Haiku (or hokku) I love this poetic form! The restricted syllables and lines (typically three unrhymed lines of five,...
Poetry to Ponder: Marilyn Singer
"Reading poetry is an adventure in renewal, a creative act, a perpetual beginning, a rebirth of wonder." (Edward...
PaintChip Poetry: The Future
Week 3 Prompt: THE FUTURE Paint Chips: watermelon gargoyle swamp vintage turquoise chanterelle What do you see when...
The Nevermores: A Photo Prompt
A Photo Prompt The Nevermores ... Edgar Allen Poe most certainly inspired the name for our poetry group, though we...
Poetry to Ponder: Byrd Baylor
"Reading poetry is an adventure in renewal, a creative act, a perpetual beginning, a rebirth of wonder." (Edward...
#PoetryFriday: Treasures
I'm workshopping a picture book manuscript that began as a poem (this happens alot for me). Children have so much to...
National Poetry Month!
Welcome to National Poetry Month! I stumbled upon a lovely way to think of poetry, courtesy of Aimee Nezhukumatathil...
#PoetryFriday: Timbishu Shoshone
What Am I Doing Here? I am definitely guilty of having hiked Yosemite, the Grand Tetons, Yellowstone, Glacier, and...
The Art of Listening
Be slow to speak, and only after having first listened quietly, so that you may understand the meaning, leanings, and...
Education to Wonder
When our son was three and a half, my husband and I were in a hurry to get him involved in soccer with other little...