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Poetry to Ponder: Marilyn Singer
"Reading poetry is an adventure in renewal, a creative act, a perpetual beginning, a rebirth of wonder." (Edward Hirsh) in celebration of MARILYN SINGER I don’t remember how or where or when I stumbled on Marilyn Singer’s poetry, but I am so happy that I did! An...
PaintChip Poetry: The Future
Week 3 Prompt: THE FUTURE Paint Chips: watermelon gargoyle swamp vintage turquoise chanterelle What do you see when you look into the future? While our paint chips prescribed a framework, you'll find distinctly different paths in the poems below: a life without...
#PoetryFriday – Secrets
A Photo Prompt Halfway there... Today marks the midpoint in our celebration of National Poetry Month! Matt Forrest Esenwine challenged us with the three photos below and I came up with "secrets" -- Read on! Then, go visit Matt who hosts this week #PoetryFriday...
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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