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Poetry Friday: Doggie Misdeeds
Bonny is the fifth puppy I've raised and the first chewer - read: destroyer of bathmats, stuffies, tissues, and socks - so far. Her beauty and sweet demeanor have saved her life more than once in the seventh months since she joined our family. But she rescued me from...
Poetry Friday: THINGS WE WEAR
The Kids' TableNo china or crystalNo extra forksNo fancy linen Salty black olives from a can,one for each finger and thumbFluffy pillowed dinner rollsdripping with butter Oh, and the ravioli!I was twenty-threebefore I tasted turkeyon Thanksgiving,indulged in chatter...
Poetry Friday: the tiny things
HAPPY THANKSGIVING! grateful for tiny things a baby's sleeping breatha drowsy dog that climbs gingerly into a laplate afternoon light that falls across a quiet floora distant whistle floating from the parksmell of roasted garlic filling my kitchena slow afternoon...
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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