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Poetry Friday: Cinquains
AMERICAN CINQUAINSAm I the only person who thinks the kidlit TwitterVerse is - surprisingly NICE? I jumped into Twitter a few years ago, and into the kidlit writing community specifically. As a listener-then-eventual-follower-then-eventual-Tweeter, I continue to find...
Peaceful Child, Peaceful World
joy of a babyfirst born of my first born, sonbecomes a father ©Patricia J. FranzAugust 5, 2011Gramma. Nana. Nonna. Gigi. MeeMee. I am Amma. The spiritual desert fathers and mothers were known as abbas and ammas. They chose to live away from the hubbub of third and...
Poetry Friday: Drought Baby
“Sometimes the job of a poet is to register what happened off the page...see the everyday magic, miracle... Love is never in a hurry." --Manuel Iris, April 27, 2022 In April 2022, I was one of who-knows-how-many poetry lovers that celebrated National Poetry Month. I...
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