Reverie: Patricia’s Blog
Spiritual Journey: Compassion
Kim Johnson hosts our reflections for October, inviting us to write on Compassion. Live in the layers, not on the litter. I am captivated by this line above– from Stanley Kunitz’ The Layers, a poem about aging and loss. There are so many layers in loss. Anger....
Travel Poetry
Matt at Radio, Rhythm & Rhyme has the round up this weekend. Join us!I am beyond thrilled to share a link to my latest poem which was chosen as a finalist in RockPaperPoem’s 2nd annual Contest issue: [if New Orleans married Manila and had a baby it would...
Standing In the Gap
Thank you to both Linda Mitchell, who is hosting our September Spiritual Journey reflections, and to my Nevermores poetry partner, Rose Cappelli who has this weekend's Poetry Friday roundup. Please click on the links when you're ready for thoughtful poetry and...
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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