Reverie: Patricia’s Blog
Haiku Saturday: Gardening
Thinking of Spring I have not crafted a haiku since the end of National Poetry Month! This week I was sidelined by COVID. So instead of heading into the forest in search of spring, I wonder-walked from my living room window. My High Sierra salad garden seeds and...
Poetry Friday: Wonder Walking
“Is the wind the world breathing?” excerpted from WONDER WALKERS (Micha Archer; 2021, Penguin Random House)
Poetry Friday: A Homecoming
HOMECOMING late spring snow dresses the roadside tiny piles of powder sparkle beside the pond sprinkled by a hidden hand tucked in crevices, peeking like the fringe of a dainty slip at your knees frosted tree tips smile silently We dressed up for you. ...
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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