patricia J. FranzSilence you come to mein the quiet no sighno words like a sleepy toddlertoting your treasures to share you invite melook, listen and I gather you insit for a timeso we can betogetherdragonfly...
Turning One
It's Poetry Friday!Mary Lee at A(nother) Year of Reading is our host. The Nevermores tried the monotetra form - inspired by Alan J. Wright and last week's Poetry Sisters posts. Alas, having spent most of the week at 11,000 feet in the John Muir Wilderness, I only had...
About Patricia Franz
Published poet & kidlit writer
cultivating joy and inspiring
a long, loving look at the real.
Craft Work & Street Creds
Contests/Participant
PB Party 2023 Honorable Mention
National Poetry Month 2023, 2022
PoetryFriday! Click on the link for my poetry!
#50PreciousWords 2022, 2021 Honorable Mention
KidLit Vibes 2022 Honorable Mention
Education
M.A. Theology / Children’s Spiritual Development
Memberships
Member SCBWI-AZ since 2020
Member Inked Voices since 2021
12x12 Picture Book Challenge - since 2021
Courage to Create - The Writing Barn since 2022
Emeriti Trustee, The United States Association of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd (CGSUSA)
Courses & Conferences
LYRICAL LANGUAGE LAB (Renee LaTulippe)
Andrea Brown Literary Agency (ABLA) Big Sur 2021
Writing Barn: Non-Fiction Beyond Fact Flinging (Heather L. Montgomery)
SCBWI & Smithsonian Institution Online Non-Fiction Workshop
Stanford Continuing Studies: Writing for the Youngest Audience: Little Children, Big Emotions (Lynn E. Hazen/Elissa Haden Guest)
Highlights Foundation: The Art of Giving & Receiving Critique (Erin Dionne)
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