Reverie: Patricia’s Blog
W is for Wrapped Refrain
30 Poems in 30 Days with 30 FormsA Wrapped Refrain? I found this great definition and guide for a wrapped refrain at Shadow Poetry. And I love the element of combining the wrapped refrains to create the poem's title! My goal was to combine the rhyme scheme...
P is for Progressive Poem!
The 2023 Progressive Poem is Here! As part of National Poetry Month, the Poetry Friday community is celebrating together by crafting a poem, one line at a time. There are 30 of us. Begun by Irene Latham and currently curated by Margaret Simon, each poet is adding one...
V is for Villanelle
30 Poems in 30 Days with 30 Forms Villanelle - A French Poetic Form Lots of rhyme and refrain, five tercets and a quatrain, and 8-10 syllable line lengths!Javelina Villanelle I’m not a pig! I’m a peccary! I sniff and snuffle, snort and nap. Surprise me...
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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