Category Archives: Poems

Poetry Friday: Treasures

Happy Poetry Friday! A few weeks ago I received some poetry swap treasures in the mail from my writing friend, Patricia, which included beautiful photographs of wildflowers accompanied by original poems. Included was a card with a photograph of a … Continue reading

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Poetry Friday: The Sealey Challenge and More

Happy Poetry Friday! This year I decided to take on the Sealey Challenge – reading a book of poetry each day in August. I have lots of poetry books in a bin in my basement library that I used quite … Continue reading

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Poetry Friday: A Praise Poem

Happy Poetry Friday! If you haven’t yet read Welcome to the Wonder House by Rebecca Kai Dotlich and Georgia Heard with illustrations by Deborah Freedman, please put it on your wish list. You won’t be disappointed. These talented poets imagine … Continue reading

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Poetry Friday: Found Poems

Happy Poetry Friday! For the past few summers I’ve been participating (more or less) in Kate Messner’s Teachers Write online summer writing camp. This summer the focus is poetry and play, so of course I was all in. On Monday, … Continue reading

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Poetry Friday: Remembering Softball Days

It’s Poetry Friday! When I realized that Poetry Friday was just around the corner and I had nothing planned to post, I had a slight moment of panic. Then I remembered that most days I try to post a small … Continue reading

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