Category Archives: Poetry Friday

tangledon the pale spiresof the broken flowersof the lost summer-Mary Oliver It’s Poetry Friday! Right on cue, the weather reminded us that this week marked the beginning of fall. The lines above from “The Snowshoe Hare” by Mary Oliver also … Continue reading →

It’s Poetry Friday! Thanks to Margaret Simon, I was inspired to check out the September poetry prompts offered by Audrey Gidman here. In addition to the prompts, I am also finding many new poems and poets. Yesterday’s challenge was to … Continue reading →

It’s Poetry Friday, and today I’m honoring Wendell Berry who passed away this week. One of his most celebrated poems is “The Peace of Wild Things”: The Peace of Wild Thingsby Wendell Berry When despair for the world grows in … Continue reading →

It’s Poetry Friday! Today I’m sharing a few haiku that found themselves onto the page this week. The first comes from an idea proposed by Mary Lee. If she solves Wordle in three, she uses those words to craft a … Continue reading →

It’s Poetry Friday! I love coming across writing invitations that work to get my creative juices flowing, especially when I’m stuck. In her mid-month Heart Beats newsletter this week, Georgia Heard shared an exercise she conducted during her workshop “Words … Continue reading →