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Poetry Friday Roundups
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January
2 Catherine at Reading to the Core
9 Ruth at There is no such thing as a God-forsaken town
16 Jan at Bookseedstudio
23 Tabatha at The Opposite of Indifference
30 Amy at The Poem Farm -
February
6 Molly at Nix the Comfort Zone
13 Robyn at Life on the Deckle Edge
20 Susan at Chicken Spaghetti
27 Margaret at Reflections on the Teche -
March
6 Karen at Karen Edmisten*
13 Linda at TeacherDance
20 Tanita at {fiction, instead of lies}
27 Marcie at Marcie Flinchum Atkins -
April
3 Matt at Radio, Rhythm & Rhyme
10 Jone at Jone Rush MacCulloch
17 Heidi at my juicy little universe
24 Irene at Live Your Poem -
May
1 Patricia at Reverie
8 Cathy at Cathy Stenquist
15 Rose at Imagine the Possibilities
22 Carol at The Apples in My Orchard
29 Mary Lee at A(nother) Year of Reading -
June
5 Mona at Mona Voelkel
12 Linda at A Word Edgewise
19 Buffy at Buffy Silverman
26 Tricia at The Miss Rumphius Effect
Category Archives: Book Review
Rise Up! A Review
Throughout our long history, when something’s unfairWhen rights need expanding, or wrongs need repairAmericans argue. We march and we cheer.We write songs and speeches. We go volunteer! -Rachel C. Katz in Rise Up! Powerful Protests in American History Happy Poetry Friday … Continue reading
Poetry Friday: Book Review and More
It’s Poetry Friday! Last week I received my preorder of Where the Deer Slip Through written by Katey Howes and illustrated by Beth Kommes. Katey was a colleague, fellow poet, and friend who passed away much too young in 2024. … Continue reading
Poetry Friday: Refrigerator Poems
Hooray for Poetry Friday! Today I’m celebrating a wonderful new anthology from Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong, Clara’s Kooky Compendium of Thimblethoughts and Wonderfuzz with drawings by Frank Ramspott. There are many familiar Poetry Friday names in the list of … Continue reading
Finding Family: A Review
Finding Family: The Duckling Raised by Loons written by Laura Purdie Salas with illustrations by Alexandria Neonakis tells the true story of a pair of loons who cared for and raised a mallard duckling on a Wisconsin lake in 2019. … Continue reading
Book Review: Deep, Deep Down: The Secret Underwater Poetry of the Mariana Trench
Title: Deep, Deep Down: The Secret Underwater Poetry of the Mariana Trench Author: Lydia Lukidis Illustrator: Juan Calle Publisher: Capstone Editions, 2023 This is the opening page of Deep, Deep Down: The Secret Underwater Poetry of the Mariana Trench by … Continue reading
Imagine the Possibilities 