Reverie: Patricia’s Blog
H is for Haiku
30 Poems in 30 Days with 30 FormsHaiku Haiku is both easy and hard. This, from Michael Dylan Welch who explains that reducing the form down to its basic 5-7-5 syllable misses the heart of the tradition of Japanese haiku. That being said, most elementary teachers...
The Big Box of Books
It's Poetry Friday! Please visit Margaret at Reflections on the Teche. She has the round up links for all of our Poetry Friday posts. But she's also featuring our 2023 Progressive Poem and an Inkling Fib challenge! Go visit! One of my National Poetry Month...
G is for Golden Shovel
30 Poems in 30 Days with 30 FormsRules for a Golden Shovel (from Writer's Digest) Take a line (or lines) from a poem you admire. Use each word in the line (or lines) as an end word in your poem. Keep the end words in order. Give credit to the poet who originally wrote...
About Patricia Franz
Published poet & kidlit writer
cultivating joy and inspiring
a long, loving look at the real.
Follow Patricia on Social!