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C is for Cinquain
30 Poems in 30 Days with 30 FormsCinquain - "sing-kane" I've been creating cinquains almost daily for the past year with one of the more wonderful Twitter communities (courtesy of @AlexPriceWriter). All this time I've been pronouncing it "chin-qwain" - oops! It's one...
B is for Blackout
30 Poems in 30 Days with 30 FormsWhat is a blackout poem? A blackout poem starts with an established text—like in a newspaper or blog post—and redacts or blacks out words until a new poem is formed. A blackout poem is a bit different than an erasure poem (click on the...
A is for Acrostic
30 Poems in 30 Days with 30 FormsA BIT ABOUT FORM: ACROSTIC Acrostic poetry is very easy and fun. The most basic form spells words out on the left-hand side of the page using the first letter of each line. Or, for more fun, you can hide a message using the letters...
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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