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Poetry Friday: one little word
This is a major cheat on my part... I'm double-dipping this week and linking Poetry Friday to my Spiritual Thursday... Click HereCatherine at Reading to the Core starts us off this year as host for our Poetry Friday round up. Join us!
Spiritual Thursdays: deeply: one little word
deeply: one little word ©draft, Patricia J. Franzi.longing for deep words that bite, borelike an auger in search of bottomgut punch, stomach contractscurl of shoulder, torso collapsefrozen throat, breath trapped lone moan escapesthe soul staggers away at death ...
Poetry Friday: Blessings
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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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