Category Archives: Poetry Friday

This week I attended “The Craft and Heart of Writing Poetry for Children” at The Highlights Foundation with Georgia Heard, Rebecca Kai Dotlich, and fifteen new friends. My cabin (the Floyd Cooper Cottage), was in the back facing the trail … Continue reading →

I completed the Flowers A-Z project this week! For my last two I decided to do something a little different – a bio poem for Yarrow and a Fibonacci (Fib) poem for Zinnia. YarrowMustard-yellow, red, pinkCompanion to lavender and thymeLover … Continue reading →

Posting late today. I just returned from a trip to New York to babysit my grandkids. Although I was kept very busy with reading, coloring, swinging, and building, I did manage to keep up with my flower poem project. Here … Continue reading →

Happy Poetry Friday! Today I’ll share two poems I wrote this week for my April poetry project, Flowers A-Z. The first one about the Kangaroo Paw required a bit of research. I didn’t know anything about this flower, but learned … Continue reading →

This is my third year participating in The Progressive Poem. Irene got us started off with a line she lifted from The Imaginaries by Emily Winfield Martin. So far the poem has taken an interesting path – a conversation, a … Continue reading →